Amritsar Oil Works (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act,1982
Act No : 50
Section : THE AMRITSAR SUGAR MILLS COMPANY TO BE LIABLE FOR CERTAIN PRIOR LIABILITIES
SECTION 06: THE AMRITSAR SUGAR MILLS COMPANY TO BE LIABLE FOR CERTAIN PRIOR LIABILITIES
(1) Every liability, other than the liability specified under sub-section (2), of the Amritsar Sugar Mills Company in relation to the Amritsar Oil Works in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be the liability of the Amritsar Sugar Mills Company and shall be enforceable against it and not against the Central Government or where the Amritsar Oil Works vest in a Government Company, against the Government company.
(2) Any liability in respect of the amount advanced after the date of taking over of the Amritsar Sugar Mills Company in relation to the Amritsar Oil Works together with interest due thereon and the wages, salaries and other dues of persons employed in the Amritsar Oil Works in respect of any period after the date of taking over shall, on and from the appointed day, be the liability of the Central Government and shall be discharged by the Central Government or, for and on behalf of that Government, by the Government company as and when repayment of such amount becomes due or as and when such wages, salaries and other dues become due and payable.
(3) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that-
(a) save as otherwise expressly provided in this section or in any other section of this Act, no liability, other than the liability specified in sub-section (2), of the Amritsar Sugar Mills Company in relation to the Amritsar Oil Works in respect of a period prior to the appointed day shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government Company, as the case may be;
(b) no award, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority in relation to the Amritsar Oil Works, passed after the appointed day, in respect of any matter, claim or dispute in relation to any matter, not being a matter referred to in sub-section (2), which arose before that date shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government company, as the case may be;
(c) no liability incurred by the Amritsar Sugar Mills Company before the appointed day, for the contravention, in relation to the Amritsar Oil Works, of any provision of law for the time being in force, shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government company, as the case may be.
