Title : Penalties
State : Central
Year : 1973
Any person who,-- (a) having in his possession, custody or control any property forming part of the Konkan passenger ships or any of them, wrongfully withholds such property from the Central Government or the Government company, or (b) wrongfully obtains possession of, or retains, any property forming part of the Konkan passenger ships or any of them, or (c) wilfully withholds or fails to furnish to the Central Government or any person specified by that Government, any document, or copy or part thereof, relating to the Konkan passenger ships or any of them which may be in his possession, custody or control or fails to deliver to the Central Government or the Government company any assets, books of account, registers or other documents in his custody relating to the Konkan..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionState : Central
Year : 1973
KONKAN PASSENGER SHIPS (ACQUISITION) ACT, 1973 KONKAN PASSENGER SHIPS (ACQUISITION) ACT, 1973 STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS: Mrs, Chowgule Steamships Limited who were operating the Konkan Coastal passenger service had asked for an increase in passenger fares up to 42 per cent. While the matter was under consideration Company did not start the service in September after the monsoon, thus causing hardships to the travelling public. The company also intimated that they will lay up the vessels from the 6th November, 1973 and also retrench the floating staff of the two ships as well as, shore staff employed on the operation of Konkan passenger service. 2. The Central Government had also received complaints that the Konkan passenger service was not being run by the Company..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act, 1973
State : Central
Year : 1973
Preamble1 - KONKAN PASSENGER SHIPS (ACQUISITION) ACT, 1973 Chapter I Section1 - Short title and commencement Section2 - Definitions Chapter II Section3 - Acquisition of the Konkan passenger ships Section4 - Power of Central Government to direct vesting of Konkan passenger ships in a Government company Section5 - General effect of vesting Section6 - Central Government to become the lessee in respect of shore properties, etc Section7 - Central Government or Government company not to be liable for prior liabilities Section8 - Duty to deliver possession of Konkan passenger ships Section9 - Duty to furnish inventory of articles on the ships Chapter III Section10 - Payment of amount Section11 - Amount due to the Shipping Development Fund Committee to be deducted in the first instance..... List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Duty to Deliver Possession of Konkan Passenger Ships
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Notwithstanding any decree, judgment or order of any court or anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or in any contract or other instrument, the company or any other person having possession of the Konkan passenger ships, shall deliver possession of such ships to the Central Government or the Government company forthwith. (2) The Central Government may take or cause to be taken all necessary steps for securing possession of the Konkan passenger ships, the ownership of which has vested in it under section 3. (3) Any person having in his possession, custody or control any books, documents or other papers relating to the Konkan passenger ships or any of them shall be liable to account for the said books, documents or other papers to the Central Government..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Central Government or Government Company Not to Be Liable for Prior Liabilities
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Every liability of the company in relation to the Konkan passenger ships in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall be enforceable against it and not against the Central Government or the Government company. (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that-- (a) no claim for wages, provident fund, pension, gratuity, cesses, taxes or wharfage or any other dues in respect of any period prior to the appointed day in relation to the Konkan passenger ships shall be enforceable against the Central Government or the Government company; (b) no award, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority in relation to the Konkan passenger ships or any of them, whether passed before or after the appointed day, in relation to any matter, claim or dispute..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : General Effect of Vesting
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) For the purposes of section 3, the Konkan passenger ships shall be deemed to include all assets, rights powers, authorities, privileges and all properties in the ships, all rights under any policy of insurance, licence or any other instrument, and all other properties, belonging to or held for the purpose of running, the ships (or for which any order has been placed by the company), including fuels, stores, machinery apparatus, navigational aids, maps, charts, spare tail shafts, spare propellers and other spare parts, whether on board or on the shore. (2) If on the appointed day any suit, appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature in relation to any business of the company relating to the Konkan coastal passenger shipping service or the Konkan passenger ships is pending by or..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Power of Central Government to Direct Vesting of Konkan Passenger Ships in a Government Company
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the Central Government may, if it is satisfied that a Government company is willing to comply, or has complied, with such terms and conditions as that Government may think fit to impose, direct, by an order in writing, that the ownership in relation to the Konkan passenger ships shall, instead of continuing to vest in the Central Government, vest in that Government company either on the date of publication of the direction or on such earlier or later date (not being a date earlier than the appointed day) as may be specified in the direction. (2) Where an order vesting the ownership of the Konkan passenger ships in any Government company is made under sub-section (1), all the rights, liabilities and obligations of the Central..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Central Government to Become the Lessee in Respect of Shore Properties, Etc
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) On and from the appointed day, a permanent lease shall be deemed to have been granted by the company in favour of the Central Government or the Government company, as the case may be, in respect of every property, movable and immovable (including jetties, wharves and other property needed for navigational purposes), on the shores of the Konkan coast and owned and used by the company immediately before the suspension of the Konkan coastal passenger shipping service for running the said service. (2) The lease referred to in sub-section (1) shall be held by the Central Government or the Government company, as the case may be, or such terms and conditions and on the payment of such rent as may be mutually agreed upon by and between the company and the Central Government or the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Contracts, Etc., Cease to Have Effect Unless Ratified by the Central Government or Government Company
State : Central
Year : 1973
(1) Every contract entered into by the company for any service, sale or supply in relation to the Konkan passenger ships and in force immediately before the appointed day shall, on and from the expiry of thirty days from the appointed day, cease to have effect as against the Central Government or the Government company unless such contract is , before the expiry of the said period of thirty days, ratified, in writing by the Central Government or the Government company, as the case may be, and in ratifying such contract the Central Government or the Government company may make such alterations or modifications therein as the circumstances of the case may require: Provided that the Central Government or the Government company shall not omit to ratify a contract unless it is satisfied..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Acquisition of the Konkan Passenger Ships
State : Central
Year : 1973
On the appointed day, the ownership of the Konkan passenger ships shall, by virtue of this Act, stand referred to, and vest in, the Central Government free from all incumbrances. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section