Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 1993
Bare Act
Section 1
Short title and
commencement.-
1.
This
Act may be called the Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking
and Repeal) Act, 1993.
2.
It
shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of October, 1992.
Section 2
Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires,-
a.
"appointed
day" means such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint under section 3:
b.
"Company"
means the Industrial Finance Corporation of India Limited to be formed and
registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956); 2
c.
"Corporation"
means the Industrial Finance Corporation of India established under sub-section
(1) of section 3 of the Industrial Finance Corporation Act, 1948 ( 15 of 1984).
Section 3
Undertaking of the
Corporation to vest in the company.-
On such date as the
Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there
shall be transferred to, and vest in, the Company, the undertaking of the
Corporation.
Section 4
General effect of
vesting of undertaking in the Company.-
1.
Every
shareholder of the Corporation immediately before the appointed day shall be
deemed to be registered on and from the appointed day as a shareholder of the
Company to the extent of the face value of the shares held by such shareholder.
2.
The
undertaking of the Corporation which is transferred to and which vests in the
Company under section 3 shall be deemed to include all business, assets,
rights, powers, authorities and privileges and all properties, movable and
immovable, real and personal, corporeal and incorporeal, in possession or
reservation, present or Contingent of whatever nature and wheresoever's situate
including lands, buildings, vehicles, cash balances, deposits, foreign
currencies, disclosed and undisclosed reserves, reserve fund, special reserve
fund, benevolent reserve fund, any other fund, stocks, invest- ments, shares,
bonds, debentures, security, management of any industrial concern, loans,
advances and guarantees given to industrial concerns, tenancies, leases and
book debts and all other rights and interests arising out of such property as
were immediately before the appointed day in the ownership, possession or power
of the Corporation in relation to its undertaking, within or without India, all
books of accounts, registers, records and documents relating thereto and shall
also be deemed to include all borrowings, liabilities and obligations of
whatever kind within or without India then subsisting of the Corporation in
relation to its undertaking.
3.
All
contracts, deeds, bonds, guarantees, powers of attorney, other instruments and
working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed day and
affecting the Corporation shall cease to have effect or to be enforceable
against the Corporation and shall be of as full force and effect against or in
favour of the Company in which the undertaking of the Corporation has vested by
virtue of this Act and enforceable as fully and effectually as if instead of
the Corporation, the Company had been named therein or had been a party
thereto.
4.
Any
proceeding or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the
appointed day by or against the Corporation in relation to its undertaking may,
as from the appointed day, be continued and enforced by or against the Company
in which the undertaking of the Corporation has vested by virtue of this Act as
it might have been enforced by or against the Corporation if this Act bad not
been enacted and shall cease to be enforceable by or against the Corporation.
Section 5
Concession, etc.,
to be deemed to have been granted to the Company.-
With effect from the
appointed day, all fiscal and other concessions, licences, benefits, privileges
and exemptions granted to the Corporation in connection with the affairs and business
of the Corporation under any law for the time being in force shall be deemed to
have been granted to the Company.
Section 6
Tax exemption or
benefit to continue to have effect.-
1.
Where
any exemption from, or any assessment with respect to, any tax has been granted
or made or any benefit by way of set off or carry forward of any unabsorbed
depreciation or investment allowance or other allowance or loss has been
extended or is available to the Corporation under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43
of 1961), such exemption, assessment or benefit shall continue to have effect
in relation to the Company.
2.
Where
any payment made by the Corporation is exempt from deduction of tax at source
under any provision of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), such exemption
will continue to be available as if the provisions of the said Act made
applicable to the Corporation were operative in relation to the Company.
3.
The
transfer and vesting of the undertaking or any part thereof in terms of section
3 shall not be construed as a transfer within the meaning of the Income-tax
Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) for the purposes of capital gains.
Section 7
Guarantee to be
operative.-
Any guarantee given
for or in favour of the Corporation with respect to any loan, lease finance or
other assistance shall continue to be operative in relation to the Company.
Section 8
Provisions in
respect of officers and other employees of Corporation.-
1.
Every
officer or other employee of the Corporation (except a Director of the Board,
Chairman or Managing Director) serving in the employment immediately before the
appointed day shall, in so far as such officer or other employee is employed in
connection with the undertaking which has vested in the Company by virtue of
this Act, become, as from the appointed day, an officer or, as the case may be,
other employee of the Company and shall hold his office or service therein by
the same tenure, at the same remuneration, upon the same terms and conditions,
with the same obligations and with the same rights and privileges as to leave,
leave fare concession, welfare scheme, medical benefit scheme, insurance,
provident fund, other funds, retirement, voluntary retirement, gratuity and
other benefits as he would have held under the Corporation if its undertaking
had not, vested in the Company and shall continue to do so as an officer or, as
the case may be, other employee of the Company or until the expiry of a period of
six months from the appointed day if such officer or other employee opts not to
continue to be the officer or other employee of the Company within such period.
2.
Where
an officer or other employee of the Corporation opts under sub-section (1) not
to be in employment or service of the Company, such officer or other employee
shall be deemed to have resigned.
3.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) or in any
other law for the time being in force, the transfer of the services of any
officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Company shall not entitle
such officer or other employee to any compensation under this Act or under any
other law for the time being in force and no such claim shall be entertained by
any court, tribunal or other authority.
4.
The
officers and other employees who have retired before the appointed day from the
service of the Corporation and are entitled to any benefits, rights or
privileges shall be entitled to receive the same benefits, rights or privileges
from the Company.
5.
The
trusts of the provident fund or the gratuity fund of the Corporation and any
other bodies created for the welfare of officers or employees would continue to
discharge their functions in the Company as was being done hitherto in the
Corporation and any tax exemption granted to the provident fund or the gratuity
fund would continue to be applied to the Company.
6.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act or in the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or in
any other law for the time being in force or in the regulations of the
Corporation, no Director of the Board, Chairman, Managing Director or any other
person entitled to manage the whole or substantial part of the business and
affairs of the Corporation shall be entitled to any compensation against the
Corporation or the Company for the loss of office or for the premature
termination of any contract of management entered into by him with the
Corporation apply to the books of the Company. The Company shall be deemed to
be a bank for the purposes of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act.
Section 9
Act 18 of 1891 to
apply to the books of the company .-
The Company shall be
deemed to be a bank for the purposes of the Bankers Books Evidence Act, 1891.
Section 10
Shares, bonds and
debentures to be deemed to be approved securities.-
Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the shares,
bonds and debentures of the Company shall be deemed to be approved securities
for the purposes of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1982), the Insurance Act,
1938 (4 of 1938) and the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949).
Section 11
Repeal and saving
of Act 15 of 1948.-
1.
On
the appointed day, the Industrial Finance Corporation Act, 1948 shall stand
repealed.
2.
Notwithstanding
the repeal of the Industrial Finance Corporation Act, 1948 (15 of 1948), the
Company shall, so far as may be, comply with the provisions of sections 33, 34,
34A, 35 and 43 of the Act so repealed for any of the purposes related to the
annual accounts of the Corporation
Section 12
Repeal and saving
saving.-
1.
The
Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Ordinance,
1993 (Ord. 5 of 1993) is hereby repealed.
2.
Notwithstanding
the repeal of the Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and
Repeal) Ordinance, 1993, (Ord. 5 of 1993), anything done or any action taken
under the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the
corresponding provisions of this Act.
