Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Duty to deliver possession of property acquired and documents relating thereto.— (1) Where any property has vested in the Government under this Act, every person, in whose 4 possession or custody or under whose control the property may be, shall deliver the property forthwith to the Government or to such person as the Government may authorise in this behalf. (2) Any person who, on the appointed day, has in his possession or under his control any books, documents or other papers relating to the under takings of the societies which have vested in the Government under this Act, shall be liable to account for the said books, documents and papers to the Government and shall deliver them up to the Government or to such person as the Government may authorise in this behalf. (3) The Government may take, or cause to be taken, all necessary steps for securing possession of all properties which have vested in the Government under this Act.