Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1984 Bare Act PDF download

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Intent or purpose of the Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984

The Legislature of India enacted the Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984 on 23rd August 1984, to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the undertakings of the Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited with a view to securing the better utilisation of the available infrastructure thereof, to modernise and increase the capacity for ship building and ship repairing so as to reduce the import of ships, vessels and craft and to augment the production of grey iron, non-ferrous and alloy castings by the said undertakings so as to subserve the interests of the general public by ensuring the continued supply of the said articles which are essential to the needs of the economy of the country, and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

The act is associated with the Ministry of Shipping.

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