Power to acquire any cashew factory in public interest

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, if the Government are satisfied, in relation to a cashew factory, that it has been closed for a period of not less than three months and such closure has prejudicially affected the interest of the majority of the workers engaged in the factory and that immediate action is necessary to restart the cashew factory and such restarting is necessary in the public interest, they may, by order published in the Gazette, declare that the cashew factory shall stand transferred to, and vest in, the Government: Provided that no order under this sub-section shall be published unless the proposal for such acquisition is supported by a resolution of the Legislative Assembly. (2) The provisions of sub-section (3) of section 3 shall, as far as may be, apply to a declaration made under sub-section (1), as they apply to a declaration made under sub-section (1) of section 3. (3) The provisions of section 7 to 16 (both inclusive) shall, as far as may be, apply to, or in relation to, the cashew factory in respect of which a declaration has been made under sub-section (1) of this section, as they apply to a cashew factory in relation to which a declaration has been made under sub-section (1) of section 3.