Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Super Clays *Received the assent of the President on the 5 th day of January,1984 and published in the Kerala

Gazette Extraordinary No. 28 dated 7

th January, 1984.

and Minerals Mining Company (Private) Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act, 1983.

1. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of November, 1983.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) "appointed day" means the date of commencement of this Act;
2. (b) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Payments appointed under Section 14;
3. (c) "Company" means the Super Clays and Minerals Mining Company (Private) Limited, being a company within the meaning of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) and having its registered office at Cannanore;
4. (d) "Custodian" means the person or body of persons appointed as Custodian under sub-section (2) of section 8;
5. (e) "Government Company" means the Government Company in which the undertakings of the Company are directed to vest under section 6;
6. (f) "Hindustan China Clay Works" means the concern known under the name and style "Hindustan China Clay Works, Pappinissery" and includes the proprietors or owners thereof;
7. (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by the Government by rules made under this Act;
8. (h) "specified date" means such date as the Government may for the purpose of any provisions of this Act, by notification in the Gazette, specify, and different dates may be specified for different provisions of this Act;
   • (i) words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.