Duty of stage carriage or contract carriage operator to furnish particulars

(1) Every stage carriage operator or the contract carriage operator shall, within thirty days from the notified date or within such further time as the Government may allow in this behalf,- (i) furnish to the Government or any officer authorised by them in this behalf complete particulars of all liabilities and obligations incurred on the security of the acquired property and subsisting on the notified date and also of all agreements and other instruments pertaining to the acquired property including agreements, decrees, awards, standing orders and other instruments relating to leave, pension, gratuity, provident fund and other terms of services of any person referred to in sub-section (3) of section 20 in force immediately before the notified date and the Government shall afford him all reasonable facilities for this purpose ; (ii) prepare and hand over to the Government or any officer authorised by them in this behalf the complete inventory of the property which vests in the Government under this Act ; (iii) furnish to the Government or any officer authorised by them in this behalf such information and particulars as may be required by the Government in regard to the documents relating to the property which is acquired or is liable to be acquired under this Act. (2) The stage carriage operator or contract carriage operator shall not destroy any such document as is referred to in clauses (i) and (iii) of sub-section (1) but shall hand over to the Government or any officer authorised by them in this behalf on the notified date all such documents and also such other documents as are necessary for ascertaining the terms of employment of the persons referred to in sub-section (3) of section 20 and for determining the amount under this Act.