13. Land and goods.—(1) Subject to the other provisions of this Part, all land and all stores, articles
and other goods belonging to the State of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh in the transferred territories shall, as
from the appointed day, pass to the State to which the territories are transferred.
(2) In this section, the expression “land” includes immovable property of every kind and any rights in
or over such property.
14. Arrears of taxes.—The right of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh to recover arrears of any tax or duty on
property situate in the transferred territories, including land revenue, or to recover arrears of any other tax
or duty in any case where the place of assessment of that tax or duty is in the transferred territories shall
belong to the State to which the territories are transferred.
15. Right to recover loans and advances.—The right to recover any loans or advances made before
the appointed day by Bihar or Uttar Pradesh to any local body, society, agriculturist, or other person in the
transferred territories shall belong to the State to which the territories are transferred.
16. Refund of taxes collected in excess.—The liability of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh to refund any tax or
duty on property situate in the transferred territories, including land revenue, collected in excess shall be
the liability of the State to which the territories are transferred and the liability of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh
to refund any other tax or duty collected in excess in any case where the place of assessment of the tax or
duty is in the transferred territories shall also be the liability of the State to which the territories are
transferred.
17. Deposits.—The liability of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh in respect of any civil deposit or local fund
deposit made in the transferred territories shall, as from the appointed day, be the liability of the State to
which the territories are transferred.
18. Contracts.—(1) Where, before the appointed day, the State of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh has made
any contract in the exercise of its executive power for any purposes of the State, that contract shall be
deemed to have been made in the exercise of the executive power—
(a) if such purposes are, as from that day, purposes relatable exclusively to the transferred
territories, of the State to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, of the State which made the contract, and all rights and liabilities which
have accrued, or may accrue, under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they are rights or
liabilities of the State which made the contract, be rights or liabilities of the State specified in
clause (a) or clause (b) above.
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(2) For the purposes of this section, there shall be deemed to be included in the liabilities which have
accrued or may accrue under any contract—
(a) any liability to satisfy an order or award made by any court or other tribunal in proceedings
relating to the contract; and
(b) any liability in respect of expenses incurred in or in connection with any such proceedings.
(3) This section shall have effect subject to the other provisions of this Part relating to the
apportionment of liabilities in respect of loans, guarantees and other financial obligations.
19. Liability in respect of actionable wrong.—Where, immediately before the appointed day, the
State of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh is subject to any liability in respect of an actionable wrong, other than
breach of contract, that liability shall,—
(a) if the cause of action arose wholly within the transferred territories, be a liability of the State
to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, continue to be a liability of the State which, immediately before that day,
was subject to such liability.
20. Liability as guarantor of co-operative societies.—Where, immediately before the appointed
day, the State of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh is liable as guarantor in respect of any liability of a registered
co-operative society, that liability shall,—
(a) if the area of the society’s operations is limited to the transferred territories, be a liability of
the State to which the territories are transferred; and
(b) in any other case, continue to be a liability of the State which, immediately before that day,
was subject to such liability.
21. Items in suspense.—If any item in suspense is ultimately found to affect an asset or liability of
the nature referred to in any of the foregoing provisions of this Part, it shall be dealt with in accordance
with that provision.
22. Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement.—Where the States of Bihar and
Uttar Pradesh agree that the benefit or burden of any particular asset or liability should be apportioned
between them in a manner other than that provided for in the foregoing provisions of this Part, then,
notwithstanding anything contained therein, the benefit or burden of that asset or liability shall be
apportioned in the manner agreed upon.
23. Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases.—Where,
by virtue of any of the provisions of this Part, either of the States of Bihar or Uttar Pradesh becomes
entitled to any property or obtains any benefits or becomes subject to any liability, and the
Central Government, on a reference made within a period of three years from the appointed day by either
of the States, is of opinion that it is just and equitable that that property or those benefits should be
transferred to, or shared with, the other State or that a contribution towards that liability should be made
by the other State, the said property or benefits shall be allocated in such manner between the two States,
or the other State shall make to the State subject to the liability such contribution in respect thereof, as the
Central Government may, after consultation with the two State Governments, by order determine.
24. Expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund.—All sums payable by either Bihar or
Uttar Pradesh to the other State by virtue of the provisions of this Part shall be charged on the
Consolidated Fund of the State by which such sums are payable.