7. Appointment of Administrator to manage specified undertaking.—(1) The Central
Government shall, on and from the appointed day, appoint a person or a body of persons, as the
“Administrator of the specified undertaking of the Unit Trust of India” for the purpose of taking over the
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administration thereof and the Administrator shall carry on the management of the specified undertaking
of the Trust for and on behalf of the Central Government.
(2) The Central Government may issue such directions (including directions as to initiating,
defending or continuing any legal proceedings before any court, tribunal or other authority) to the
Administrator as to his powers and functions as that Government may deem desirable and the
Administrator may apply to the Central Government at any time for instructions as to the manner in
which he shall conduct the management of the specified undertaking or in relation to any matter arising in
the course of such management.
(3) Subject to the other provisions of this Act and the Schemes made thereunder and the control of the
Central Government, the Administrator shall be entitled, notwithstanding anything contained in any other
law for the time being in force, to exercise, in relation to the management of the specified undertaking,
the powers specified under section 10 including powers to dispose of any property or assets of such
specified undertaking whether such powers are derived under any law for the time being in force.
(4) Every person having possession, custody or control of any property forming part of the specified
undertaking of the Trust shall deliver forthwith such property to the Administrator.
(5) Any person who, on the appointed day, has in his possession or under his control any books,
papers or other documents relating to the specified undertaking, including the minutes book containing
the resolutions of the persons in charge of the management of the specified undertaking before the
appointed day, the current cheque books relating to the specified undertaking, any letters, memoranda,
notes or other communications between him and the Trust so far they relate to the specified undertaking
shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, be liable to account
for the books, papers and other documents (including such minutes book, letters, memoranda, notes or
other communications) to the Administrator.
(6) Any person in charge of the management of the specified undertaking immediately before the
appointed day shall, within ten days from that day or within such further period as the Central Government
may allow in this behalf, furnish to the Administrator the complete inventory of all the properties and assets
(including particulars of book-debts and investments and belongings) forming part of the specified
undertaking immediately before the appointed day and of all the liabilities and obligations of such
specified undertaking, in relation to its administration, subsisting immediately before that day, and also of
all agreements relating to specified undertaking entered into by the Trust in relation to its administration
and in force immediately before that day.
(7) The Administrator shall receive from the funds of the specified undertaking such remuneration as
the Central Government may fix.
8. Administrator to vacate office.—(1) The Administrator shall, immediately on redemption of all
the schemes of the specified undertaking and the payment of entire amount to 1
[investors or from such
date as may be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, whichever is earlier,] vacate
his office; but nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as prohibiting his appointment as a member
of the Board of Advisers after vacation of his office as such.
(2) On the vacation of his office, the Administrator shall forthwith deliver, to the Central Government
or any institution or officer specified by it, possession of all assets and properties representing and
relatable to the specified undertaking which are in his possession, custody and control on the date
immediately preceding the date on which he vacates his office as the Administrator.