Section 17B in Employees Provident Funds Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
17B. Liability in case of transfer of establishment
Where an employer, in relation to an establishment, transfers that establishment in whole or in part, by sale, gift, lease or license or in any other manner whatsoever, the employer and the person to whom the establishment is so transferred shall jointly and severally be liable to pay the contribution and other sums due from the employer under any provision of this Act or the Scheme or the [Pension] Scheme, as the case may be, in respect of the period up to the date of such transfer:PROVIDED that the liability of the transferee shall be limited to the value of the assets obtained by him by such transfer.]
