Section 5(3)(a) in The Hind Cycles And Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act, 1980
(a)save as otherwise expressly provided in this section or in any other provision of this Act, no liability, other than the liability specified in sub-section (2), of either of the two companies in relation to its undertakings in respect of any period prior to the appointed day shall l be enforceable against the Central Government, or, where the undertakings of the two companies are directed, under section 6, to vest in Government company, against the concerned Government company;