(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and save as otherwise provided in section 12A, in any district for which a district local board has not been established, the power and duties of the district school board under this Act shall be exercised and performed by such authority as the 44[State] Government may appoint. The exercise of such powers and the performance of such duties shall be in accordance with such directions as the 44[State] Government may from time to time give.
(2) The 44[State] Government shall maintain such number of primary schools in such district as it may from time to time determine.
(3) When a district local board is established for such district, the 46[State] Government may by order direct that with effect from such date as may be specified in the order, hereinafter in this section referred to as the said date,—
(a) such primary schools with their lands, buildings, records and equipment as may be specified in the order shall vest in the district school board constituted for the district,
(b) such primary school teachers and other persons as may be specified in the order, who were employed for the purpose of the primary schools maintained by the 46[State] Government immediately before the said date, shall be taken over and employed by the said district school board, on the same terms and conditions on which they were employed immediately before the said date or on such other terms and conditions, as the 46[State] Government may direct.]
CHAPTER III.
POWERS DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD, AUTHORISED MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPAL SCHOOL BOARDS.
A. District School Boards.
11. Every district school board shall be a body corporate by the "The District School Board of......", and shall have perpetual succession and common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name, and shall be competent to acquire and hold property both moveable and immovable, whether within or without the limits of its area, to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any moveable or immovable property which may have become vested in or been acquired it, and to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act.