(1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act the Government, may by notification, establish for the purposes of this Act a Board for any urban area to be called the “The Improvement Board of ........................".
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
1[(3) The jurisdiction of the Board constituted in respect of any urban area shall stand extended to such other areas as may be notified under clause (o) of sub-section (1) of section 2 in respect of such urban area, with effect from the date of such notification.]1
1. Inserted by Act 68 of 1976 w.e.f. 1.12.1976.