(1) Subject to the provisions of section 3 there shaIl be constituted under this Act for each district a Board having authority under this Act over such district.
(2) Such Board shall come into existence from such date as the Government may notify in this behalf and the notification shall specify the name of the Board as the District Board of the District for which it has been constituted.
5. Every Board shall be a body coporate known by the name specified in the notification issued under sub-section
(2) of section 4 and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restrictions or qualifications imposed by or under this Act or any other enactment for the time being in force, shall be vested with the capacity of suing or being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and transferring property, movable or Power to except areas from the provisions of this Act.
Establishment of Boards.
Board to be deemed to be a corporate body.
8 [Act No.I of 1956] immovable, of entering into contracts and of doing all things necessary, proper and expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted.