(1) On and from the date of a notification under section 15,-
(a) all the properties and assets comprising of movables and immovables of such projects, works and schemes vested in the Government and under the control of the Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department or the Municipal Administration and Urban Development * See now the Cantonments Act, 2006 (Central Act 41 of 2006).
Authentication of orders etc., of the Corporation.
Power of the Government to vest or entrust projects, works and schemes to the Corporation.
Transfer of assets and liabilities of the Government to the Corporation.
Central Act II of 1924.
[Act No.37 of 1998] 13 Department or any other Department of the Government, shall vest in and stand transferred to the Corporation;
(b) all rights, obligations and liabilities, acquired or incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things engaged to be done by, with or for the Government, immediately before such date for or in connection with the purposes of any project or work or scheme or any part thereof vested in or entrusted to, the Corporation under section 15, shall be deemed to have been acquired, incurred, entered into and engaged to be done by, with or for the Corporation;
(c) all non-recurring expenditure incurred by or for the Government, or in connection with the purposes of any project or work or scheme or any part thereof, so vested in, or entrusted to, the Corporation, upto such date and declared to be capital expenditure by the Government shall subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, be treated as capital provided by the Government to the Corporation;
(d) all sums of money due to the Government in relation to any project or work or scheme or any part thereof so vested in or entrusted to the Corporation immediately before such date shall be deemed to be due to the Corporation;
(e) all suits and other legal proceedings instituted or which could have been instituted by or against the Government, immediately before such date for any matter in relation to any project or work or scheme or any part thereof may be continued or instituted by or against the Corporation.
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(2) Such properties, assets, rights, obligations and liabilities shall be valued in such manner as the Government may determine.
(3) If any doubt or dispute arises to as to which of the properties or assets or rights or liabilities of the Government have been transferred to the Corporation such doubt or dispute shall be referred to and decided by the Government, whose decision shall be final.
CHAPTER – IV FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF CORPORATION
17. The functions of the Corporation shall be,–
(a) supply of water for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes including planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of any water supply system including maintenance of drinking water tanks;
(b) establishing and maintaining schemes incidental to water supply such as testing of water, designing of plant for purification of water, and conducting research relating to water supply;
(c) sewerage, sewage disposal and sewage treatment works including planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of sewerage and sewage treatment works;
(d) planning, design, construction maintenance, operation and management of all sanitation and public health works, schemes and projects including afforestation protection, of environment and promotion of ecological aspects, safe handling of drinking water, waste water Functions of the Corporation.
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(e) planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of minor irrigation tanks having ayacut of less than 100 acres, including watershed management, and storage and management of rainwater;
(f) planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of any infrastructure facility within the meaning of section 80 IA of the Income Act, 1961, as amended from time to time;
(g) planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of schemes or projects in relation to the matters listed in the eleventh and twelfth schedules of the Constitution of India;
(h) planning, design, construction, maintenance, operation and management of schemes or projects for developing Inland Waterways and Inland Transportation;
(i) procurement and servicing of Government Loans, Open Market Borrowings, loans borrowed from Banks, Financial Institutions, Insurance Companies, and other Institutions, for the purposes of clauses (a) to (h) above, either on behalf of Government or Local Authorities;
(j) entering into contracts in respect of the works and any other matters transferred to the Corporation along with the assets and liabilities under this Act;
(k) inviting tenders, bids, offers and enter into contracts for the purposes of all the activities of the Corporation;
(l) promoting participation of any person or body or association of individuals whether incorporated or not, in Central Act 43 of 1961.
16 [Act No.37 of 1998] planning, investigation, designing, construction and management of water supply, sewerage, sanitation projects and schemes, other projects and schemes in relation to matters listed in the eleventh and twelfth schedules of the Constitution of India, projects and schemes falling under the definition of infrastructure facility under section 80 IA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 or any other project or scheme as may be entrusted by the Government from time to time;
(m) undertaking schemes or works, jointly with other corporate bodies, or institutions or with Government or Local Authorities or on agency basis in furtherance of the purposes for which the Corporation is established and all matters connected therewith;
(n) preparing annual plan and five year working development plan;
(o) preparing annual budget;
(p) taking all such steps as may be necessary or convenient for, or may be incidental to the exercise of any power or the discharge of any function conferred, imposed on it by this Act; and
(q) undertaking any other activities entrusted by the Government in furtherance of the objectives for which the Corporation is established.