The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988State Act of West Bengal · Act 13 of 1988
(1) There shall be a General Council comprising the hill areas in the district of Darjeeling.
(2) The General Council shall be constituted in the manner provided in this Chapter and shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as are provided in Chapter II.
West Ben.
Act XLI of
1973.
Ben. Act XV of 1932.
128 The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988.
XIII of 1988.]
(Chapter 1.—Preliminaty.--Sections 4-9.)
4. The General Council shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall, by its corporate name, sue and be sued.