(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this Act a Board by the name of the West Bengal Housing Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall be competent to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable, enter into contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
172 The West Bengal Housing Board Act, 1972.
XXXII of 1972.]
(Chapter H.—Establishment of the Board.—Sections 4, 5.)
(3) For the purposes of this Act and the Land Acquisition Act the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority.
4. For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the West Application Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956— of West Bengal Act
(a) shall not apply to any land or building belonging to or vested in XII of 1956.
the Board.
(b) shall not apply as against the Board to any tenancies or other like relationship created by the Board in respect of such land or building;
(c) but shall apply to any land or building let out in favour of the Board.