Corporation and the Government, and, on the scheme, being notified, the property and liabilities shall vest and be apportioned accordingly.

Incorporation and constitution of Corporation : (1) The Corporation shall be a body

corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power subject to the Provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and may by the said name sue and be sued.

1. (2) Save as provided in sub-section (3), all seats in the Corporation shall be filled by persons chosen by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the municipal

area and for this purpose the municipal area shall, by a notification issued in this

behalf, be divided into territorial constituencies to be known as wards.

1. (3) In the Corporation, in addition to persons chosen by direct election under this section,

the Members of the State Legislative Assembly, representing constituencies which

comprise wholly or partly in municipal area, shall also be the Councillors.