The Cane Development Council

(1) There shall be established, by notification, for the area of a factory a Cane Development Council which shall be known by the name of such area or such other name as the State Government may notify in this behalf, having perpetual succession, common seal or qualifications as may be imposed under this Act or any other enactment, residing in the capacity of suing and being sued in its corporate name of acquiring, holding, administering and transferring property, movable and immovable, and of entering into contracts. Provided that, if the Cane Commissioner so directs, the Council may be established for two or more factories, the reserved area of a factory. (2) The area for which a Council is established shall be called the zone.