Property of the Corporation

23. (1) All property within the limits of the Corporation of the nature hereinafter in this section specified, other than property owned or maintained by the Central or the State Government or any other local authority, shall vest in and belong to the Corporation and shall, with all other property of of whatsoever nature or kind which may become vested in the Corporation, be under its direction, management and control, that is to say— (a) all public streets and all things connected with or provided for such streets; (b) all public channel, water courses, springs, tanks, reservoirs, cisterns, walls and other water-works, bridges, buildings and all other materials or things connected therewith; (c) all public sewers and drains and all works, materials and things pertaining thereto and other conservancy works; (d) all sewage, rubbish and offensive matters deposited on streets or collected by the Corporation from streets, latrines, urinals, sewers, cess-pools and other places; (e) all public lamps, lamp-posts and apparatus connected therewith or appertaining thereto; and (f) all buildings erected by the Corporation and all lands, buildings or other property transferred to the Corporation or acquired by gift, purchase or otherwise. (2) The State Government may, by notification, exclude any street, bridge, sewer or drain from the operation of the Act or any specified provisions of this Act.