Constitution of committee for administration of Mettur township

(1) As soon as may be after the passing of this Act, the [State] Government shall, by notification, and with effect from such date as may be specified therein, constitute a committee, to be called the Mettur Township Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Township Committee), for the purpose of administering the municipal affairs of the Mettur township. (2) The Township Committee shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restrictions or qualifications imposed by or under this or any other enactment, shall be vested with the capacity of suing and being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and transferring property, movable or immovable, of entering into contracts.and of doin6 all things necessary, proper or expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted.