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Section 3
The Maharashtra Jeevan Authority Act, 1976.Maharashtra

Section 3. Establishment of the Authority

CHAPTER II

ESTABLISHMENT, CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, DUTIES AND POWERS OF 1[THE AUTHORITY]

3. Establishment of 2[the Authority].- (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, with effect from a date to be specified therein establish for the purposes of this Act 3[an Authority] to be called "the Maharashtra 4[Jeevan Authority]."

(2) 5[The Authority] shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with powers, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold or dispose of property, both moveable and immoveable, and to contract, and may sue or be sued by its corporate name aforesaid.

(3) 6[The Authority] shall be deemed to be a local authority as defined in the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 (Bom. I of 1904).

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.