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(1) The Government shall set up a Tribal Development Authority for the Plains Tribal Areas of Assam imme diately after the coming into force of this Act. •‘--At' ; (2) The Authority will be a corporate body with a perpetual succession and com mon seal. (3) The Authority, unless sooner dissolved, . shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meetings : Provided that the said period may be exten ded by the Governor by notification in the Official Gazette for a period not exceeding one year at a time.