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Establishment of City Corporations.- (1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, the City Corporations as under section 5. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, when an area is excluded from the Greater Bengaluru Area,- (i) the rights and liabilities of the City Corporation in such area shall vest in the Government; and (ii) Government shall, after consulting the City Corporation, determine what portion of the City Corporation fund and other property of the City Corporation shall vest in the Government for the benefit of the inhabitants of such local area and how the liabilities of the City Corporation shall be apportioned between the City Corporation and the Government. (3) When a local area is included in the Greater Bengaluru Area, the Government shall decide the City Corporation to which the said local area shall be a part of. However, as far as possible an Assembly Constituency shall not be divided into two or more City Corporations while adding or removing any area. The provisions of this Act and all taxes, notifications, rules, bye-laws, orders, directions and powers, levied, issued, made or conferred under this Act or any other law applicable to the Greater Bengaluru Area shall apply to the said area from the date of inclusion of such area within the Greater Bengaluru Area. (4) Each City Corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and may by the said name sue and be sued. (5) Each City Corporation in the Greater Bengaluru Area shall be suitably name with a prefix ‘Bengaluru’. Illustration: “Bengaluru South City Corporation”, “Bengaluru East City Corporation” and so on.