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A Municipal Corporation shall be a body corporate by its name, having a perpetual succession and a common with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to \ and shall sue and be sued in its name: I2B. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the municipa:i administration of a Municipal Corporation shaU vest in the Municipal·Corporat.ion. (1) Every Municipal Corporation shall number of Councillora as may be fixed by ·the State from to time by notification. (2) as provided in sub-section (3), ;1i! the be fi llr.e by pc,.·> ,1 ,:. , •. ,_..,..,- .• &wiry MtWdpal Co?ri!l11 hli unaM.•Y°*" ••• O.,uty in the municipal area. (3) 1? State Oovemmen:t may appoint a person having special knowledge I or experience in municipal acrnini-:trotion for ret11ret1ien:tati,on in the Munk:ipal Ccrporario«. Provided iooh person shall not havt:: th>! rigi1t tr, vote in the meetings of the Muni?ipal Cerporarion llD, For every Municipal Corporation, there shall be a Chairperson and a Vice?rperson who shall be known respectively as Mayor and Deputy Mayt)r for the M1.mk;ipal Eltc.u.111 Mayov .. llE.. (I) Save as otherwise provided in thia Act,. the CoonciUors at the first meeting O·f the Munioipa.l Corporation to be called at the inatanco of the ?puty Commissioner after a pneral .election shall elect one of them to be the Mayor in acton:.umoe with rules made in this behalf. electicn shall take p?e within day11 date of notification of the result under section 22; and in the case of vacancy in the office.• of th, Mayor on 8',C;OUflt of any reason other than expiry of the tenn of office of the Mayor, within·? one days fiom the date of the? of the vacancy. (3) The State Government shall. appoint a person to preside over .. 3 the meeting convened for the purpose of the business mentioned in sub-section (I).