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Incorporation of Municipality :– 2[Every Municipality] shall be a body corporate by the name of the municipality by reference to which it is known, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restriction and qualification imposed by or under this or any other enactment shall have power to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable, and subject to any rules prescribed to transfer any such property held by it, to enter into contracts and to do all other things necessary proper or expedient for the purposes of this Act and may sue and be sued in its corporate name. 2[10. Manner of election of Councillors :– (1) The election of Councillors specified in clause (a) of Section 8 shall be held in the prescribed manner: Provided that where such election is contested on political party basis, the candidates contesting such election shall use their respective party symbols. Explanation– For the purposes of this section,– (a) 'candidates' means candidates duly sponsored by respective political parties; (b) 'Party Symbol' means the symbol allotted to a particular political party under the Election Symbols (Reservation and allotment) Order, 1968; and (c) 'Political Party' means a 'National Party' or, as the case may be, a 'State Party' within the meaning of paragraph 7 of the Order referred to in clause (b). (2) the names of the elected Councillors shall be published by the Election Commission in the Gazette.] 2[11. Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Women and backward class of citizens :– (1) There shall be reserved, by the 3[District Magistrate], seats in every Municipality for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in that Municipality