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(I) With effect from such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint, there shall be a Corporation charged with the municipal government of Howrah, to be known as the Howrah Municipal Corporation. (2) The Corporation shall be a body corporate with perpetual succes- sion and a common seal, and may by its name sue and be sued. (3) All properties, along with all rights therein of whatever nature, used, enjoyed or possessed by the Commissioners of the Howrah Municipality constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, or by any Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti constituted under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973, as the case may be, included within Howrah immediately before the date of constitution of the Corporation, shall, on and from that date vest in the Corporation. (4) All rights, liabilities and obligations of the Commissioners and the Gram Panchayats or Panchayat Samitis referred to in sub-section (3) subsisting immediately before the date of constitution of the Corporation, in relation to any matter provided for in this Act, shall be enforceable by or against the Corporation. (5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Corporation shall be entitled to acquire, hold and dispose of property.