State Act
Section 3. Establishment and Incorporation of Improvement Boards.
THE KARNATAKA IMPROVEMENT BOARDS ACT, 1976.
3. Establishment and Incorporation of Improvement Boards.- (1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act the Government, may by notification, establish for the purposes of this Act a Board for any urban area to be called the “The Improvement Board of ........................". (2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued. 1[(3) The jurisdiction of the Board constituted in respect of any urban area shall stand extended to such other areas as may be notified under clause (o) of sub-section (1) of section 2 in respect of such urban area, with effect from the date of such notification.]1