Section 22
Incorporation of District Councils.
The Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of District Councils in the Hill Areas in the Union territory of Manipur.
Each District Council shall be a body corporate by the
name respectively of "the District Council of (name of autonomous district)" and shall have perpetual
succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and
may by the said name sue and be sued.