Section 5
Board to be body corporate.
The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963
About this Act
An Act to make provision for the constitution of port authorities for certain major ports in India and to vest the administration, control and management of such ports in such authorities and for matters connected therewith.
Every Board constituted under this Act shall be a body corporate
having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to
acquire, hold or dispose of property and may by the name by which it is constituted, sue or be sued.