Cap. 563 Art. 6Authority to be bodycorporateand representation of theAuthority.

(1) The Authority shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and shall be capable, subject to the provisions of this Act, of entering into contracts, of acquiring, holding and disposing of any kind of property for the purposes of its functions, of suing and being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or performance of its functions under this Act, including the borrowing of money.

(2) The legal and judicial representation of the Authority shall vest in the Board: Provided that the Board may appoint any one or more of its members or any one or more of the officers or employees of the Authority to appear in the name and on behalf of the Authority in any proceedings and in any act, contract, instrument or other document whatsoever: the Authority, as the Board may appoint or authorise for the purpose.

(3) Any document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by the Authority and signed by the Chairperson of the Board, or such other member of the Board or officer of the Authority as may by the Board, in accordance with sub-article (2), be vested with the legal representation of the Authority, shall be received in evidence and shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an instrument made or issued by the Authority.