Development Planning Act (Cap. 552), article 6

6. (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 t hings and entering into all such transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or performance of its functions under this Act, including the lending or borrowing of money. (2) The legal and judicial representation of the Authority shall be vested in the Executive Chairperson of the Executive Council : Provided that the Executive Chairperson may appoint any one or more of the other members of the Executive Council or an y one or more of the officers or employees of the Authority to ap pear in the name and on behalf of the Authority in any proceedings a nd in any act, contract, instrument or other document whatsoever. Functions of the Authority. Amended by: XXI.2022.2.