Section 12. Every municipal committee shall be a body corporate by the name of the municipal committee of its mu

12. Every municipal committee shall be a body corporate by the name of the municipal committee of its municipality, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire and hold property, both moveable and immoveable, and to transfer any property held by it, and to contract and to do all other things necessary 1884.] Burma Municipalities. 187 (Chapter III.—Organization of Municipal Committees.—Sections 13 § 14.) necessary for the purposes of its constitution, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name: Provided that a committee shall not transfer any immovable property except in pursuance of a resolution passed at a special meeting and approved by the Local Government.