[(1) and (2) deleted]

(3) The Minister of the Crown for the time being administering this Act shall for the purposes of this Act become and continue to be a body corporate under the name of the }Minister for Works~ with perpetual succession and a common seal; and by that name shall be capable of suing and being sued, acquiring, holding, letting and taking land on lease, and alienating real and personal property, and of doing and suffering all such other acts and things as may be necessary or expedient for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

[Section 5 amended by No. 35 of 1933 s.4; No. 41 of 1945 s.3; No. 27 of 1974 s.20.]