Cap. 542 Art. 3Establishment and legalpersonalityof the Council.

(1) There shall be a body, to be known as Arts Council

Malta, to implement the objectives and perform the functions assigned to it by or under this Act.

(2) The Council shall be a body corporate having a distinct legal personality and capable of entering into contracts, of acquiring and disposing of property of any kind for the purposes of its functions under this Act or any other law, of suing and being sued, and of doing all such things and entering into all transactions as are incidental or conducive to the exercise or performance of its functions as herein contained.