Section 114, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

(1) A local authority may appear in any legal proceedings by the chairman or by a member or an officer of such localauthority authorised generally or in respect of any particular proceeding by resolution of the local authority; and the chairman, or any member or officer so authorised as aforesaid, shall be a liberty to institute and carry on any proceeding which the local authority is authorised to institute and carry on under this or any other Ordinance, subject always to any directions which may be given him by the local authority. (2) Service on the local authority of all legal processes and notices shall be effected by service on the chairman.