(1) The proceedings of the discussion of every meeting of the Council, shall be treated as confidential; and no person shall, without the previous resolution of the Council, disclose any portion thereof:
Provided that, nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit any person from disclosing or publishing the text or any resolution adopted by the Council, unless the Council directs such resolution also to be treated as confidential.
(2) No disqualification of or defect in the election or nomination of any person as a member, or as the President, or as the Vice-resident, or as a presiding authority of a meeting, shall of itself be deemed to vitiate any act or proceedings of the Council in which such person has taken part, whenever the majority of persons who are parties to such act or proceedings, were entitled to vote.
(3) During any vacancy in the Council, the continuing members may act, as if no vacancy had occurred:
Provided that, the number of vacancies shall at any time not exceed five.
10. Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Council shall be-
(a) to maintain the register, and to provide for the registration of medical practitioners;
(b) to hear and decide appeals from any decision of the Registrar;
(c) to prescribe a code of ethics for regulating the professional conduct of practitioners;
(d) to reprimand a practitioner, or to suspend or remove him from the register, or to take such other disciplinary action against him as may, in the opinion of the Council, be necessary or expedient;
Meetings of Council.
Proceedings of meetings and validity of acts.
Powers, duties and functions of the Council.
The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967. [1968: Guj. 10 1968: Guj. 10] The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967.
(e) to exercise such other powers, perform such other duties and discharge such other functions, as are laid down in this Act, or as may be prescribed.