(1) The income of the Council shall consist of-
(a) fees received from veterinary practitioners;
(b) grants received from the State Government, if any; and
(c) any other sums received by the Council.
(2) It shall be competent for the Council to incur expenditure for the following purposes, namely : -
(a) salaries and allowances of the Registrar and the other staff maintained by the Council;
(b) fees and allowances paid to the members of the Council;
(c) such other expenses as are necessary for performing its duties and functions under this Act.
12. Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the powers and functions of the Council shall be-
(a) to maintain the register and the periodical list and to provide for the registration of veterinary 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 registered veterinary practitioners;
(d) to reprimand a registered veternary oractitioner, 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;
(e) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions, as are laid down in this Act, or may be prescribed by rules.