(1) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a mem- vacancies.
ber due to death, resignation, removal or disability of such member or otherwise, it shall be filled in the same manner as is provided in section 3.
(2) Any person nominated or elected to fill the vacancy shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 6, hold office only so long as the member in whose place he is nominated or elected would have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.
8. Any member may at any time resign his Resignation.
office by letter addressed to the Chairman and such resignation shall take effect from the date on whic½ it is accepted by the Council :
Provided that the Chairman may resign his office by letter addressed to the State Government and his resignation shall take effect from the date on which it is accepted by the State Government.
9. If any member during the period for whic½ Disabilities for he has been nominated or elected- ~::b~rg as ( a) absents himself without such reasons, as may, in the opinion of the Council, be suffi cient, from three consecutive meetings o~ the Council, or
(b) be.comes subject to any of the disqualifica tions mentioned in section 10, or ( c) being a legal practitioner,> 3.ppears in any suit or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the Council, or
(d) obtains any employment under the Council or has without the previous sanction of the Disqualification.
706 PUNJAB li01VWBOPAT.HIC [1965 : Pb. Aet 16 PRACTITIONERS State Government acquired directly or in~ directly by himself or by a partner any s~are, or interest, in any contract made with, by, or on behalf of, the Council, the Council may declare hisj office to be vacant :
Provided that in a caset' falling under clause (b).
the council shall declare th office to be vacant.
lt. No person-
(a) who is a minor or an undischarged insol vent, or
(b) who has been adjudicated by a competent court to be of unsound mind, or ( c) whose name has been removed from the Register, or
(d) who has been sentenced by a Court to im prisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the Council, involves moral turpitude or indicates such a defect of character as would render the entry o!'
continuance of his name in the Register undesirable, the sentence not having been subsequently .reversed in appeal or revi sion, or remitted by an order which the State Government is empowered to make in that behalf, or
(e) who has been found guilty, by a majority of two-third, of the members of the Coun cil present and voting at the meeting there of, of infamous conduct in any professional respect after enquiry by the Council at which an opportunity has been given to such person to be heard in his def encr either personally or through R representative, or
(f) who is dismissed servant of the Govern- · ment or any local authority, shall be eligible for being elected or nominated a member.
• 1965 : .Pb. Act 16] PUNJAB HOMOEOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS 707
11. No act done or proceeding taken under this VacancJes, . etc., · ' • • ' not to invalidate Act by the Council shall be 1nvahd merely on the proceedings of ground- ' Council.
(a) of any vacancy or defect in the Constitution of the Council, or
(b) of any defect or irregularity in election or nomination of a person acting as a mem ber thereof, or ( c) of any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding, not affecting the merits of the case.
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12. The Council shall meet at such time and Time and plaoi place and every meeting of the Council shall be sum- of me~ings of moned in such manner as may be prescribed by re- Council.
gulations :
Provided that until such regulations are made it shall be lawful for the Chairman to summon every meeting of the Council at such time and place as he may deem expedient by letter addressed to each member separately.