(i) Notice of every meeting shall be served on each member of 'the Council by the Registrar not less than 30 days before the date of the meeting.
(ii) Agenda of a meeting ordinary or special of the Council shall be circulated by the Registrar of the Council to all members of the Council not less than 10 days before the date of such meeting.
3. An extraordinary meeting of the Council may be called by the President whenever it appears to him to be necessary and shall be called by him on a requisition in writing made by not less than 10 members stating the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is being called.
4. The Council shall appoint a Sub-Committee known as the Registration Sub-Committee consisting of 10 members who will meet at such place and date as the President may determine and the members of such Registration Sub-Committee shall hold office for a period of three years but the tenure of office of a member will expire automatically with the tenure of membership of the Council.
The Council. may also appoint any other Sub-Committee which it may deem necessary.
The functions of the Registration Sub-Committee will be as under:-
(i) To receive a report of all registrations since the last meeting and to scrutinise the applications for registration received from persons whose qualifications are not covered by the bye-laws made under section 18 of the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932.
(ii) To consider explanations from registered persons for contravening the provisions of the Act and of the rules, regulations and by-laws and of the Code of ethics.
(iii) Any other business that may be placed before the Sub-Committee.
2[4A. The Council shall appoint any Advisory Committee consisting of 4 members, one of whom shall be the Chairman. The Committee will meet at such place and date and as often as the President may determine. The term of members of the Committee shall be co-terminus with their membership of the Council but a person who has, been re-elected or re-nominated as a member of the Council shall continue as a member of the Committee until such time as a meeting of the Council is held after his re-election or re-nomination at which the vacancy will be filled by election. Should a vacancy in the Committee occur in the interval between two meetings of the Council, the Committee shall have power to fill such vacancy from amongst the members of the Council and the members so appointed shall hold office till the next meeting of the Council.
1First published with the Punjab Government Notification No. 41301, dated the 3rd December, 1935. Regulations made under section 12 (1) of the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932.
2Added by Punjab Government Notification No. 4344-M-40/39811, dated the 8th October, 1940 The functions of the Advisory Committee shall be as follows:-
(1) To supervise the publication of the Annual Lists.
(2) To draft business other than motions and amendments notified by members and submit its recommendations thereon.
(3) To obtain from Licensing and Statutory Bodies such information as may be necessary to facilitate the requirements of the Act.
(4) To call for particulars of professional examinations and their results and submit them to the Council annually with necessary comments thereon.
(5) To consider and forward to the Council reports on the visitation of examinations.
(6) To consider any other business referred to it by the Council.]
5. The meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places as the President may direct.
6. Every meeting of the Council shall be presided over by the President or in his absence by the Vice-President. Should the office of the President be vacant or should for any cause the President is unable to carry out any of the duties belonging to the office, the Vice-President shall act for him. In the absence of both the President and the Vice-President from a meeting, the members present shall elect a Chairman from among themselves to preside at the meeting.