In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires-
(1) 'Act' means the Rajasthan Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors and Auxiliary Nurse, Midwives Registration Act, 1964 (Rajasthan Act 9 of 64).
(2) 'President' means the President of the Council Under section 8 (1) of the Act.
(3) 'Registrar' means Registrar appointed under section 9 (1).
(4) 'Vice President' means the Vice President of the Council elected under section 8 (2) of the Act.
3. The Office of the Council shall be situated in Jaipur.
PART I Time and place of, and preparation of business for meetings of the Council.
4. (1) Meetings of the Council shall ordinarily be held at Jaipur or at any other place on such dates as may be fixed by the Council provided that the President may call a special by the Council provided that the President may call a special matter requiring the attention of the Council.
(2) The first meeting of the Council other than a special meeting referred to in the proviso to Regulation 4 (1) held in any financial year shall be the annual meeting of the Council for that year.
5. At meetings referred to in the proviso to Regulation 4 (1) only the subject or subjects for the consideration of which the meeting has been called shall be discussed.
6. Notice of every meeting other than a special meeting called under the proviso to regulation 4 (1) or under the first proviso to regulation 8 (1)
(b) shall be despatched by the Registrar to each member of the Council not less than 40 days before the date of the meeting.
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7. (1) The Registrar shall issue, with the notice of the meeting, a preliminary agenda, papers showing the business to be brought before the meeting the terms of all motions to be moved of which notice in writing has previously reached him/ her and the names of the movers.
(2) A member, who wishes to move any motion not included in the preliminary agenda paper or an amendment to any item so included, shall give notice thereof to the Registrar not less than 25 clear days before the date fixed for the meetings.
(3) The Registrar shall, not less than 15 clear days before the date fixed for the meeting, issue a complete agenda paper showing the business to be brought before the meeting.
(4) A member who wishes to move an amendment to any item included in the complete agenda paper, but not included in the preliminary agenda paper, shall give notice thereof to the Registrar not less than three clear days before the date fixed for the meeting.
(5) The Registrar shall, if time permits cause a list of all amendments, of which notice has been given under clause (4) to be made available for the use of every member:
Provided that the President may, if the Council agrees, allow a motion to be discussed at a meeting notwithstanding the fact that notice was received too late to admit of compliance with this Regulation.
8. (1) A motion shall not be admissible, -
(a) if the matter to which it relates is not within the scope of the Council's functions;
(b) if it raises substantially the same question as a motion or amendment which has been moved or with- drawn with the leave of the Council within one year of the date of the meeting at which it is designed to be moved:
Provided that such a motion may be admitted at a special meeting of the Council convened for the purpose on the requisition of not less than two-third of the members of the Council;
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Provided further that nothing in these regulations shall operate to prohibit the further discussion of any matter referred to the Council by the State Government in the exercise of any of their functions under the Act;
(c) Unless it is clearly and precisely expressed and raises substantially one definite issue;
(d) if it contains arguments, inferences ironical expressions or defamatory statements.
(2) The President shall disallow any motion which, in his opinion, is inadmissible under sub-regulation (1):
Provided that if a motion can be rendered admissible by amendment the President may in lieu of disallowing the motion admit it in an amended form.
(3) When the President disallows or amends a motion the registrar shall inform the members who gave notice of the motion of the order of disallowance or, as the case may be, of the form in which the motion has been admitted.
PART II Conduct of business at meetings of the Council.
9. (1) Every meeting of the council shall be presided over by the President, or if he is absent, by the Vice President, or, if both the President and the Vice President are absent, by a Chairman to be elected by the members present from among themselves.
(2) All references in this part to the President shall be read as referring to the person, for the time being, presiding over a meeting.
(3) Six members of the Council shall form a quorum.
10. If, at the time appointed for a meeting, a quorum is not present, the meeting shall not commence until a quorum is present, and if a quorum is not present, on the expiration of 20 minutes from the time appointed for the meeting or during the course of any meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned future time and date as the president may appoint.
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11. (1) Every matter to be determined by the Council shall be determined on a motion moved by a member and put to the Council by the President;
(2) Votes shall be taken by show of hands or by division or by ballot, as the President may direct:
Provided that votes shall be taken by a ballot if three members so desire and ask for it:
Provided further that if voting has been by a show of hands a division shall be taken if a member asks for it.
(3) The President shall determine the method of taking votes by division.
(4) The result of the vote shall be announced by the President and shall not be challenged.
(5) in the event of an equality of votes the President shall have a second or a casting vote.
12. When motions identical in purport stand in the names of two or more members the President shall decide whose motion shall be moved and the other motion or motions shall thereupon be deemed to be withdrawn.
13. (1) Every motion or amendment shall be seconded and if not seconded shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.
(2) When a motion has been seconded, it shall be stated from the Chair.
(3) When a motion has been thus stated, it may be discussed as a question to be resolved either in the affirmative or in the negative or any member may, subject to Regulations 14 and 15, move an amendment to the motion;
Provided that President shall not allow an amendment to be moved which if it had been a substantive motion and would have been in-admissible under Regulation 5.
14. (1) An amendment must be relevant to and within the scope of motion to which it is proposed.
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(2) An amendment may not be moved which has merely the effect of a negative vote.
(3) The President may refuse to put an amendment which in his opinion is frivolous,