(1) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely :--
(a) a President nominated by the State Government :
Provided that on the expiry of the first two terms of office of the President as specified in sub-section (1) of sec 12, the State Government shall nominate a President from among three persons recommended by the Council in such manner as may be prescribed ;
(b) four members nominated by the State Government of whom two shall be registered Homoeopathic practitioners, whose names are entered in Part-A of the Register ;
Constitution of the Council of Homoeopathic Medicines, Tripura Constitution of the Council.
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(c) six members, who are Citizens of India, elected from such constituencies and in such manner as may be prescribed, by the registered Homoeopathic practitioners, from among themselves.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-section or elsewhere in this Act, on the first constitution of the Council all the members of the Council shall be nominated by the State Government and the State government shall also nominate one of the members to be the Vice-President.
5. If the electoral body referred to in clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 4 fails by the prescribed date to elect the ruquisite number of member or members which such body is entitled to elect, the State government shall fill up the office of such member or members by nomination of a person or persons qualified to be elected by such body. Any person so nominated by the State Government shall be deemed to have been duly elected as member by such body.
6. A person shall be disqualified for being nominated or elected a member of the Council, if--
(a) he has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude ;
(b) he is an undischarged insolvent ;
(c) he has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind ;
(d) he is an employee of the Council ;
(e) he has directly or indirectly any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of the Council ;
(f) he has been dismissed from the service of the Central Government or a State Government or a local authority on a charge of gross misconduct or an offence involving moral turpitude ;
Power of State Government to nominate members in certain circumstances.
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(g) he is a person under the age of 25.
7. The name of every member nominated or elected under section 4 or section 5 shall be published by the State Government in the Official Gazette.
8. A person shall cease to be a member of the Council--
(a) if, without obtaining the permission of the Council, he is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council ; or
(b) if having been nominated or elected as a registered Homoeopathic practitioner he ceases to be such a registered practitioner ; or
(c) if he becomes subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 6.