(1) The Council shall consist of the following members:—
(a) a President nominated by the State Government;
(b) five members nominated by the State Government of whom three shall be registered Acupuncture practitioners;
(c) one member nominated by the University of Calcutta;
(d) one member nominated by the Jadavpur University;
(e) the Director of Dr. B. K. Basu Memorial Institute of Acupuncture Training and Research, ex officio;
(f) four members who are citizens of India, elected from such constituencies and in such manner as may be prescribed, by the registered Acupuncture 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 nominating authority referred to in clause (c) and clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 4, or the electoral body referrd to in clause (t) of the said sub-section, fails by the prescribed date to nominate or elect the requisite number of member or members which such authority or body is entitled to nominate or elect, the State Government shall fill up the office of such member or members by nomination of a person or persons qualified to be nominated or elected by such authority or body. Any person so nominated by the State Government shall be deemed to have been duly nominated or elected a member by such authority or body.
102 The West Bengal Acupuncture System of Therapy Act, 1996.
VIII of 1996.]
(Sections 6-9.)
6. A person shall be disqualified for being nominated or elected a member of the Council, if—
(1) he has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude;
(2) he is an undischarged insolvent;
(3) he has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind;
(4) he is an employee of the Council;
(5) he has directly or indirectly any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of the Council;
(6) 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;
(7) 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—
(1) if, without obtaining the permission of the Council, he is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council; or
(2) if, having been nominated or elected as a registered Acupuncture practitioner, he ceases to be such a registered practitioner; or
(3) if he becomes subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in section 6.