(1) With effect from the date of coming into force of this Act, and for a period of two years from such date, the Council shall stand superseded.
Short title and commencement.
Definitions.
Supersession of the Council.
207 The West Bengal Medical Council (Temporary Supersession) Act, 1985.
[West Ben. Act (Sections 4, 5.)
Consequences of supersession.
Constitution of the ad hoc Council.
(2) The State Government may, if it considers necessary so to do, by notification published in the Official Gazette, extend from time to time the period of supersession referred to in sub-section (1) by any period not exceeding six months at a time, so, however, that the aggregate period of supersession under this section shall not exceed three years.
4. With effect from the date of supersession of the Council,—
(a) all the members of the Council and the Executive Committee constituted under the Act shall vacate their respective offices, and
(b) all the powers and functions of the Council and of the Excecutive Committee as aforesaid under the Act or the rules or the regulations made thereunder shall, respectively, be exercised and performed by the ad hoc Council to be known as the West Bengal Medical Council (ad hoc).