Establishment constitution and incorporation of the Parishad

(1) With effect from such date as the Government may; by notification in the official Gazette notify, there shall be constituted for the purposes of this Act a Parishad to be called "The Delhi Bharatiya Chikitsa Parishad". (2) The Parishad shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, whether movable or immovable, and to contract and to do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and may by the name aforesaid sue or be sued. (3) The Parishad shall consist of twenty one members residing in Delhi and registered with the Parishad. Of these there shall be eleven nominated members and ten elected members comprising the following, namely- (a) (i) the Director, Indian Systems of Medicine: (ii) three Principals/Professors of Teaching Institutions imparting education in Bharatiya Chikitsa and to be nominated by the Government; (iii) one representative from the Central Council; (iv) six prominent Vaidyas/hakims to be nominated by the Government; (b) Ten members residing in Delhi, holding a recognised qualification and registered with the Parishad to be elected by the registered practitioners from amongst themselves. (4) The President and the Vice President of the Parishad shall be elected by the members from amongst themselves in the first meeting of the Parishad. (5) Save as otherwise provided, the ten seats of members under clause (b) of sub-section (3), shall be distributed proportionately to their members, as counted on the prescribed date before the election, between those registered practitioners who follow the Ayurvedic or the Unani Systems of Medicine as the case may be.