Constitution and incorporation

(1) The Government shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, constitute a State Council called the Manipur Nursing Council. The State Council shall consist of the following members, namely: (a) Director of Health Services, Manipur; ex-officio, (b) Nursing Superintendent; ex-officio, (c) Deputy Nursing Superintendent; ex-officio, (d) one Principal from each of the General Nursing and Midwifery Schools and Colleges of Nursing and one Principal from each of the Auxiliary Nursing, and Midwifery Schools; (e) one member from the All Manipur Health Service Officers' Association, (f) three persons to be nominated by the Government of whom one shall be Nurse, one Auxiliary Nurse Midwife and one educationist; (g) one member of the Manipur Branch of the Trained Nurses Association of India, (h) one Nurse who represent the State in the Indian Nursing Council. (2) The State Council shall be a body corporate having a perpetual succession, a common seal with power to acquire, hold and disposed or property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and to sue or to be sued in its name. (3) The President and the Vice-president of the State Council shall be elected from amongst the members.