Constitution, functions and powers of this council Constitution and incorporation of the Council:

(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 Council to be called "the Nagaland Medical Council". Nagaland Medical Council will be the statutory (Legal) body for maintenance of uniform and high standards of medical education inthe State. The Council wiU grand recognition of medical qualitication, grand registdon to medical practitioners and monitor medical practice in the State. (2) The Council 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 Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- a) Four member having register able qualificationas prescribed in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956(102of 1956)to be nominated by the Government; b) One member from eachmedical college established by law in Nagaland having amedical hulty, elected by member of the medical faculty of that college h m amongst its permanent member of teacher faculty, ifavailable. c) Nine member to be elected by registered practitioners from amongst themselves including one member elected by the Nagaland In-service Doctor Association @IDA) and one fiom Indian Medical Association (MA)-Nagaland branch. Provided that no registered practitioners shall be entitled to vote or stand as a candidate for election, unless: * He is a citizen of Indian; and * He either resides or carries on his profession or is employed in Nagaland d) Dean of the medical Faculty of the University of Nagaland as ex-officio member; and e) Principal Director of Health & Family Welfare of the Government as ex- officio f ) The president and Vice-president who shall be elected the member fiom amongst themselves. (3) The election of the member, and of the President and Vice-President, shall be held at such time, and at such place, and in such manner, as may be prescribed. (4) If at any election, the electors fail to elect the requisite number ofmembers, or fail to elect the President or the Vice-President, the Government shall nominate members fiom amongst persons qualified to be elected as members of the respective category, as it deem fit to fill in the vacancy or vacancies; and the persons so nominated shall be deemed to have been elected for the period till such time the vacancies are filled in onregular basis under this sections. (5) Where any dispute arises regarding any election of a member or the President or Vice-President, it shall be referred to the Govemment, and the decision of the Government shall be final. (6) Notwithstandii anything contained in sub-section (3) (a) Inresvect of the constitution of the Council for the first time under this Act, the members thereof shall be nominated by the Government from amongst person qualified to be elected or nominated as members of the respective category; and (b) The members so nominated shall hold office for such period exceeding three years in the aggregate as the Government may, by notification in the Officer Gazette, specify.