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section 3

Establishment and constitution of Board

The Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963
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Chapter 1 PRELIMINARY

Statutory text
  1. (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (6), there shall be established and constituted for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act a Board to be known as "the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Haryana" consisting of a Chairman and eleven other members residing in the State of Haryana of whom—
    • (a) Four, including the Director and one Principal of any Ayurvedic or Unani institution recognised by the Faculty, shall be appointed by the State Government; and
    • (b) seven, of whom not less than four shall be persons holding a diploma or degree in the Ayurvedic System or Unani System, shall be elected by the registered practitioners from amongst themselves.
  2. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and to contract, and may by the said name sue and be sued.
  3. (3) The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the State Government on such terms and conditions as it may think fit and shall hold office during the pleasure of the State Government. (3A) The Vice-chairman shall be elected by the Members of the Board from amongst themselves.
  4. (4) The seven seats of members provided in clause
    • (b) of sub-section
  5. (1) shall be distributed by the State Government proportionately to their number, as counted on the date before the election, between the registered practitioners who follow the Ayurvedic system and the registered practitioners who follow the Unani System: Provided that in determining the proportion a fraction of one-half and less shall be ignored and a fraction of more than one-half shall be counted as one.
  6. (5) Every election or appointment of a member and every vacancy in the office of a member shall be notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette.
  7. (6) Until the Board is established and constituted in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sub-sections, as amended by the Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners (Haryana Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 1968, the State Government may constitute a Board consisting of six persons, including the Director, to be appointed by the State Government, and a Board so constituted shall, as from the commencement of that Ordinance and for a period not exceeding thirty-eight years from such commencement, be deemed to be the Board established and constituted for the purpose of carrying out all the provisions of this Act and the provisions of sub-sections
  8. (3) and
  9. (5) shall apply to such a Board.

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