Vidhi Codex

section 6

Resignation

The Delhi Medical Council Act, 1996
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Chapter I PRELlMlNAHY

Statutory text
  1. (1) T h e President or h e Vice-Presidentmay ar any time resignhis ofice by a no~icein writing addressedto Council and delivered to the Regisbar. The resignarionshall take effccr from rhe dale on which ir by the Council or on the expiry ofsixty days from thc date of thc delivery o f the noticc, whic occurs earlicr.
  2. (2) An electcd member may, at any time, rcsign his office by a notice in wri~ingaddrcssed lo thc Presid nominated member may a! any timc resign his office by a no~iccin writing addrcssed lo the Gove and delivered ro h c Rcgistrar. Evcry such resignation shall take erfecr from the dare on which it is a DELHI GAZETIE :EXTRAORDMARY 6pRrlV_l ------- 15 by the President or, asthe case may be, Lhe Governmen1or on the expiry of sixty days from the date ofthc receipt ofthe notice, whichever event occurs earlier, , . - , .:, ',. I. .i- 7 h :. 7.~ i ~ ~ ~ a l i i i c aandt i odisabilityn A personshall:bedisqualified Tor beingetecredor nominated as. and for continuinga,a member- (1)
    • (a) if he is an undischarged insolvent; or
    • (b) if hcisofunsound mindandstandssodeclaredby acornpeten1court;ur !$ R
    • (c) if his name h z beenremovedfrom [heregisler and has not been re-entered therein;or
    • (d) if he is awhole-timeofliceror servant ofthe Council;or
    • (e) if he has been convicted for an offenceinvohing moraltuaitude. Q) rfanymember absenls himself.from threeconsecutivemeetings ofhe Council, wirhou~leaveof Ihecouncil granted under subsection (7) of section4 orwi~houtsuchreasonsas may, in the opinionof the Council, be sulficient, the Council may declare hisseatvacant and take steps 10fill~hevacancy.
  3. (3) 1fanymemberbecomes,or is roundto be,subjecttoanyof[hedisq~~alificafionsmtnlioned insub-seclion (1). the ~ o u n c i lshall submit areporttnthe Gavemrnent.and the Governmen&ifsatisfied about the disqualilicalions,shsll declare his seatlacant. 8- Meetings of Council
  4. (1) Thc meetings~fthe Council shall be convened, held and conducted in such manner asmay be prescribed. 12) The President whcnpresenr,shallpresideat cvery meetingofthe Council. Ifatany m~eringihe Prcsidonr is ' absent, the Vice-President, and inIhe absence ofboh, some other member elected by the membersprescrlr fiom amongstthemselves, shall prcsideat such meeting.
  5. (3) AIIisucsat a meetingof the Council shall be decidedby a majority ofmemberspresentandwring. ( 4 ) n c presidingauthorityat a meetingshallhaveandexerciseasccoridorcasting vote, in&e ofanequalityof votes. .-
  6. (5) Eightmembers(including the PresidentandVicc-Prcsidcnt)shall form aquorum.When a quorumisrequired bul not present, the presiding auth~rityshall, after waiting for not less than thirty minutes for suchquorum, adjourn the meeting to suchhourQTsome futuredayas ir maynotifyo ilhcnotice boardat thc ofice ofthe Council; and the business which would hnve becn broughl heforc the original mccling had there bcen a quorumthereat. shall be brought before the adjourned meeting, and may bc disposed of at such meeting or any subsequent adjournment Iher-C whether here be a quorum presenl. or not. g. proceedings a lmecling and validity ofacts
  7. (1) 'ihe proceedingsofcverymeclingofh e council,shalt be Maiedasconfidential; ar~dno person,shall, wirhout fie previousresolution ofrhe Council, disclose anyponion rhereof; Provided hat nothing in Lhis section shall be deerncd to prohibit any person from disclosing or publishing the textofanyresolutionadoptedbytheCouncil, unlessh eCouncildirectssuch resolution alsoto be treatedas confidential.
  8. (2) No disqualification orderect iarhe election ornominalionofanypersonsa member,or as rheResident, or w theVice-President, orasapresidingautharily of ameeting shall by itselfbe deemedto vitiate any act or proceedingsofthe Council in which such personhasrakenpart, if the majority ofpcrsons who are partiesto such actorproceedings, wereentitledtoYore.
  9. (3) Durihg shy vacancy in thc Council, the dontinuingmembersmay act,as ifno vacancy had occurred.
  10. (4) Any actdone by theCouncil shallnot bequestionedan theground mercly of theexistenceofany vacancyin, or any defect in the constitutionof h e Council, 10. powers, dulies and funcljons of the Council Subject tosuch conditionsasmaybeprescribed by orunderthe provisions ofthis ACI,the powers,duiies and functionsof the Council shall be-
    • (a) [O maintain the live regisrcr, and to provide for [heregisrration uf nedical prac~itione~s;
    • (b) 10hear and decide appealsagainstany decision of the Registrar;
    • (c) to prescribe a code o f ethics for regulating the professionalconduct ofpractitioners;
    • (d) to reprimand a practitioner, or to suspend or remove his name from the register, or to fake such other discipIinary actionagainst him x may,in h e opiniol~of the Council be necessaryor expedient;
    • (g) lo provide protection to itsmembersin discharging professionalduties;
    • (h) to ensure rhar no unqualifiedperson practiccs modern Scientific Sys~emof Medicine:

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