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(1) The General Council shall consist of the following persons:- (i) Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court as President; (ii) Any Former President on invitation of the President; (iii) two sitting or retired judges of Gauhati High Court, nominated by the President; (iv) Advocate General of Assam; (v) Director General of the Law School will be the Member-Secretary of the General Council; 1520 Powers, Junctions and meetings of the General Council THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2009--------- (vi) an eminent educationist nominated by the Government of Assam; (vii) a nominee of the Chairman of the Bar Council of India from amongst the members of the Bar Council of India; viii) Chairman, Bar Council of Assam ; (ix) two eminent persons in the disciplines of Social Sciences and Humanities nominated by the President; (x) Director of the Judicial Academy established under this Act; (xi) two eminent persons in legal or educational field, nominated by the President; (xii) four members from the Government of Assam among whom, one shall be the Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam, one shall be the Principal Secretary to the Government of Assam, Finance Department and one shall be the Legal Remembrancer and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Judicial Department, and one shall be the Secretary to the Government of Assam, Higher Education Department ; (xiii) the Registrar of the Law School; and (xiv) all the Professors, who are the Heads of Departments in the Law School. (2) (i) where a person has become a member of the General Council by reason of the post or appointment he holds, his membership shall be co terminus with the post held by him. (ii) the term of office of the nominated members of the General Council other than the ex-officio members shall be three years; (iii) a member of the General Council shall cease to be a member if he resigns or becomes of unsound mind, or insolvent or is convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude; (iv) a member of the General Council other than an ex-officio member may resign his office by a letter addressed to the President and such resignation shall take effect as soon as it has been accepted ; and (v) any such vacancy In the General Council shall be filled by nomination by the respective nominating authority and on expiry of the period of the vacancy, such nomination shall cease to be effective. i