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(1) With effect from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette notify, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act a Council to be called "The Gujarat Nursing Council". The Council shall be a body corporate and have perpetual succession and a common seal and may, by the said name, sue and be sued, and shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable, and immovable, and to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Council shall consist of the following members,- (a) as ex-officio members,- (i) the Director of Health and Medical Services, Gujarat State; (ii) the Superintendent of Nursiug Services, Government of Gujarat; (iii) Regional Nursing Supervisor, Government of Gujarat. (b) as elected members,- (i) two, persons to be elected by nurses, midwives and health visitors registered in the register referred to in section 12 from amongst themselves; (ii) one person to be elected by the heads of the affiliated institutions from amongst themselves; (iii) three persons to be elected as follows:- (a) two, by the matrons of the affiliated institutions imparting training in general nursing and midwifery from amongst themselves; (b) one, by the matrons of the affiliated institutions imparting training for auxiliary nurse mid-wife from amongst themselves; (iv) one person to be elected by the sister tutors of the affiliated institutions from amongst themselves; (v) one person to be elected by the Gujarat Medical Council from amongst its members; Bom. VI of