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(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, establish a Council to be called the Kerala Nurses and midwives Council for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Such Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued. (2) The Council shall consist of the following members namely:- (a) the Director of Health Services, the Professor of Gynaecology, Medical College, Trivandrum, the Professor of Gynaecology, Medical College, Kozhikode, the Professor of Gynaecology, Medical College, Kottayam, the Assistant Director of Health Services (Maternity and Child Health, the Superintendent, Women and Childrens' Hospital, Trivandrum and the Superintendent Women and Childrens' Hospital Kozhikode, to be ex-officio members; (b) one member elected by the members of the Medical Council from among themselves; (c) three registered nurses nominated by the Government, two of whom shall be Superintendents of nursing schools and the third shall be the Matron-Superintendent of a Major Hospital; (d) six members elected by the registered nurses from among the nurses registered in Part A of the register of nurses, of whom at least one shall be a member of the Trained Nurses Association of India registered in the State of Kerala, one a member of the Kerala Government Nurses Association and one a nurse working in a private hospital in the state; (e) three members elected by the registered midwives, of whom one shall be from among the midwives registered in Part A of the register of midwives and two from among the auxiliary nurse-midwives registered under this Act; (f) one member elected by the registered health visitors from among the health visitors registered in the register of health visitors.