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Staff remuneration and allowances.—(1) The Council shall— (a) appoint a Secretary who may also, if so decided by the Council, act as Treasurer; (b) appoint such other officers and servants as the Council deems necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under this Act; (c) require and take from the Secretary or from any other officer or servant such security for the due performance of his duties as the Council considers necessary; and (d) with the previous sanction of the Central Government, fix the fees and allowances of the President, Vice-President and other members of the Council, and the pay and allowances and other conditions of service of officers and servants of the Council. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) of sub-section (1), for the first four years from the first constitution of the Council, the Secretary of the Council shall be a person appointed by the Central Government, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Central Government. 9.The Executive Committee.—(1) The Council shall constitute from among its members an Executive Committee, and may so constitute other Committees for such general or special purposes as the Council considers necessary for carrying out its functions under this Act. (2) The Executive Committee shall consist of the President and Vice-President ex officio 1[and the Director-General of Health Services ex officio] and five other members elected by the Council. (3) The President and Vice-President of the Council shall be Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Executive Committee. (4) A member of the Executive Committee shall hold office as such until the expiry of his term of office as member of the Council but, subject to his being a member of the Council, he shall be eligible for re-election. (5) In addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed on it by this Act, the Executive Committee shall exercise and discharge such powers and duties as may be prescribed. 2[10. Recognition of dental qualifications.—(1) The dental qualifications, granted by any authority or institution in India, which are included in Part I of the Schedule shall be recognised dental qualifications for the purposes of this Act. (2) Any authority or institution in India which grants a dental qualification not included in Part I of the Schedule may apply to the Central Government to have such qualification recognised and included in that Part, and the Central Government, after consulting the Council, and after such inquiry, if any, as it may think fit for the purpose, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend Part I of the Schedule so as to include such qualification therein, and any such notification may also direct that , an entry shall be made in Part I of Schedule against such dental qualification declaring that it shall be a recognised dental qualification only when granted after a specified date. (3) (a) The dental qualifications, granted by any authority or institution outside India, which are included in Part II of the Schedule shall be recognised dental qualifications only for the purposes of the registration of citizens of India when the register is first prepared under this Act.