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( 1 ) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , constitute a Council, to be called "the Maharashtra Medical Council". ( 2 ) The Council shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and may by the name aforesaid sue and be sued. ( 3 ) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- 1 [( ai ) The Director of Health Services, ex-officio ; ( aii ) The Director of Medical Education and Research, ex-officio ;] ( a ) Five members to be nominated by the State Government, out of whom not more than one may be a person who is not a practitioner; (b) One member from each University established by law in the State which has a medical faculty, elected by members of the medical faculty of the University from amongst members thereof who are practitioners; ( c ) One member to be elected by members of the governing body of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay from amongst members thereof, who are practitioners; and ( d ) Nine members to be elected by registered practitioners from amongst themselves. ( 4 ) The President and Vice-President shall be elected by the members from amongst themselves. ( 5 ) The election of the members, and of the President and Vice-President, shall be held at such time, and at such place, and in such manner, as may be prescribed. ( 6 ) If at any election, the electors fail to elect the requisite number of members, or the President or the Vice-President, the State Government shall nominate such registered practitioner or practitioners as it deems fit, to fill up the vacancy or vacancies; and the practitioners so nominated shall be deemed to have been duly elected under this section. ( 7 ) Where any dispute arises regarding any election of a member or the President or Vice-President, it shall be referred to the State Government, and the decision of that Government shall be final.