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( 1 ) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , constitute a Council, to be called "the Maharashtra Nursing 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, that is to say,- ( a ) ex-officio members,- 1 [ (i) The Assistant Director of Health Services (Nursing) ;] ( ii ) the Director of Medical Education and Research ;] ( iii ) the Superintendent of Nursing Services, Government of Maharashtra ; 2 [( iv ) the Superintendent of Nursing Services, Municipal Corporation of Brihan Mumbai ;] (b) elected members,- 3 (i) 4 [two members] from each of the three Regions, to be elected by nurses registered in the Register under the relevant Region, from amongst themselves ; 5 [* * *] 6 [( iii ) one member, to be elected by matrons of the affiliated institutions, from amongst themselves ;] 7 [( iv ) one member, 8 [* * *] to be elected by the sister tutors and clinical instructors of the affiliated institutions, from amongst themselves ;] 9 [* * *] 10 [( v ) one member, to be elected by the State Branch of the Trained Nurses Association of India ;] 10( c ) nominated members,- five members, to be nominated by the State Government,- (i) one from Registered Nurses, ( ii ) one from Physicians, ( iii ) one from Surgeons, serving under Director of Medical Education and Research; ( iv ) one from Public Health Nurses; ( v ) one from sister tutors or clinical instructors from the recognized nursing institutions of the State. ( 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 to elect the President or Vice-President, the State Government shall nominate such person or persons who are qualified to be elected, as it deems fit, to fill the vacancy or vacancies ; and the person or persons 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 of the President or Vice-President, it shall be referred to the State Government, and the decision of that Government shall be final.