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Definition in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "appointed day" means the date on which the provisions ofAct shall come into force under sub- section (3) of Section 1; (2) "casual vacancy" means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux to time in any office filled by election or nomination; (3) "council" means the Nagaland Medical Council constituted under this Act; (4) "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Council constituted under Section 11 ; (5) "Government" means the Government of Nagaland (6) "Medical practitioner" or practitioner means a person who is the practice of modem scientific system of medicine and all its branches and HAS qualifications as prescribed in the First, Second or Third Schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956(102 of 1956); (7) "Medicine" means the modem scientific system of medicine and includes surgery and obstetrics but does not include veterinary medicine or veterinary surgery or the Homoeopathic or the Ayurveda or the Siddha or the Unani System of medicine and the expression "medical" shall be construed accordingly ; (8) "member" means amember of the Council; (9) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (10) "president" means the president of the Council; (1 1) 'Vice- President" means the =ce-President of the Council; (1 2) "register" means the register of medical practitioners prepared or deemed to be prepared and maintained under this Act; (1 3) "registered practitioner" means a medical practitioner having register able qualification as prescribed in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956) whose name is for the time being entered in the register, but does not include a person whose name is provisionally entered in the register; (14) "Registrar" or "Deputy Registrar" means the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar as the case may be, appointedunder Section 14 ofthis Act; (15) "rules" means rules made under Section30 ofthis Act; (16) "Section"means asection ofthis Act. CHAPTER II ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNCIL