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(1) The Council shall consist of the following tion members, namely :— of the Council, (a) a President nominated by the State Government : Provided that on the expiry of the first two terms of office of the President as specified in sub-section (1) of section 13, the State Government shall nominate a President from among three persons recommended by the Council in such manner as may be prescribed ; The West Bengal Homoeopathic, System of 3 Medicine Act, 1963. XXXIII of 1963.] (Sections 6, 7.) (b) seven members nominated by the State Government of whom three shall be registered Homoeopathic practitioners; (c) one member nominated by the iVice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta; (d) the Head of the Homoeopathic Research Institute, ex-officio, when such an Institute is established : Provided that until the Institute is established any other persOn may be nominated by the State Govern- ment ; (e) the Principal , of a Homoeopathic College, affiliated to the Council, nominated by the State Govern- ment; (f) eight members, who are citizens of India, elected, from such constituencies and in such manner as may be prescribed, by the registered Homoeo- pathic practitioners from among themselves of whom at least four must be practitioners whose names are entered in Part A of the Register. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing sub-section or elsewhere in this Act, on the first constitution of the Council all the members of the Council shall be nominated by the State Government and the State Govern- ment shall also nominate one of the members to be the Vice- President.