Section 3: Composition and incorporation of the Council:

3. Composition and incorporation of the Council:—(1) There shall be constituted in accordance with the provision of this Act a Council to be known as the Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with powers to acquire, hold and dispose of property and enter into contract and shall be its name sue or be used. (3) The Council shall consist of:— (a) one member from each Province to be nominated by the Provincial Government; (b) one member each to be nominated by the Vice Chancellor of each University from among the members of the Veterinary and the Animal Husbandry Faculty of the University; (c) four members to be elected from among themselves by the Central Executive Committee of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association, a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (XXI of 1860); (d) four members to be nominated by the Federal Government of whom at least one shall be member of the Remount Veterinary and Farms Corps; (e) one member each to be nominated by the Head of each Veterinary Institution in Pakistan which trains for a recognized veterinary qualification form among its teaching staff; and (f) Animal Husbandry commissioner, Livestock Division, Government of Pakistan. (4) No person shall be qualified to be elected or nominated as a member of the Council unless:— (i) he is registered with the council; and (ii) he possesses a recognized veterinary qualification obtained not less than five years before his election or nomination: Provided that qualification at (i) above shall not apply to a person to be elected or nominated for the first Council, but such person shall get himself registered with the Council within six months of its constitution. (5) The headquarters of the council shall be at such place as the Council may determine.

Effective date: 1996-01-01

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