Cessation of membership.

12. ¹[(1)] A member of the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council shall cease to be a member of that body if he fails to attend three consecutive meetings thereof :

PROVIDED that the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council, as the case may be, may, subject to rules made by the Central Government in this behalf, restore him to membership.

²[(2) Where in the opinion of the Central Government any person ³[appointed] or elected to represent employers, employees or the medical profession on the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council, as the case may be, has ceased to represent such employers, employees, or the medical profession, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare that with effect from such date as may be specified therein such person shall cease to be a member of the Corporation, the Standing Committee or the Medical Benefit Council, as the case may be.]

⁴[(3) A person referred to in clause (i) of section 4 shall cease to be a member of the Corporation when he ceases to be a Member of Parliament.]

Note;

1. Section 12 re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 53 of 1951, s. 8 (w.e.f. 6-10-1951).

2. Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 6-10-1951).

3. Subs. by Act 29 of 1989, s. 4, for “nominated” (w.e.f. 20-10-1989).

4. Subs. by Act 18 of 2010, s. 5, for “sub-section (3)” (w.e.f. 1-6-2010).