- The Council shall consist of
- all the Life-members of the Society,
- as many other Members elected by the Patrons, Fellows and retired Life-members of the Society from amongst themselves as there may be Life-members of the Society. N.B. - "Life-members who have joined paid service elsewhere shall be considered as retired Life-members for the purpose of this rule."
- The Council shall be elected at the end of every fifth year, the same Members being eligible for re-election and, if during the five years owing to the death or resignation of a non-Life-member, or to the election of a new Life-member, it is necessary to elect a new non-Life-member to the Council, the vacancy shall be filled up by the votes of the non-Life-members only.
- There shall be a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman of the Council elected by the Council, no Life-member being eligible for either post.
- It shall be the business of the Council :-
- to sanction any appropriation of permanent funds to current purposes that may be recommended by the Governing Body;
- to call a general meeting of the Society at the end of the year;
- to start, affiliate or incorporate institutions at different places;
- to elect the Fellows of the Society;
- to publish the annual reports and accounts of the society;
- to appoint an Auditor or Auditors for the audit of the Society;
- to take every necessary legal step in the interest of the Society;
- to sanction the dismissal of any Life-member in the institutions of the Society that may be recommended by the Governing Body;
- to represent the Society in its correspondence with Government or any public authority.
- The Council shall also have full access to the records of the Society's institutions individually or collectively.
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