Section 1. 1st January, 1964, vide notification No. S.O. 3604(E), dated the 30th December, 1963, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii)

1. 1st January, 1964, vide notification No. S.O. 3604(E), dated the 30th December, 1963, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Sec. 3(ii). 2. Ins. by Act 40 of 1984, s. 2 (w.e.f. 2-7-1984). 3. Clause (a) re-lettered as clause (ac) by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 2-7-1984). 4. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "eleven" (w.e.f. 2-7-1984). (2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued. (3) The term of office of, and the manner of filling casual vacancies among, the members of the Council referred to in clauses (a) and (f) of sub-section (1) and the travelling and daily allowances payable to the members of the Council and the procedure to be followed in the discharge of its functions by the Council shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) No act or proceeding of the Council shall be invalidated merely by reason of any vacancy in, or any defect in the Constitution of, the Council. (5) Subject to such rules as may be made by the Central Government in this behalf, the Council may appoint such officers and other employees as it considers necessary for the purpose of discharging its functions under this Act.