 bill no 124 of 2018 the homoeopathy central council (amendment) bill, 2018 a billfurther to amend the homoeopathy central council act, 1973be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—| 1          ||-------------|| act, 2018  || short title || and         || commence-   || ment       |(2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 18th day of may, 2018559 of 19732 in the homoeopathy central council act, 1973  (hereinafter referred to as theprincipal act), after section 3, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new sections 3a, 3b and 3ccentral council (amendment) act, 2018, the central council shall stand superseded and the president, vice-president and other members of the central council shall vacate their offices and shall have no claim for any compensation, whatsoeverpower of central government to supersede central council and to constitute a board of governorsprovisions of section 3 within a period of one year from the date of supersession of the central council under sub-section (1)(3) upon the supersession of the central council under sub-section (1)and until a new council is constituted in accordance with section 3, the board of governors constituted under sub-section (4) shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the central council under this act5 10(4) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a board of governors which shall consist of not more than seven persons as its members, who shall be persons of eminence and of unimpeachable integrity in the fields of homoeopathy and homoeopathy education, and eminent administrators, and who may be either nominated member or members, ex officio, to be appointed by the central government, one of whom shall be selected by the central government as the chairperson of the board of governors(5)the chairperson and the other members, other than the members, ex officio, shall be entitled to such sitting fee and travelling and other allowances as may be determined by the central government15(6) the board of governors shall meet at such time and such place and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings as is applicable to the central council(7) two-third of the members of the board of governors shall constitute the quorum of its meetings20 20(8) no act or proceedings of the board of governors shall be invalid merely by reason of—(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the board of governors; or25(b) any irregularity in the procedure of the board of governors not affecting the merits of the case (9)  a member having any financial or other interest in any matter coming before the board of governors for decision, shall disclose his interest in the matter before he may, if allowed by the board of governors, participate in such proceedings30(10) the chairperson and other members of the board of governors shall hold office during the pleasure of the central government3b during the period when the central council stands superseded,—certain modifications of act(a) the provisions of the act shall be construed as if for the words"central council", the words  "board of governors" were substituted;35(b) the board of governors shall exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the central council under this act and for this purpose, the provisions of this act shall have effect subject to the modification that references therein to the central council shall be construed as references to the board of governors40power of central government to give directions453c (1) without prejudice to the provisions of this act, the board of governors or the central council after its reconstitution shall, in exercise of its powers and in the performance of its functions under this act, be bound by such directions on question of policy, other than those relating to technical and administrative matters, as the central government may give in writing to it from time to time:provided that the board of governors or the central council, after its reconstitution shall, as far as practicable, be given an opportunity to express its view before any direction is given under this sub-section(2) the decision of the central government whether a question is a matter of policy or not shall be final" 3 after section 12b of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new section 12c5time for seeking permission for certain existing medical colleges10"12c (1) if any person has established a homoeopathy medical college or any homoeopathy medical college has opened a new or higher course of study or training or increased the admission capacity on or before the date of commencement of the homoeopathy central council (amendment) act, 2018, such person or homoeopathy medical college, as the case may be, shall seek, within a  period of one year from the said commencement, permission of the central government, in accordance with the provisions specified in the regulations made by the central council15(2) if any person or homoeopathy medical college, as the case may be, fails to seek permission under sub-section (1), the provisions of section 12bshall apply, as far as may be, as if the central government has been refused"repeal and savingord 4 of 20184 (1) the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2018 is hereby repealed(2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal act, as amended by the said ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal act as amended by this act20 statement of objects and reasonsthe homoeopathy central council act, 1973 (59 of 1973) was enacted for constitution of the central council of homoeopathy and the maintenance of the central register of homoeopathy and for matters connected therewith2 the homoeopathy central council act, 1973 was amended in the year 2002 to make provision for seeking permission of the central government for establishing new colleges or starting new courses of study or increase of admission capacity in existing colleges the amendment has been made to check the growth of sub-standard homoeopathy colleges further, many homoeopathy medical colleges are still struggling to meet the required standards necessary to impart quality education there have been instances of serious malpractices in the council, as a result of which the quality of medical education has been compromised with the central government has taken various steps to streamline the functioning of the council and to bring transparency in the affairs of the council however, the concil has been stalling all such initiatives of the central government many members of the council are continuing in the council long after their tenure is completed further, there have been many charges of serious misconduct against the president of the council, who continued to be a member in the council even after the end of his tenure as the election to elect the new incumbent  could not be completed in time3 as parliament was not in session and immediate action was require to be taken, the president promulgated the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2018 on the 18th day of may, 20184 it is therefore, proposed to introduce the homoeopathy central council(amendment) bill, 2018, to replace the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2018 which, inter alia, provides for the following, namely:—(a) to constitute a board of governors by superseding the central council of homoeopathy till a new central council is duly reconstituted within a period of one year from the date of supersession of the central council;(b) to make provision for obtaining prior permission of the central government by all homoeopathy medical colleges5 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectivesnew delhi;shripad yesso naikthe 17th july, 2018———— a billfurther to amend the homoeopathy central council act, 1973————[shri shripad yesso naik, minister of state for ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (ayush)]mgipmrnd—816ls—19072018