(8) Before the commencement of the election for each of the systems, the Returning Officer shall invite the members representing the respective systems of Medicine to inspect the ballot box, in case they may like to do so and then he shall lock the ballot box.

(9) (i) At the time of actual election, the mem­bers representing any of the three sys­tems of medicine          and present in the meeting, shall, one by one, sign against their names in the list containing the          names in alphabetical order, of all the members representing the respective sys­tem of medicine          placed along side the ballot box.
     (ii)After a member has signed his name in the list afore mentioned, he shall be given a ballot paper          in Form 'C' which he shall drop into the ballot box after affixing a cross ( X ) mark on  the ballot          paper against the name of the candidate of his choice.

(10) As soon as all the members representing the respective systems of medicine present in the meeting and wishing to exercise the right to vote have done so, the Returning Officer shall open the ballot box and take out from it all the ballot papers, examine those and reject as invalid such of them.

(a) on which the vote has been given in favour of more than one candidate.

(b) on which the vote mark is placed in such a manner as to make it doubtful as to which      candidate the vote has been given.

(11) (i) The Returning Officer shall then pro­ceed to arrange all the valid votes according to the            candidates in whose favour they have been cast and count them separately for each.

(ii) After the counting is over, the Return­ing Officer shall make an announcement in the meeting about the votes secured by each of the candidates representing the system of medicine for which the election has been conducted.

(iii) The Returning Officer shall declare in, Form 'D' the candidate securing the largest number of valid votes as duly elected to be the Vice-president of the Council for the respective system of medicine.

(iv) In the event of two or more candidates securing the same number of votes and that number being more than the num­ber of votes secured by any candidate other than the two or more securing the same number of votes the determination as between such candidates shall be by draw of lots and the candidates on whom the lot falls shall be declared elected.

FORM 'A'

ELECTION OF PRESIDENT

(Vide Central Council of Indian Medicine)

(Election of President and Vice-Presidents) Regulations, 1971

BALLOT PAPER

Sl. No.	NAME OP THE CANDIDATE

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Each elector has only one vote.

2. The elector should place the mark ( X ) clearly opposite the name of the candidate of his choice.