16. Officers and employees, salary, allowances, etc.

(1) For the efficient performance of its duties, the Council shall--

(a) appoint a Secretary of the Council to perform such duties as may be prescribed ;

b) appoint a Director (Discipline) to perform such functions as assigned to him under this Act and the rules and regulations framed thereunder;

c) designate an officer of the Council or the Institute to carry out the administrative functions of the Institute as its chief executive.

(2) The Council may also--

(a) appoint such other officers and employees to the Council and the Institute as it considers necessary;

(b) require and take from the Secretary or from any other officer or employee of the Council and the Institute such security for the due performance of his duties, as the Council considers necessary;

(c) prescribe the salaries, fees, allowances of the officers and employees of the Council and the Institute and their terms and conditions of service;

(d) with the previous sanction of the Central Government, fix the allowances of the President, Vice-President and other members of the Council and members of its Committees :

(3) The Secretary of the Council shall be entitled to participate in the meetings of the Council but shall not be entitled to vote thereat"