law: The Architects Act, 1972.
  CHAPTER II 
  3.Constitution of Council of Architecture .- 
  
  
  (1) The Central Government shall, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, constitute, with effect from such date as
  
  may be specified in the notification, a Council to be known as the Council of
  
  Architecture, which shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and
  
  a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both
  
  movable and immovable, and to contract, and may by that name sue or be sued.
  (2) The Head Officer of the Council shall be
  
  at Delhi or at such other place as the Central Government may, by notification
  
  in the Official Gazette, specify.
  (3) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely :-
  (a) five architects
  
  possessing recognized qualifications elected by the Indian Institute of
  
  Architects from among its members :
  (b) two persons
  
  nominated by the All India Council for Technical Education established by the
  
  Resolution of the Government of India in the late Ministry of Education
  
  No.F.16-10/44-E.III, dated the 30th November, 1945;
  (c) five person selected from among themselves by heads of architectural
  
  institutions in India imparting full-time instruction for recognized
  
  qualifications;
  (d) the Chief Architects in the Ministries of the Central Government to which
  
  the Government business relating to defense and railways has been allotted and
  
  the head of the Architectural Organization in the Central Public Works
  
  Department, ex officio;
  (e) one person nominated
  
  by the Central Government;
  (f) an architect from 
  
  each State nominated by the Government of that State(g) two person nominated by the Institution of Engineers (India) from among its
  
  members; and
  (h) one person
  
  nominated by the Institution of Surveyors of India from among its members.
  Explanation.- For the purposes of
  
  this sub-section,-
  (a) " Institution
  
  of Engineers (India)" means the Institution of Engineers (India first
  
  registered in 1920 under the India Companies Act, 1913 (7 of 1913) and subsequently
  
  incorporated by a Royal Charter in 1935.
  (b) "Institution
  
  of Surveyors of India" means the Institution of Surveyors registered under
  
  the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860).
  (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  clause (a) of sub-section (3), the Central Government may, pending the
  
  preparation of the register, nominate to the first Council, in consultation
  
  with the Indian Institution of Architects, persons referred to in the said
  
  clause (a) who are qualified for registration under section 25, and the persons
  
  so nominated shall hold officer for such period as the Central Government may,
  
  by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
  (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  clause (f) of sub-section (3), the Central Government may, pending the
  
  preparation of the register, nominate to the first Council, in consultation
  
  with the State Governments concerned, persons referred to in the said clause
  
  (f), who are qualified for registration under section 25, and the person so
  
  nominated shall hold officer for such period as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, specify.