law: Pharmacy Act, 1948 
  21. Composition of Join State councils
  (1) A Join State
  
  Council shall consist of the following members, namely :-
  (a) such number of members, being not less
  
  that three and not more than five as the agreement shall provide elected from
  
  amongst themselves by the registered pharmacists of each of the participating
  
  States;
  (b) such number of members, being not less
  
  than two and not more than four as the agreement shall provide, nomination by
  
  each participating State Government ;
  (c) one member elected from amongst themselves
  
  by the members of each Medical Council or the Council of Medical Registration
  
  of each participating State as the case may be ;
  (d) the chief a administrative medical officer
  
  of each participating State, ex officio, or if he is unable to attend any
  
  meeting, a person authorized by him in writing to do so ;
   43  [(dd) the officer-in-charge of drugs control
  
  organization of each participating State under the 44[Drugs and
  
  Cosmetics Act, 1940], ex officio, or if he is unable to attend any meeting, a
  
  person authorized by him in writing to do so;]
  (e) the Government Analyst under the 44[Drugs
  
  and Cosmetics Act, 1940], of each participating State, ex officio, or where
  
  there is more than one in any such State, such one as the State Government may
  
  appoint in this behalf.
  (2) The agreement may
  
  provide that within the limits specified in clauses (a) and (b) of sub-section
  
  (1), the number of members to be elected or nominated under those clauses may
  
  or may not be the same in respect of each participating State.
  (3) Of the members
  
  nominated by each State Government under clause (b) of sub-section (1), 45[more
  
  than half] shall be persons possessing a prescribed degree or diploma in
  
  pharmacy or pharmaceutical chemistry or 46[registered pharmacists].