Punjab Medical Council, Punjab Nurses Registration Council, Board of Ayurvedic & Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1977 Complete Act - Bare Act

THE PUNJAB MEDICAL COUNCIL, PUNJAB NURSES REGISTRATION COUNCIL, BOARD OF AYURVEDIC AND UNANI SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE, PUNJAB COUNCIL OF HOMOEOPATHIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE, PUNJAB (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1977

[Act No. 6 of 1977 ]

PREAMBLE

An Act to provide for the terms of office of the Registrar and other employees, to fix the headquarters, and to provide for the emergency powers of the Chairman of the Punjab Medical Council, the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab and the Council of Homeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Twenty- eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Medical Council, Punjab Nurses Registration Council, Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab and Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1977.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th January, 1977.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:-

(a) "Board" means the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab established and constituted under the Punjab Ayurved and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963;

(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab, and includes the President of Punjab Medical Council or the President of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council;'

(c) "Council" means the Punjab Medical Council established under the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916, the Punjab Nurses Registration Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab established and constituted under the Punjab Homeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965; and

(d) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Punjab Medical Council, the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani System of Medicine or the Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab.

Save with the prior approval of the State Government, no Registrar or other employee of the Council or the Board, as the case may be, shall hold office after the last day of the month in which he attains the age of fifty-eight years or such age of superannuating as may, from time to time, be fixed by the State Government for its employees and every such Registrar or other employee holding office on the date of commencement of this Act shall cease to hold office on such commencement, if he has attained the age of fifty-eight years on or before such commencement.

The headquarters of the Council or the Board shall be at Chandigarh or such other place as may be fixed in this behalf by the State Government in each case.

(1) In any emergency arising out of the business of the Council or the Board, as the case may, be, which in the opinion of the Chairman, requires immediate action, the Chairman shall take such action to the Council or the Board, as the case may be, at its next meeting, every such action shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to be the action taken by the Council or the Board, as the case may be.

(2) If any question arises whether or not a particular situation is of emergency warranting action under sub-section (1) the decision of the Chairman shall be final.

The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916, the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932, the Punjab ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963, and the Punjab Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965, or any rule, regulation or bye-law framed under any of these Acts.

(1) The Punjab Medical Council, Punjab Nurses Registration Council, Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab and Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1976 (Punjab Ordinance No. 1 of 1977) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal any thing 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 Act.