Title : Inspection of Examinations
State : Central
Year : 1956
1[(1) The Committee shall appoint such number of medical inspectors as it may deem requisite to inspect any medical institution, college, hospital or other institution, where medical education is given, or to attend any examination held by any University or medical institution for the purpose of recommending to the Central Government recognition of medical qualifications granted by that University of medical institution. (2) The medical inspectors shall not interfere with the conduct of any training or examination, but shall report to the Committee on the adequacy of the standards of medical education including staff, equipment, accommodation, training and other facilities prescribed for giving medical education or on the efficiency of every examination which they attend.] (3) The..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Visitors at Examinations
State : Central
Year : 1956
1[(1) The Council may appoint such number of visitors as it may deem requisite to inspect any medical institution, college, hospital or other institution where medical education is given or to attend any examination held by any University or medical institution for the purpose of granting recognised medical qualifications.] (2) Any person, whether he is a member of the Council or not, may be appointed as a visitor under this section but a person who is appointed as an inspector under Section 17-for any2[inspection or examination] shall not be appointed as a visitor for the same2[inspection or examination.] 2[(3) The visitors shall not interfere with the conduct of any training or examination, but shall report to the President of the Council on the adequacy of the standards of..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith
State : Central
Year : 1956
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government, the Council or a State Medical Council or any Committee thereof, or any officer or servant of the Government or Councils aforesaid for anything which is in good faith .dope or intended to be done under this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Permission for Establishment of New Medical College, New Course of Study, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1956
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force- (a) no person shall establish a medical college; or (b) no medical college shall- (i) open a new or higher course of study or training (Including a post-graduate course of study or training) which would enable a student of such course or training to qualify himself for the award of any recognised medical qualification; or (ii) increase its admission capacity in any course of study or training (including a post-graduate course of study or training) except with the previous permission of the Central Government obtained in accordance with the provisions of this section. (2) (a) Every person or medical college shall, for the purpose of obtaining permission under sub-section (1), submit..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Time for Seeking Permission for Certain Existing Medical Colleges, Etc.
State : Central
Year : 1956
(1) If, after the 1st day of June, 1992 and on and before the commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 1993 any person has established a medical college or any medical college has opened a new or higher course of study or training or increase the admission capacity, such person or medical college, as the case may be, shall seek, within a period of one year from the commencement of the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Act, 1993, the permission of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 10A. (2) If any person or medical college, as the case may be, fails to seek the permission under sub-section (1), the provisions of section 10B shall apply, so far as may be, as if, permission of the Central Government under section 10A has been refused. ..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Recognition of Medical Qualifications Granted by Certain Medical Institutions Whose Qualifications Are Not Included in the First or Second Schedule
State : Central
Year : 1956
(1) The medical qualifications granted by medical institutions in India which are not included in the First Schedule and which are included in Part I of the Third Schedule shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act. (2) The medical qualifications granted to a citizen of India- (a) before the 15th day of August, 1947, by medical institutions in the territories now forming part of Pakistan, and (b) before the first day of April, 1937 by medical institutions in the territories now forming part of Burma, which are included in Part I of the Third Schedule shall also be recognised medical qualifications for the purposes of this Act. (3) The medical qualifications granted by medical institutions outside India1[before such date as the Central Government..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Repeal of Act Xxvii of 1933
State : Central
Year : 1956
"As soon as the new Act [that is, the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 is brought into force, the existing Council will cease to function as there is no provision for continuing the existing Council, and some time will necessary have to elapse before a new Council can be constituted under the 1956 Act. As it is desirable that there should be continuity in the existence of the Medical Council, it is proposed to provide for the continuance of the existing Council after the commencement of the new Act until the new Council is constituted. This section gives effect to this object. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Short Title, Extent and Commencement
State : Central
Year : 1956
(1)This Act may be called The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. (2)It extends to the whole of India 1 [***]. (3)It shall come into force on such date 2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the OfficialGazette, appoint. _____________________________ 1.The words"except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 24 of 1964. 2.Theappointed date is 01.11.1958 vide Notification No. S.O.2254, dated 28.10.1958. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Meetings of the Council
State : Central
Year : 1956
(1) The Council shall meet at least once in each year at such time and place as may be appointed by the Council. (2) Unless otherwise provided by regulations, fifteen members of the Council shall form a quorum, and all the acts of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the members present and voting. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Commissions of Inquiry
State : Central
Year : 1956
(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the Central Government that the Council is not complying with any of the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may refer the particulars of the complaint to a Commission of inquiry consisting of three persons, two of whom shall be appointed by the Central Government, one being a Judge of a High Court, and one by the Council, and such Commission shall proceed to inquire in a summary manner and to report to the Central Government as to the truth of the matters charged in the complaint, and in case of any charge of default or of improper action being found by the Commission to have been established, the Commission shall recommend the remedies, if any, which are in its opinion necessary. (2) The Central Government may require the Council to..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section