(1) The Council may, on being satisfied that a person possesses requisite qualification, has paid the prescribed fee and has attained the minimum age-limit prescribed wherever necessary, direct the registration of his name and the Registrar shall thereupon make necessary entries in the register and grant him a certificate of registration.
(2) The Council may refuse to permit the registration of, or direct the removal from the register, the name of any person on the following grounds:-
(a) Who has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude; or,
(b) Who has been convicted in any cognizable criminal offence;
or,
(c) Who has been after due enquiry by the Council found guilty of any 'misconduct' by a majority of at least two-thirds of the members of the Council:
Provided that the Council may direct the name of the Practitioner.
(i) To be removed from the register for such period as may be specified in the direction, or
(ii) To be removed from the register without specifying the period of such removal.
Renewal 24. (1) Every person whose name is entered in the register shall, for the retention of his name in the register, pay to the Council for every 5 years such renewal fee and at such time as may be prescribed.
(2) Where the renewal fee is not paid by the due date, the Registrar shall remove the name of the defaulter from register.
(3) On payment of the renewal fee, the Registrar shall, in the prescribed manner, endorse the certificate of registration.
Entry of additional qualification
25. If any person whose name is entered in the register obtains any qualification mentioned in the Schedule appended to this Act other than the qualification in respect of which he has been registered, he shall, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, be entitled to have such qualification entered against his name in the register either in substitution for or in addition to any entry previously made and the Registrar shall add to or amend the entry accordingly.
11 Appeal to the Council against decision of the Registrar
26. If any person is dissatisfied with any decision of the Registrar refusing to enter his qualification under section 25 in the register, he may, at any time, within ninety days from the date of such decision, appeal to the Council in the prescribed manner and decision of the Council shall be final.
Cancellation of fraudulent and incorrect entries
27. Any entry in the register, which is proved to the satisfaction of the Council to have been fraudulently or incorrectly made, may be cancelled under an order in writing of the Council.
Appeal to the State Government against the decision of the Council
28. An appeal shall lie to the State Government against any order of the Council refusing to enter the name of a person in the register or removing his name from the register, if filed within ninety days of the date of order, and the decision of the State Government thereon shall be final:
Provided that the State Government shall dispose of the appeal within a period of six months from the date of filing it.
Notice of death and removal of name from register
29. The Council may, on receipt of reliable information regarding the death of a person whose name is entered in the register, and on making such enquiry as it may think fit, direct the removal of his name from the register and thereupon the Registrar shall cancel the entry relating to such person.
Penalty on unregistered person representing that he is registered
30. If any person, whose name is not entered in the register, falsely pretends that it is so entered or uses, ill connection with his name, any words or letters representing that his name is so entered, he shall, whether any person is actually deceived by such representation or not, be punishable, on conviction by a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Magistrate of the First Class having jurisdiction, with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees or both.
Penalty for failure to surrender certificate of registration