(1) The Council may, suo-motu or on any complaint made to it in that behalf, hold an inquiry in respect of misconduct of any registered practitioner for the purposes of the Act.
(2) Any complaint or information received in the Office of the Council about the misconduct of any registered practitioner shall be first submitted by the Registrar to the President.
(3) No complaint shall be entertained unless it is in writing, addressed to the Council and signed by the person making it and shall state the grounds of complaint, and shall be accompanied by declarations as to the facts of the case. All anonymous complaints may be disregarded, by the President, unless he finds it essential to process the same in larger interest of the profession.
(4) Every declaration shall state the description and true place of abode of the declarant, and where a fact stated in a declaration is not within his personal knowledge, the source of the information, and grounds for the belief of the declarant in its truth shall be accurately and fully stated. Any declaration or part thereof which is made in contravention of this rule shall not be accented as evidence.
(5) If the President has reason to believe that the complaint is pseudonymous, he may call upon the complainant to furnish further particulars, for ascertaining if the complaint is genuine.