(1) Any person aggrieved by any decision of the Registrar under this Act may, within a period of one month from the date on which the decision is communicated to him, appeal to the Council which shall hear and determine the appeal in the prescribed manner.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, every decision of the Council under this Act shall be final.
25. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force-
(i) the expression 'legally qualified medical practitioner' or "duly qualified medical practitioner" or any word importing a person recognised by law as a medical practitioner or member of the medical profession shall in all Acts of the State Legislature and in all Central Acts (in their application to the State) in so far as such Acts relate to any matters specified in List II or List III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, include a practitioner whose name is entered in the register under this Act;
(ii) every registered practitioner shall be exempt, if he so desires, from serving on an inquest.
26. The provisions of this Act are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and of Chapter V of the Gujarat Medical Practitioners Act, 1963, containing general provisions applicable to all medical practitioners.
. These words were substituted for the words "a fee of rupees two" by Guj. 7 of 1995, s.5(1).
. These words were substituted for the words "a fee of rupees five", ibdi., s.5(2).
Appeals.
CII of 1956.
Rights of registered practitioners.
General provisions applicable to medical practitioners.
CII of 1956.
Guj. 6 of
1964.
The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967. [1968: Guj. 10 1968: Guj. 10] The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967.
CHAPTER IV MISCELLANEOUS.
27. The Council shall have authority to call on the governing body or authorities of any Medical College or School and on any examining body included in or desirous of being included in the Schedule,
(a) to furnish such particulars as the Council shall require of any course of study prescribed or examination held by such body or authority or in such school or college with reference to the grant of any medical or surgical qualification, and
(b) to permit such person or persons as is or are, in the opinion of the Council, specially qualified for the purpose, to attend and be present at any such examination.