(1) At such time after the publication of the notice under sub-section (6) of section 14 as the Council deems fit, and thereafter at the intervals prescribed by regulations the Registrar shall cause to be printed and published a periodical list of all persons for the time being entered in the register and shall also publish such periodical list in the Official Gazette.
(2) Except in a year in which a periodical list is published under sub-section
(1), the Registrar shall cause to be printed and published annually on or before the date prescribed by regulations an addendum and a corrigendum to the .periodical list published under sub-section (1) showing: —
(a) the names of all persons for the time being entered or re-entered in the register, and not included in any subsisting periodical list already printed and published; and
(b) the names of all veterinary practitioners included in any subsisting periodical list, whose names have since been removed on account of any reason whatsoever from and not re-entered in the register, and Renewal fee.
Publication of periodical list of registered veterinary practitioners.
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(c) any other amendments to the subsisting periodical list.
(3) The form of the periodical list published under sub-section (1), the particulars to be included therein, and the manner of its publication, shall be such as may be prescribed by regulations.
(4) A copy of the periodical list shall be evidence in all courts, and in all judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, that the persons therein specified are registered according to the provisions of this Act and the absence of the name of any person from such copy shall be evidence, until the contrary, is proved, that such person is not registered according to the provisions of this Act :
Provided that, in the case of any person whose name does not appear in such copy, a certified copy under the hand of the Registrar of the entry of the name of such person in the register shall be evidence that such person is registered under this Act.
20. Fees paid under sections 14, 16, 17 and 18 shall not be refunded.
21. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force-
(i) any expression importing a person recognised by law as a veterinary practitioner shall, in all Acts of the State Legislature in force in the State, 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 III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India include a veterinary practitioner whose name is entered in the register under this Act;
(ii) any certificate, or prescription required by or under any law from any veterinary practitioner shall be valid if such certificate or prescription has been signed by a registered veterinary practitioner;
(iii) it shall be lawful for every registered veterinary practitioner, to use in full after his name the words "Registered Veterinary Practitioner";
(iv) every registered veterinary practitioner shall be exempt, if he so desires, from serving on an inquest;
(v) a registered veterinary practitioner shall be eligible to hold any appointment as a veterinary physician, surgeon, or other veterinary officer in any veterinary dispensary, hospital or infirmary supported by, or receiving a grant from, the State Government or in any such public establishment, body or institution dealing with the practice of veterinary science.
22. Every Registrar of Deaths on receiving notice of the death of a registered veterinary practitioner shall forthwith transmit, by post, to the Registrar, a certificate under his own hand together with the particulars of the time and place of death and may charge the cost of transmission of such certificate as an expense of his office.
23. No person shall, except with the sanction of the State Government, hold any appointment for the performance of veterinary duties in any veterinary dispensary, hospital or infirmary which is supported partially or wholly by public funds or is not supported entirely by voluntary contributions or which belongs to a local authority or in any public establishment, body or institution, unless be is registered under this Act.