(1) Every person possessing any of the qualifications specified in Schedule-I shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, be entitled to have his name entered in Part-I or Part-II, as the case may be, of the register subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), every person, who, within a period of two years from the date on which this Act comes into force, proves to the satisfaction of the Registrar that he has been in regular practice as a practitioner for a period of not less than seven years preceding the date on which he makes an application for being registered as a practitioner shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed in this behalf, be entitled to have his name registered in Part-III of the register subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.
10 H. P. AYURVEDIC AND UNANI PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1968
(3) No person shall be entitled under this section to have his name entered in the Register if he is a minor.
(4) Every person whose name is entered immediately before the appointed day in the register maintained under section 15 of the Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963 (Punjab Act 42 of 1963), as inforce in the transferred territory, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be registered as a practitioner under this Act and accordingly his name shall be entered in the appropriate part of the register maintained under this Act.
1[Provided that in the case of persons who were registered under the Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963 (42 of 1963) and have to be re-entered under this sub-section shall be liable for payment of such fee as may be prescribed in this behalf.
(5) The registration of persons entered in the register under this section shall be valid for a period of three years from the date of entry in the register and after every three years, it shall be renewable on payment of such fee in such manner as may be prescribed in this behalf.]