(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Registrar shall prepare and maintain thereafter a register of Homoeopathic [* *] practitioners for the [State of Maharashtra] in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
[(1-A) The register shall contain the names of practitioners, whose names are,-
(i) continued on the register under sub-section (4); and
(ii) entered in the register under sub-section (3) or (5) on or after the date of commencement of the Bombay Homoeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners (Amendment) Act, 1985 (Mah. XVI of 1988)].
(2) The register shall include the following particulars, namely :-
(a) the full name, nationality and residential address of the registered practitioner;
(b) the date of his admission to the register;
(c) the qualification for registration and the date on which he obtained his degree, diploma or any other like award in Homoeopathy [* *] if any, and the authority which conferred or granted it;
(d) his professional address; and
(e) such further particulars as may be prescribed by rules.
(3) Every person who possesses any of the [recognised medical qualifications] shall, at any time on an application made in the form prescribed by rules to the Registrar and on payment of such fee as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify] be entitled to have his name entered in the register.
[(3A) (a) If the courses of study to be undergone for obtaining any of the recognised medical qualifications include a period of training after a person has passed the qualifying examination, and before such qualification is conferred on him, any such person shall, on an application made to the Registrar, in the form prescribed by the Rules and on payment of such fee, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, be granted a provisional registration in order to enable him to practice Homoeopathic system of medicine in the Recognised Institution for the purpose of such training and for no other purpose, for the period aforesaid;
(b) every person who is granted a provisional registration under clause (a) shall be given a certificate of provisional registration in the form prescribed by the Rules, which shall remain in force for such period as may be specified therein.]
[(4) The register maintained under this section and in force on the day immediately preceding the date of commencement of the Bombay Homoeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners' (Amendment) Act, 1985 (Mah. XVI of 1988) (hereinafter in this sub-section referred to as "the Amending Act"), shall be deemed to be the register maintained under the principal Act as amended by the Amending Act and the name of every person whose name is entered in such register shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, continue to be on the register.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, every person entitled to be or is enrolled on the register maintained under the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 (59 of 1973), but not enrolled on the register maintained under this Act, shall, on an application and on payment of the fee as provided in sub-section (3), be entitled to have his name entered in the register maintained under this Act.]
(12) (a) Every registered practitioner shall be given a certificate of registration in the form prescribed by rules [smclm and shall practice 1111[(b) Such certificate shall be valid until it is duly cancelled and the name of the practitioner is removed from the register under the provisions of this Act; and every certificate of registration given before the commencement of the Bombay Homoeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners’ (Amendment) Act, 1974 (Mah. XXXIX of 1974), which is valid on such commencement shall, subject to the provisions of section 26, be valid likewise, and shall continue accordingly.]