1) The President shall cause to be served on the registered practitioner a notice in Form 18 subject to such variation as the circumstances of the case may require. Such notice shall specify the nature and particulars of the charge and shall inform him, of the day in which the Council intended to deal with the case, and shall call upon the practitioner to put in his written statement of his defense within a period of not less than fifteen days or such other period not exceeding sixty days as may be permitted by the Council, and to attend before the Council on such day. The notice shall be sent three weeks before the date of inquiry.
Such charge shall be drawn clearly and precisely.
2) The notice shall be accompanied by a statement of allegations on which each charge is based. The relevant allegations as to facts, the inferences which they lead to, and the circumstances supporting such inferences shall be clearly mentioned along with any other circumstances proposed to be considered while passing orders on the case.
3) Copies of the relevant documents, if any (including any document given or sent to the Council by or on behalf of the other party which such other party shall be entitled on proper proof to use at the hearing as evidence in support of or in answer to the charge specified in the notice of inquiry) shall also be supplied to the registered practitioner alongwith the notice and statement of allegations.
4) Copies of any other documents or statements required by such practitioner to prepare his defence may also be supplied to him on request or he may be allowed to take copies.