(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no certificate required by any law or rule to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified veterinary practitioner, veterinary surgeon or veterinary officer shall be valid unless the person signing or authenticating such certificate is a registered veterinary practitioner.
(2) Except with the special sanction of the State Government no person other than a registered veterinary practitioner shall be competent to hold any appointment as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary officer in any veterinary hospital, infirmary or dispensary maintained .wholly or partly by public or local funds.
The West Bengal Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1960. 11 XXII of 1960.]
(Chapter V I.—Miscellaneous:Sections 32-36.)
32. If any person whose name is not entered in the register falsely pretends that it is so entered, or uses in connection with his name or title any words or letters representing that his name is so entered, he shall, whether any person is actually deceived by such representation or not, be punishable, on conviction, with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees.
33. No court other than the court of a Presidency Magistrate or of a Magistrate of the First Class shall take cognizance of or try an offence under this Act.
34. For the purpose of any inquiry under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 21, the Council shall have the Act V of powers of a Civil Court while disposing of suits under the
1908.
Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters, namely :—
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath,
(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents, and
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits.
Penalty on unregistonal person representing that he is registered.
Courts competent to try offences under this Act.
Proceedings in inquiries.
35. The State Government may give to the Council such directions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act and it shall be the duty of the Council to comply with such directions.
36. If at any time it shall appear to the State Government that the Council has failed to exercise or has exceeded or abused a power conferred upon it, or has failed to perform a duty imposed upon it, by or under this Act, the State Government may, if it considers such failure, excess or abuse to be of a serious character, notify the particulars thereof to the Council; and if the Council fails to remedy such failure, excess or abuse within such time as may be fixed by the State Government in this behalf, it may, after giving the Council an opportunity of representing its case, dissolve the Council and cause all or any of the powers and duties of the Council to be exercised and performed by such agency and for such period as it may think fit :
Provided that in the case of such dissolution of the Council, the State Government shall take steps as soon as may be convenient to re-constitute the Council in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Power of State Government to give diree.
Lions to the Council.
Control of the Council by the State Government.
12 The West Bengal Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1960.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter V1.—Miscellaneous.—Sections 37, 38.— The Soh&lale.)
Bar to 37. (1) No order under this Act refusing to enter a suits and name in, or removing or striking off a name from, the other legal register shall be called in question in any Civil or Criminal proceedings. Court.
(2) No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie in any Civil or Criminal Court in respect of any act done or purported to have been done in good faith under this Act or any rule or regulation made thereunder by the State Government or the Council or the Registrar or any other person.
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