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THE ASSAM VETERINARY COUNCIL ACT, 1979
The Assam Veterinary Council Act, 1979
Sections
An ACT
Section 1Preamble.
Section 2
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY
Section 3Section 1(a)
Section 1Section 1(b)
Section 1Section 1(c)
Section 1Section 2
Section 2Section 2(a)
Section 2Section 2(b)
Section 2Section 2(c)
Section 2Section 2(d)
Section 2Section 2(e)
Section 2Section 2(f)
Section 2Section 2(g)
Section 2Section 2(h)
Section 2Section 2(i)
Section 2Proviso to Section 2(i)
Section 2Section 2(j)
Section 2Section 2(k)
Section 2Section 2(l)
Section 2Section 2(m)
Section 2Section 2(n)
Section 2Section 2(o)
Section 2
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER II - ASSAM VETERINARY COUNCIL
Section 24Section 3(i)
Section 3Section 3(ii)
Section 3Section 4(i)
Section 4Section 4(i)(a)
Section 4Section 4(i)(b)
Section 4Section 4(i)(c)
Section 4Section 4(i)(d)
Section 4Section 4(i)(e)
Section 4Section 4(ii)
Section 4Section 4(iii)
Section 4Section 4(iv)
Section 4Proviso to Section 4(iv)
Section 4Section 4(v)
Section 4Section 4(vi)
Section 4Section 4(vii)
Section 4Section 4(viii)
Section 4Section 5
Section 5Section 6
Section 6Proviso to Section 6
Section 6Section 7
Section 7Section 8
Section 8Section 9(1)
Section 9Section 9(2)
Section 9Section 9(3)
Section 9Proviso to Section 9(3)
Section 9Section 10
Section 10Section 11(1)
Section 11Section 11(2)
Section 11Section 11(3)
Section 11Section 11(4)
Section 11Section 12(1)(a)
Section 12Section 12(1)(b)
Section 12Section 12(2)
Section 12Section 12(3)
Section 12Section 12(4)
Section 12Section 12(5)
Section 12Section 12(6)
Section 12Section 12(7)(a)
Section 12Proviso to Section 12(7)(a)
Section 12Section 12(7)(b)
Section 12Section 13
Section 13Section 14(1)
Section 14Section 14(2)
Section 14Section 14(3)
Section 14Section 14(4)
Section 14Section 15(1)
Section 15Proviso to Section 15(1)
Section 15Section 15(2)
Section 15Section 15(3)
Section 15
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER III - THE REGISTER OF VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS
Section 74Section 16(1)
Section 16Section 16(2)
Section 16Section 17(1)
Section 17Section 17(2)
Section 17Proviso to Section 17(2)
Section 17Section 18(i)
Section 18Proviso to Section 18(i)
Section 18Section 18(ii)
Section 18Section 19
Section 19Section 20(i)
Section 20Section 20(ii)(a)
Section 20Section 20(ii)(b)
Section 20Section 20(iii)(a)
Section 20Section 20(iii)(b)
Section 20Proviso to Section 20(iii)(b)
Section 20Section 20(iv)(a)
Section 20Section 20(iv)(b)
Section 20Section 21
Section 21
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER IV - FINANCIAL MATTERS
Section 93Section 22(1)
Section 22Section 22(2)
Section 22Section 22(3)
Section 22Section 22(4)
Section 22Section 22(5)
Section 22Section 22(6)
Section 22Section 22(7)
Section 22Section 22(8)
Section 22Section 23
Section 23Section 24
Section 24Section 25(1)
Section 25Section 25(2)
Section 25Section 25(3)
Section 25Section 26(1)
Section 26Section 26(2)
Section 26Section 27
Section 27Section 28(1)
Section 28Section 28(2)
Section 28Section 28(3)
Section 28Section 29
Section 29Section 30(i)
Section 30Section 30(ii)
Section 30Section 31
Section 31Section 32(1)
Section 32Section 32(2)
Section 32Section 32(3)
Section 32Section 33(1)
Section 33Section 33(2)
Section 33Section 33(3)
Section 33Proviso to Section 33(3)
Section 33Section 34(1)
Section 34Section 34(2)
Section 34Section 34(3)
Section 34Section 34(4)
Section 34Section 34(5)
Section 34Section 35
Section 35Section 36(1)
Section 36Proviso to Section 36(1)
Section 36Section 36(2)
Section 36
PART I
Schedule - PART I
Section 133Schedule - PART I - Institution 1
Section 134Schedule - PART I - Institution 2
Section 135Schedule - PART I - Institution 3
Section 136Schedule - PART I - Institution 4
Section 137Schedule - PART I - Institution 5
Section 138Schedule - PART I - Institution 6
Section 139Schedule - PART I - Institution 7
Section 140Schedule - PART I - Institution 8
Section 141Schedule - PART I - Institution 9
Section 142Schedule - PART I - Institution 10
Section 143Schedule - PART I - Institution 11
Section 144Schedule - PART I - Institution 12
Section 145Schedule - PART I - Institution 13
Section 146Schedule - PART I - Institution 14
Section 147Schedule - PART I - Institution 15
Section 148Schedule - PART I - Institution 16
Section 149Schedule - PART I - Institution 17
Section 150Schedule - PART I - Institution 18
Section 151
PART II
Schedule - PART II
Section 152Schedule - PART II - Institution 1
Section 153Schedule - PART II - Institution 2
Section 154Schedule - PART II - Institution 3
Section 155Schedule - PART II - Institution 4
Section 156Schedule - PART II - Institution 5
Section 157
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"content": "Provided that the degrees or diplomas or certificates granted by the Government or any other authority of any State in India outside Assam shall not be deemed to be recognised Veterinary qualifications for the purposes of this Act unless, in pursuance of a scheme of reciprocity for recognition of Veterinary qualifications, the Government of such State has, by notification, recognised for the purposes of that State, the degrees or diplomas or certificates granted by the Government and other authorities of Assam.",
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"content": "(viii) Any casual vacancy in the office of the President or the Vice-President caused by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by appointment or election, as the case may be and the person so appointed or elected shall hold office for the unexpired period of the term of office of the President or the Vice-President whose place he fills.",
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"number": "5",
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"content": "5. In the event of the requisite number of the members not being elected under any of the clauses (c) and (d) of Section 4 or, if any of the electoral bodies referred to in clauses (c) and (d) of Section 4 does not, by such date as may be prescribed elect a person to be a member of the Council, the State Government shall fill up the vacancy or vacancies by nominating the required number of registered veterinary practitioners, and any person so nominated shall be deemed to be a member as if he had been duly elected by such body.",
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"content": "6. A person shall be disqualified for being elected or nominated as a member of the Council, if he—\n(a) is not registered under this Act ;\n(b) has been convicted and sentenced by any court for any non-bailable offence, such sentence not having been subsequently reversed or quashed ;\n(c) is an undischarged insolvent ; or\n(d) is of unsound mind adjudged and certified by a competent court :",
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"number": "6",
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"content": "Provided that the State Government may condone the disqualification referred to in clause (b) if the sentence has been fully undergone and a period of two years has elapsed since the termination of such sentence.",
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"number": "7",
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"content": "7. The name of every person elected or nominated under Section 4 or 5 shall be published by the State Government in the official Gazette.",
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"number": "8",
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"content": "8. The Council may permit a member to absent himself from the meetings of the Council for a period not exceeding six months.",
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"content": "9. (1) A member of the Council shall be deemed to have vacated his seat, who—\n(a) fails to accept office within one month of the date of his nomination or election ; or\n(b) is absent without excuse sufficient in the opinion of the Council, from three consecutive meetings of the Council ; or\n(c) is absent, out of India for a period exceeding six consecutive months ; or\n(d) becomes disqualified for election or nomination as a member for any of the reasons mentioned in Section 6.",
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"number": "9",
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"content": "(2) On the occurrence of a vacancy referred to in sub-section (1), the President shall forthwith report the fact of such vacancy to the State Government.",
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"number": "9",
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"content": "(3) The State Government may on the recommendation of the Council supported by atleast two-third of the total numbers of its members, remove from office any member elected or nominated under this Act, if such member has been found guilty of misconduct in the discharge of his duties, or of any disgraceful conduct, or has become incapable of performing his duties as a member :",
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"number": "9",
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"content": "Provided that no resolution recommending the removal of any member shall be passed by the Council, unless the member to whom it relates has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause as to why such recommendation should not be made.",
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"number": "12",
"title": "Proviso to Section 12(7)(a)",
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"content": "Provided that nothing in this Section shall be deemed to prohibit any person from disclosing or publishing the text of any resolution adopted by the Council, unless the Council directs such resolution also to be treated as confidential.",
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"number": "12",
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"content": "(b) No disqualification of, or defect in the election, nomination or appointment of, any person as member or as a presiding authority of a meeting, shall of itself be deemed to vitiate any act or proceeding of the Council, in which such person has taken part, or during any vacancy in the Council, the continuing members may act, as if no vacancy had occurred, unless the number of vacancies exceeds two in number.",
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"number": "13",
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"content": "13. There shall be paid payment to the members of the Council, the expenses as may from time to time be prescribed by regulation under clause (a) of sub-section (4) of Section 34.",
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"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14(1)",
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"content": "14. (1) With the previous sanction of the State Government the Council—\n(a) shall appoint a Registrar ;\n(b) may grant leave to such Registrar and appoint a person to act in his place ; and\n(c) shall pay to the Registrar and to the person if any appointed to act in his place such salary and such allowances as the Council may determine from time to time.",
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"number": "14",
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"content": "(2) The Council may appoint such other officers and such ministerial and class-IV staff as it may consider necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall pay them such salary and allowances if any as the Council may determine.",
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"number": "14",
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"content": "(3) The Registrar or the persons appointed to act in his place shall act as Secretary of the Council.",
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"number": "14",
"title": "Section 14(4)",
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"content": "(4) Every person appointed under sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.",
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"number": "15",
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"content": "15. (1) The Council may punish or dismiss a person appointed under sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 14, after he has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to him :",
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"number": "15",
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"content": "Provided that previous sanction of the State Government shall be necessary in the case of a person appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 14 :\nProvided further that a person appointed under sub-section (2) of Section 14, shall have a right of appeal to the State Government against an order under this Section within one month from the date of the communication of the order to him.",
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"number": "15",
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"content": "(2) The power to punish conferred by sub-section (1) shall be deemed to include the power to suspend an officer.",
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"number": "15",
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{
"number": "74",
"title": "CHAPTER III - THE REGISTER OF VETERINARY PRACTITIONERS",
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"number": "16",
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"content": "16. (1) The Council shall, as soon as convenient, after the commencement of this Act and from time to time as occasion may require, make orders for regulating the maintenance of the register of Veterinary practitioners.",
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"number": "16",
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"number": "17",
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"content": "17. (1) The Registrar shall maintain the register of Veterinary Practitioners in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed and shall make from time to time such entries, corrections, alternations or modifications in the entries therein as may be necessary or as may be directed by the Council.",
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"number": "17",
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"content": "(2) To enable the Registrar to fulfil the duties imposed upon him by sub-section (1), he may send through the post a letter to any registered practitioners, addressed to him according to his registered address or appointment , to enquire whether he has ceased to practise or whether his residence or appointment has been changed ; and if no answer to any such letter is received within a period of six months from its despatch, the Registrar may erase the name of such registered veterinary practitioners from the register :",
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"number": "17",
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"content": "Provided that any name erased under this sub-section may be re-entered in the register under the direction of the council.",
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"number": "18",
"title": "Section 18(i)",
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"content": "18. (i) Any person holding any of the qualifications referred to in the schedule or for the time being registered under any Act for the registration of Veterinary practitioners in force in any other State in India, if reciprocity of registration has been arranged with the authority administering such Act, shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained and on payment of such fees as may be fixed in this behalf by regulations made under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 34, be entitled to have his name entered in the register of Veterinary Practitioners :",
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"number": "18",
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"content": "Provided that the Registrar shall refer to the Council an application for entry in the register from a person in respect of whom he considers that the Council may wish to proceed under sub-section (1) of Section 25 :\nProvided also that the Registrar, if so directed by the Council, shall refuse to register the name of any person notwithstanding the fact that he is in possession of Veterinary degree or diploma recognised and included in the Schedule of this Act.",
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"number": "18",
"title": "Section 18(ii)",
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"content": "(ii) if it appears to the State Government on the report of the Council or otherwise that the courses of study and examinations prescribed by any University, Body or Institution conferring any degree, diploma, certificate or any other like award not entered in the Schedule, are such as to secure the possession by its receipient of the requisite knowledge and skill for the efficient practice of veterinary science, the State Government may from time to time, by notification in the ‘Official Gazette’ amend the Schedule and include therein such degree, diploma, certificate or, as the case may be, award, subject to any conditions that may be specified thereof and the Council may thereupon recommend to the State Government to amend the Schedule accordingly.",
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"number": "19",
"title": "Section 19",
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"content": "19. The Council shall have power to call on the governing body or authorities of any Veterinary Faculty/Agriculture University, included in or desirous of being included in the Schedule ;\n(a) to furnish such reports, returns or other information as the Council may require to enable it to judge the efficiency of the instruction given therein ; and\n(b) to provide facilities to enable a member of the Council deputed by the Council in this behalf to be present at the examination held by such University/College.",
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"number": "20",
"title": "Section 20(i)",
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"content": "20. (i) Every person who applies to have his name entered in the register of Veterinary Practitioners—\n(a) must satisfy the Registrar that he is in possession of the recognised Veterinary qualifications referred to in the Schedule as altered by notification, if any, issued under Section 18 (ii) ;\n(b) must inform the Registrar of the dates on which he obtained the title or qualifications which entitled him to claim registration under this Act ; and\n(c) give the Registrar any information which he reasonably may require for the purpose of discharging his duties under this Act.",
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"number": "20",
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"content": "(ii) (a) The Council may, on being satisfied that a person applying for registration possesses a recognised Veterinary qualification and has paid the prescribed fee, allow the application and direct the Registrar to enter his name in the register and such entry shall, unless cancelled earlier, be borne in the register for one year ;",
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"number": "20",
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"content": "(b) The Registrar shall, on registration of a person’s name, give him a certificate of registration under his hand and seal.",
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"number": "20",
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"content": "(iii) (a) A Veterinary Practitioner whose name is entered in the register shall be entitled to have his name retained in the register on payment of such annual renewal fee and within such time as may be prescribed ;",
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"number": "20",
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"content": "(b) If the renewal fee is not paid within the time prescribed, the Registrar shall strike off the name of the defaulter from the register :",
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"number": "20",
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"content": "Provided that any name so struck off from the register may, subject to such conditions as the Council may by regulation provide, be re-enter in the register on payment of the renewal fee and nominal fine not exceeding Rupees fifty.",
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"number": "20",
"title": "Section 20(iv)(a)",
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"content": "(iv) (a) A veterinary practitioner whose name is struck off from the register under sub-section (iii) (b) of Section 20 shall forthwith surrender his certificate of registration to the Registrar and the name so struck off shall be published in the official gazette ;",
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"number": "20",
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"content": "(b) If any such name is afterwards re-entered in the register in accordance with the provision of this Act, the fact of such re-entry shall be published in the official gazette and the certificate of registration shall be returned to the veterinary practitioner concerned.",
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"number": "21",
"title": "Section 21",
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"content": "21. If a person whose name is entered in the register of veterinary practitioners obtains any title or qualification other than the title or qualification in respect of which he has been registered, he shall on payment of such fees as may be prescribed in this behalf by regulation made under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 34, be entitled to have an entry stating such other title or qualification made against his name in the register, either in substitution for, or in addition to, any entry previously made.",
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"number": "93",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(1)",
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"content": "22 (1) The Council shall, for the administration of its purposes, realise registration fees for renewal of registration, application fees and such other fees and fines as may be decided by the Council, provided that the rate of which fees shall be charged or any variance thereof shall be given effect to with the prior approval of the Government. Government may also issue any direction to the council in this regard.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(2)",
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"content": "(2) It shall be competent for the Council to incur expenditure for the following purposes namely—\n(a) salaries and allowances of the Registrar and staff maintained by the Council ;\n(b) fees and allowances paid to the members of the Council ;\n(c) such other expenses as are necessary for performing its duties and functions under this Act.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(3)",
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"content": "(3) The Council shall maintain in such form as may be prescribed proper accounts which shall be audited annually by an auditor appointed in this behalf by the State Government.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(4)",
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"content": "(4) A copy of every audit report shall be furnished by the Council to the State Government and to the Accountant General, Assam, within one month from the date of which the audit report is received by the Council.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(5)",
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"content": "(5) The draft budget before it is placed before the Council shall be submitted to the State Government and the views of the Government may be recorded at the time this is submitted before the Council for consideration.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(6)",
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"content": "(6) The State Government may make such annual grants, as it may consider necessary to the Council for the proper discharge of the functions of the Council under this Act.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(7)",
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"content": "(7) All moneys received by the Council as fees and grants under this Act or otherwise shall be credited into a fund to be called “ the Assam Veterinary Council Fund ” which shall be under the management and control of the Council and shall be held and applied by the Council for the purpose of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed.",
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"number": "22",
"title": "Section 22(8)",
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"content": "(8) All moneys credited to the “Assam Veterinary Council Fund” shall forthwith be deposited into the State Bank of India or in any Nationalised Bank to the credit of an account to be called “ the Assam Veterinary Council Fund Account”.",
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{
"number": "23",
"title": "Section 23",
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"content": "23. If a person is dissatisfied with a decision of the Registrar refusing to enter the name or any title or qualification of such person in the register of Veterinary Practitioners he may, at any time within three months from the date of such decision, appeal to the Council whose decision shall be final.",
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"number": "24",
"title": "Section 24",
"chapter": null,
"content": "24. Any entry in the register of Veterinary Practitioners which is proved to the satisfaction of the Council to have been fraudulently or incorrectly made may be erased under an order in writing of the Council, after notice has been given to the person concerned and his objections (if any) have been considered.",
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{
"number": "25",
"title": "Section 25(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "25 (1) The Council may upon reference to the register or otherwise prohibit the entry in, or order the removal from, the Register, the name of any Veterinary Practitioner :—\n(a) who has been sentenced by a criminal court or a court martial to imprisonment for an offence indicating in the opinion of the Council such defect in character as would render the entry or continuance of his name in the register undesirable ; or\n(b) whom the council after enquiry (at which an opportunity has been given to him to be heard in his defence and to appear either in person or by council, vakil, pleader or attorney, and which may at the discretion of the Council be held in camera) has found guilty by a majority of two thirds of the members present and voting at the meeting of infamous conduct in any professional respect.",
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"number": "25",
"title": "Section 25(2)",
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"content": "(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to justify the exclusion or removal from the register of the name of any Veterinary Practitioner on the ground of his adoption of a theory of veterinary medicine or surgery not in accordance with the accepted view for the time being or of his association with an un-registered practitioner, so long as the un-registered practitioner :—\n(a) is in possession of a Recognised Veterinary qualification ;\n(b) is not a person whose name the Council has reason to believe has been excluded or removed from the register by the Council under sub-section (1) or would be so excluded if application for registration thereof were made.",
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"number": "25",
"title": "Section 25(3)",
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"content": "(3) The Council may direct that the name of any person against whom an order has been made under sub-section (1) shall be entered or re-entered as the case may be.",
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{
"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(1)",
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"content": "26. (1) An appeal shall lie to the State Government from every decision of the Council under Section 23 or 25.",
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"number": "26",
"title": "Section 26(2)",
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"content": "(2) Every appeal under sub-section (1) shall be preferred within three months from the date of such decision.",
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{
"number": "27",
"title": "Section 27",
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"content": "27. No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie in respect of any act done in good faith in the exercise of power conferred by this Act on the State Government or the Council or any of its members or office-bearers.",
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{
"number": "28",
"title": "Section 28(1)",
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"content": "28. (1) Every Registrar of deaths who receives notice of the death of a person whose name he knows to be entered in the register of Veterinary Practitioners shall forthwith transmit by post to the Registrar of the Council a certificate of such death signed by him and stating particulars of the time and place of death.",
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"number": "28",
"title": "Section 28(2)",
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"content": "(2) On receipt of such certificate, or other reliable information regarding death, the Registrar shall erase the name of the deceased person from the register.",
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{
"number": "28",
"title": "Section 28(3)",
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"content": "(3) Every person registered under the Act shall be exempted, if he so desires, from serving on any inquest.",
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{
"number": "29",
"title": "Section 29",
"chapter": null,
"content": "29. If a person whose name is not entered in the register of Veterinary Practitioners falsely pretends that it is so entered or uses in connection with his name or title any words or letter representing that his name is so entered, he shall, whether any person is actually deceived by such representation or not, be punishable, on conviction by a Magistrate of the first class, with fine which may extend to three hundred rupees.",
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{
"number": "30",
"title": "Section 30(i)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "30. (i) No court other than the court of a Magistrate of the first class shall take cognizance of or try an offence under this Act.",
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"number": "30",
"title": "Section 30(ii)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(ii) For the purpose of any inquiry held under Section 25, or of any appeal under Section 23, the Council shall be deemed to be a Court within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, and shall exercises the powers of a Commissioner appointed under the Public Servants’ (Inquiries) Act, 1850, and every such inquiry and appeal shall be conducted, as far as may be in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 and Section 8 to 10 of the said Public Servants’ (Inquiries) Act, 1850 and shall have the powers of a Civil Court while disposing of suits under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, in respect of the following matters'—\n(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath,\n(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents, and\n(c) receiving evidence on affidavits.",
"footnote": "Indian Evidence Act, 1872; Public Servants’ (Inquiries) Act, 1850; Code of Civil Procedure, 1908",
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{
"number": "31",
"title": "Section 31",
"chapter": null,
"content": "31. No person other than a Registered Veterinary Practitioner shall be competent to hold an appointment as Veterinary Physician Surgeon or other Veterinary Officer in Government institution and hospital/dispensary which is supported daily or wholly by public funds, or in any public or private establishment, body or institution or under a local authority unless he is registered under this Act.",
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{
"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "32. (1) No certificate required by any Act from any Veterinary Practitioner or Veterinary Officer shall be valid unless the person signing the certificate shall have been registered under this Act.",
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{
"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(2)",
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"content": "(2) No prescription by a Veterinary Practitioner or Veterinary Officer shall be disposed of by chemists unless the person prescribing the prescription shall have been registered under this Act.",
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{
"number": "32",
"title": "Section 32(3)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "(3) No person shall be qualified to give evidence as an expert under Section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 on any matter relating to Veterinary Science, unless the said person shall have been registered under this Act.",
"footnote": "Section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872",
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{
"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(1)",
"chapter": null,
"content": "33. (1) The Registrar shall once in every three years , on or before a date to be fixed in this behalf by the Council, cause to be printed and published a correct list of the names the time being entered in the register of Veterinary Practitioners setting forth—\n(a) All names entered in the register arranged in alphabetical order according to the surnames ;\n(b) The registered address or appointment of each person whose name is entered in the register ; and\n(c) The registered titles and qualification of each such person and the date on which each such title was granted or each such qualification was certified.",
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{
"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(2)",
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"content": "(2) The Registrar shall also cause to be printed and published an annual supplement in January every year showing therein the corrections made upto the 31st December proceeding, in the list of names in the register of Veterinary Practitioners last published.",
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{
"number": "33",
"title": "Section 33(3)",
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"content": "(3) Every court shall presume that a person whose name is entered in the latest of such lists is duly registered under this Act, and that person whose name is not so entered is not registered under this Act :",
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"number": "33",
"title": "Proviso to Section 33(3)",
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"content": "Provided that, in the case of any person whose name does not appear in such list, a certified copy signed by the Registrar of the entry of the name of such person in the register of Veterinary Practitioners shall be evidence that such person is registered under the Act.",
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{
"number": "34",
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"content": "34.(1) The State Government may, after previous publication from time to time, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.",
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{
"number": "34",
"title": "Section 34(2)",
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"content": "(2) In particular , and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide :—\n(a) to regulate elections under this Act ;\n(b) to prescribe the form of the register of Veterinary Practitioners to be maintained under this Act ;\n(c) to regulate the application of fees ;\n(d) to regulate the procedure to be followed by the Council for:—\n(i) conducting any inquiry under Section 25 ; and\n(ii) disposing of appeals from the decision of the Registrar preferred under Section 23.",
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"number": "34",
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"number": "34",
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"number": "34",
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"number": "35",
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"content": "35. The State Government may give to the Council such directions as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act and it shall be the duty of the Council to comply with such directions.",
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"number": "36",
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"content": "36(1) If at any time it appears to the State Government that the Council has failed to exercise or has exceeded or abused any of the powers conferred upon it by or under this Act, or has failed to perform a duty imposed upon it by 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 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, the State Government may 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 :",
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"number": "36",
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"content": "Provided that it shall take steps, as soon as it may be convenient, to constitute a new Council of members provided in Section 4.",
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"number": "36",
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"content": "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act , or in the Rules or the regulations, if at any time, it appears to the State Government that the Council or any other authority empowered to exercise any of the powers or to perform any of the duties or functions under this Act, has not been validly constituted or appointed, the State Government may cause any of such powers or functions to be exercised or performed by such agency in such manner and for such period not exceeding six months and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.",
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"number": "134",
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"number": "136",
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"number": "137",
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"content": "4. Bihar University | Do | Do",
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"number": "138",
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"number": "139",
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"number": "140",
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"number": "141",
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"number": "142",
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"content": "9. Madras University | Do | Do",
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"number": "143",
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"content": "10. Osmania University | Do | Do",
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"number": "144",
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"number": "145",
"title": "Schedule - PART I - Institution 12",
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"content": "12. Rajasthan University | Do | Do",
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"number": "146",
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"content": "13. Sagar University | Bachelor of Veterinary Science | B, V. Sc.",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "147",
"title": "Schedule - PART I - Institution 14",
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"content": "14. Utkal University | Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry. | B. V. Sc. & A H ,",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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{
"number": "148",
"title": "Schedule - PART I - Institution 15",
"chapter": "PART I",
"content": "15. Vikram University | Do | Do",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "149",
"title": "Schedule - PART I - Institution 16",
"chapter": "PART I",
"content": "16. Assam Veterinary College. | Graduate in Veterinary Science. | G. V. Sc.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "150",
"title": "Schedule - PART I - Institution 17",
"chapter": "PART I",
"content": "17. Bengal Veterinary College. | (i) Graduate of Bengal Veterinary College.\n(ii) Graduate in Veterinary Science. | G. B. V. C.\nG. V. Sc.",
"footnote": "",
"is_definition": false,
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"number": "151",
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"number": "152",
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"content": "PART II\nRECOGNISED VETERINARY QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED BY INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE INDIA",
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"number": "153",
"title": "Schedule - PART II - Institution 1",
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"content": "1. The Royal Veterinary College, the United Kingdom. | Member of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. | M. R. C. V. S.",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "154",
"title": "Schedule - PART II - Institution 2",
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"content": "2. The University of Edinburge | (i) Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery\n(ii) Bachelor of Science | B. V. M. S.\nB. Sc.",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "155",
"title": "Schedule - PART II - Institution 3",
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"content": "3. The London University | (i) Do Do\n(ii) Bachelor of Veterinary Medicines. | B. Vety. Med.",
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"is_definition": false,
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"number": "156",
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"content": "4 The Liverpool University. | Bachelor of Veterinary Science. | B. V. Sc.",
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"number": "157",
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"Short Title": "The Assam Veterinary Council Act, 1979",
"Department": "Legislative Department",
"Type": "CENTRAL",
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