The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967

Q: What does Section 2 of The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967 say?

(a) "appointed day" means the date on which the provisions of this Act other than section 1 come into force under sub-section (3) of section 1; (b) "Council" means the Gujarat Medical Council constituted under section 3; (c) "Executive Committee" means the EAccutive Committee of the Council constituted under section 11; (d) "medical practitioner" or "practitioner" means a person who is engaged in the practice of modern scientific medicine in any of its branches including surgery and obstetrics,
Q: What does Section 3 of The Gujarat Medical Council Act, 1967 say?

(a) five members to be nominated by the State Government, out of whom not more than one may be a person who is not a practitioner; (b) one member from each University established by law in the State which has a medical faculty, elected by members of the medical faculty of the University from amongst members thereof who are practitioners; and (c) six members to be elected by registered practitioners from amongst themselves. (i) in respect of the constitution of the Council for the first time unde
Raw JSON API
1. Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay, in Medicines. Pathology, Surgery or Dermatology granted before the 1st April, 1954.

Section 1
2. Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay, in any subject other than Medicine, Pathology, Surgery or Dermatology.

Section 2
3. Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bombay (admitted before the 30th April, 1944).

Section 3
4. Diploma of Ayurvidya Visharad in Allopathy of the Tilak Maharashtra. Vidyapeeth of Poona, conferred during the years 1921 to 1936 (both inclusive).

Section 4
8. Diploma in Allopathy (1) of the National Medical College or the National College of Physicians and Surgeons of India. Calcutta, (2) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Calcutta and (3) of the International College of Physicians and Surgeons of India, Calcutta, during the years 1912 to 1916 (both inclusive).

Section 8
9. Licenced Medical Practitioner of the University of Mysore.

Section 9
10. Diploma of Licenced Medical Practitioner of the State Medical Faculty of Gujarat (L.M.P. Gujarat.)

Section 10
11. Any person trained in a Government Medical College or School in India who holds a diploma or certificate granted by any Government in India directing him to be qualified to practise Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery or to be qualified for the duties of a Military Assistant Surgeon, Hospital Assistant or Su. - Assistant Surgeon.

Section 11
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            "content": "(i) issue a letter of warning to such practitioner, or\n(b) direct the name of such practitioner-\n(i) to be removed from the register for such period as may hay be specified in the direction, or\n(ii) to be removed from the resister permanently;\nExplanation.\n(a) he is convicted by a criminal court for an offence which involves moral turpitude and which is cognisable within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, or\n(b) he being subject to military law is convicted under the Army Act. 1950 for an offence which is cognisable within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (V of 1898), or\n(c) in the opinion of the Council his conduct is infamous in relation to the medical profession particularly under any Code of Ethics prescribed by the Council or by the Medical Council of India constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (CII of 1956) in this behalf.\n(a) the register or the list maintained under the Gujarat Medical Practitioners' Act, 1963 (Gujarat 6 of 1964), or\n(b) the register or the list maintained under the Gujarat Homoeopathic Act, 1963 (Gujarat XXXVI of 1963),\n(a) enforcing the attendance of any person, and examining him on oath;\n(b) compelling the production of documents;\n(c) issuing of commissions for the examination of witnesses.\n(i) an advocate enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1961 (XXV of 1961), or\n(ii) an attorney of a High Court.\n(b) Where an assessor advises the Council, or the Executive Committee, on any question of law as to evidence, procedure or any other matter, he shall do so in the presence of every party or person representing a party, to the inquiry who appears thereat or if the advice is tendered after the Council or the Executive Committee has begun to deliberate as to its findings, every such party or person as aforesaid shall be informed what advice the assessor has tendered. Such party or person shall also be informed if in any case the Council or the Executive Committee does not accept the advice of the assessor on any such question as afore-said.\n(c) Any assessor under this section may be appointed either generally, or for any particular inquiries, or class of inquiries, and shall be paid the prescribed remuneration.",
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            "content": "(i) the expression `legally qualified medical practitioner' or \"duly qualified medical practitioner\" or any word importing a person recognised by law as a medical practitioner or member of the medical profession shall in all Acts of the State Legislature and in all Central Acts (in their application to the State) in so far as such Acts relate to any matters specified in Last II or List HI in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, include a practitioner whose name is entered in the register under this Act;\n(ii) every registered practitioner shall be exempt, if he so desires, from serving on an inquest.",
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            "title": "27. Council authorised to call for information and attend examinations.",
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            "content": "(a) to furnish such particulars as the Council shall require of any course of study prescribed or examination held by such body or authority or in such school or college with reference to the grant of any medical or surgical qualification, and\n(b) to permit such person or persons as is or are, in the opinion of the Council, specially qualified for the purpose, to attend and be present at any such examination.",
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            "content": "(a) for the whole or any part of the State, and\n(b) to provide for all or any matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed by rules.\nChapter V\nRepeal and Transitional Provisions",
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            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Repeal and saving.",
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            "content": "(a) the Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (Bombay VI of 1912), as in force in the Bombay area of the State,\n(b) the Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (Bombay VI of 1912), as adapted and applied to the Saurashtra area of the State, and\n(c) the Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (Bombay VI of 1912) as applied to the Kutch area of the State shall stand repealed.\n(a) the Gujarat (Bombay Area) Medical Council constituted under section 2 read with section 2B of the Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (Bombay VI of 1912), as in force in the Bombay area of the State, and\n(b) the Saurashtra Medical Council constituted under section 2 of the Bombay Medical Act, 1912 (Bombay VI of 1912), as adapted and applied to the Saurashtra area of the State, shall stand dissolved and all the members thereof shall vacate office.",
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            "content": "(1) all rights of the Medical Councils dissolved under section 32 (hereinafter in this section referred to as \"the dissolved Councils\") shall on the specified date vest in the Council constituted under section 3 (hereinafter in this section referred to as \"the Council\"),\n(2) all the property moveable or immoveable which on the day immediately preceding the specified date vested in the dissolved Councils shall, subject to all limitations and conditions as were in force on the day immediately preceding the specified date vest in the Council,\n(3) all sums due to a dissolved Council on any account, shall be recoverable by the Council which shall be competent to take any measure or institute any proceedings which it would have been open to the dissolved Council to take or institute if this Act had not come into operation,\n(4) all debts, liabilities and obligations incurred by or on behalf of a dissolved Council immediately before the specified date and subsisting on the said date shall be deemed to have been incurred by the Council in exercise of the powers conferred on it by this Act and shall continue in operation accordingly,\n(5) all proceedings and matters pending before any authority or officer immediately before the specified date under any of the Acts repealed under section 32 shall be deemed to be transferred to and continued before the corresponding authority under this Act, competent to entertain such proceedings and matters,\n(6) all prosecutions instituted by or on behalf of or against a dissolved Council and all suits and other legal proceedings instituted by or on behalf of or against any dissolved Council or any officer of such Council on behalf of the dissolved Council, pending on the specified date, shad be continued by o against the Council,\n(7) all officers and servants (except the Registrar for whom provision has been made in section 33) in the employ of the dissoli ed Councils and holding office immediately before the specified date shall he deemed to be the officers and servants appointed to serve the Council and shall, until provision is otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of this Act, received salaries and allowances and be subject to the conditions of serf ice or retirement benefits to which they were entitled to or subject to on the day immediately preceding the specified date:\nThe Schedule\n[Sections 16(3), 27 And 28.]\n[Sections 16(3), 27 And 28.]\nThe qualifications in addition to those specified in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, the possession of which entitles a person for registration under this Act.\nThe qualifications in addition to those specified in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, the possession of which entitles a person for registration under this Act.",
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