Chapter X MISCELLANEOUS

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 any of the duties imposed upon it by or under this Act, Government may communicate the particulars of such failure, excess or abuse to the Council and require the Council to remedy it; and if the Council fails to remedy such default, excess or abuse within such time as may be fixed by the Government in this behalf, the Government may for the purpose of remedying such default, excess or abuse cause any of the powers and duties of the Council to be exercised and performed by such person or agency and for such period as they may think fit.

against the Government, the Council, the Executive Committee or any other

Protection of Acts done in good faith -No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall be instituted against any person for anything, which is, in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act, or under the rules or regulations made thereunder.

for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act.

1. (2) Every rule made under this section shall, immediately after it is made be laid before each House of the State Legislature if it is in session and if it is not in session in the session immediately following for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if, before the expiration of the session in which it is so laid for the session immediately following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or in the annulment of the rule, the rule shall from the date on which the modification or annulment is notified, have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled as the case may be so however such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

1. (1) The Council may with the previous approval of the Government make regulations for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (i)for the conduct of elections to the Executive Committee and other Committees; (ii)for the convening of meetings of the Council, the Executive Committee and other Committees; (iii)for the conduct of business at such meetings; (iv)for the appointment, and the conditions of service of the Registrar and other officers and servants appointed under section 13; (v)the conditions subject to which the Council may delegate its powers and duties to any Special Committee; (vi)any other matter which is to be provided for in the regulations, or may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act; (vii)All regulations made under sub-section (1) shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette. (viii)The Government may, by order, modify or cancel any regulation made under sub-section (1).

previous approval of the Government make regulations for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (i)for the conduct of elections to the Executive Committee and other Committees; (ii)for the convening of meetings of the Council, the Executive Committee and other Committees; (iii)for the conduct of business at such meetings; (iv)for the appointment, and the conditions of service of the Registrar and other officers and servants appointed under section 13; (v)the conditions subject to which the Council may delegate its powers and duties to any Special Committee;

(vi)any other matter which is to be provided for in the regulations, or may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act; (vii)All regulations made under sub-section (1) shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette. (viii)The Government may, by order, modify or cancel any regulation made under sub-section (1).

proceeding of the Council, the Executive Committee or a Special Committee shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of any defect in the constitution of such Council, Executive Committee or Special Committee or merely on the ground that the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman or any member of the Council, the member of the Executive Committee or the member of a Special Committee as the case may be was not entitled to hold or continue in such office by reason of any disqualification or by reason of any irregularity in his election or nomination or by reason of such act or proceeding having been done or conducted during the period of any vacancy in the Office of the Chairman, the

Allowance to members -There shall be paid to the members of the Council, the members of the Executive Committee or the members of a Special Committee for attending a meeting of the Council, the Executive Committee or the Special Committee, as the case may be, such allowances as may be prescribed.

Registration Act, 1914 and the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Medical Registration Act, 1348 F., are hereby repealed: Provided that — (i)such repeal shall not affect anything done or any action taken under the Acts so repealed, before the commencement of this Act;

1. (ii) notwithstanding such repeal, until a Council is constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act —

1. (a) the Medical Council constituted for the Andhra area or the Andhra Pradesh area under the relevant repealed Act and functioning immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue to function for the area for which it was constituted as if it were a Council constituted under the provisions of this Act and any vacancy occurring in the said Medical Council shall be filled in such manner as the Government may think fit.
2. (b) the Executive Committee and other Committees of a Medical Council as constituted immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to be the Executive Committee and other Committees constituted under this Act ;
   • (iii) on the constitution of the Council under the provisions of this Act, the Medical Councils functioning by virtue of clause (ii) shall stand dissolved and their assets and liabilities shall devolve on the Council so constituted.

1. (1) The Indian Medical Degrees Act, 1916, as in force in the Andhra Area at the commencement of this Act, is hereby extended to the Telangana Area.
2. (2) In the said Act –
   • (i) in section 2, after the words “all the territories” the words “comprised in the State of Andhra Pradesh and all the other territories” shall be substituted.
   • (ii) for sub-clause (i) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 6-A as inserted by section 3 of the Indian Medical Degrees (Andhra

Pradesh) (Andhra Area) Amendment Act, 1940, the following sub-

clause shall be substituted, namely:-

1. (i) is recognized by any law for the time being in force in the States, or”.