Saving

(1) For a period of three months from the commencement of this Act, the provisions of sections 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, shall not apply to any health establishment in existence on the date of such commencement. (2) (i) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to health establishment, established, maintained by the State Government, Central Government, Defence, Railway, Public Sector Undertakings and local authority; (ii) Any Psychiatric Hospital nursing home licenced under the Indian Medical health Act, 1987 (Central Act No. 14 of 1987).