Rights of practitioner

10. (1) No person, other than a practitioner of Homoeopathy who possesses a recognised medical qualification and is enrolled on the State Register :- (a) shall hold office as Homoeopathy Physician or any other office (by whatever designation called) in Government or in any institution maintained by local or other authority for treating the patients in Homoeopathy or for administration purposes ; (b) shall be entitled to sign or authenticate medical or fitness certificate or any other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner ; (c) shall practise Homoeopathy in the State ; (d) shall be entitled to give any evidence at any in quest or in any court of law as an expert under section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 on any matter relating to Homoeopathy. (2) The persons borne in Part-II of State Register shall have the right to practise Homoeopathy, and such persons shall neither hold any post referred in the sub-section 10.1 (a) above nor they shall issue any medico-legal document.