Penalty for unlawful couching.

Whoever, not being a registered practitioner, or not pos~essing a professional __ gualifiction entitling . him ~o be reg1stcered under the Central Provinces and Berar Medical Registra-tion A:ct, 1916 ( 1 of 1916), couches or attempts to couch or agr~es or offers by physical means or interference with the eye to give vision to a person suffering from cataract, with or without that person,'s consent, shall on conviction, be punishable with impris_?-ment of either description for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.