Preparation of register

(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Registrar shall prepare and maintain thereafter a register of medical practitioners for the State of Goa, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) The register shall be in such form and may be divided into such parts, as may be prescribed. The register shall include the full name, address and qualifications of the registered practitioner, the date, on which each qualification was obtained and such other particulars as may be prescribed. (3) Any person who possesses any of the qualifications specified in the First, Second or Third Schedule to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 102 of 1956) shall, subject to any conditions laid down by or under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 102 of 1956) at any time on an application made in the prescribed form to the Registrar and on payment of the prescribed fee and on presentation of his degree or diploma, be entitled to have his name entered in the register: Provided that, the name of an applicant who is unable to present his degree or diploma may be entered in the register, if he satisfies the President that he holds such degree or diploma but cannot for sufficient cause present the same with his application. (4) The name of every person— (a) who on the day immediately preceding the appointed day stands registered in the Directorate of Health Services of the Government of Goa under the Decreto No. 34417 dated 21-2-1945 (Art. 130) as in force in the State of Goa shall be entered in the register prepared under this Act, without such person being required to make an application or to pay any fee for this purpose. (b) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (a) within a period of three months from the appointed day or such further period as the Government may allow, the Registrar shall publish a general notice in the Official Gazette and in such newspapers as the Council may select, in such form as may be prescribed and send indi-vidual notice by registered post to every such person at his last known address in such form as may be prescribed, calling upon every such person to pay to the Registrar in the prescribed manner the prescribed fee if he desires to continue his name on the register under this Act. The name of every such person who pays such fee before the expiry of the period of two months from the date of publication of the general notice in the Official Gazette shall be continued on the register, without such person being required to make an application or to pay any other fee for this purpose. If such fee is not paid within time, the Registrar shall remove the name of the defaulter from the register: Provided that, if any application for continuance of the name so removed is made to the Registrar within a period of six months from the last date on which fee should have been paid,