Chapter I PRELIMINARY.

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Medical Practitioners' Act, 1963. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Gujarat. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) " appointed day "means the date on which this Act comes into force; (b) "Ayurvedic system of medicine " or " Ayurvedic system " means the Ashtang Ayurvedic system of medicine, whether supplemented or not by such modern advances as are consistent with the fundamental principles of Ayurveda; (c) "Board" means the Gujarat Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine established and constituted under this Act; (f) "enlisted practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the list; (h) "Homoeopathy" means the system of medicine founded by Dr. Samual Hahnemann which includes the Bio-chemic therapy as propounded by Dr. Schussler and the expression ''Homoeopathic" shall be construed accordingly; (j) "list", except in the expression "periodical list", means the list of practitioners prepared and maintained under section 18; (k) "member" means a member of the Board; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "President" means the President of the Board; (o) "recognised qualification" means any of the qualifications specified in the Schedule; (p) "register", means the register of practitioners prepared and maintained under section 17; (q) "registered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the register; (r) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 16; (s) "rules" means rules made under section 37; (t) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act; (u) "State" means the State of Gujarat; (v) ''Unani system of medicine" or "Unani system