Persons entitled to registration

(1) Any person who has undergone such courses of training and has passed such examinations and who fulfils such other conditions as may be prescribed or any person who possesses any of the qualifications included in the Schedule to the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, shall, subject to any conditions laid down by or under the said Act, 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, diploma or certificate, be entitled to have his name entered in the register. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the name of every person which was entered in the register duly maintained under the Bombay Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1954 and in force immediately before the coming into force of this Part in the Bombay area of the State of Gujarat, shall, without further fee or charge, be entered in the register to be prepared and maintained under this Act and shall continue thereon for the period for which such registration was made or renewed, as the case may be, unless removed earlier under the provisions of this Act. (3) (i) Any person who desires to be registered temporarily under clause (b) of subsection (2) of section 11 of the Indian Nursing Council Act, 1947, shall make an application in the prescribed form to the Registrar and shall pay the prescribed fee. On receipt of such application, the Registrar shall seek the approval of the President of the Council constituted under the said Act for temporary enrolment of the applicant in the register. (ii) Every person whose name is entered in the register under clause (i) shall be given a certificate of temporary registration in the prescribed form. Such certificate shall remain in force for such period as may be specified therein. (iii) Any person who possesses temporary registration under clause (i) shall not be eligible to stand as a candidate or to vote at any election held under this Act.