Penalty for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse, health visitor, midwife; nurse-dai or trained dai

Any person who, not being a registered nurse, or a registered health visitor, or a registered midwife, or a registered nurse-dai, or a registered auxiliary nurse and midwife, or a registered trained dai, assumes or uses the name or title of a registered nurse or a nurse, a registered health visitor or a health visitor, a registered midwife or a midwife, a registered auxiliary nurse and midwife, or an auxiliary nurse and midwife, a registered trained dai or a trained dai, as the case may be, or uses any name, title, addition, description or signboard implying that such person is registered, or in any manner regulates the conduct of examinations or confers or grants diplomas or certificates except as provided in this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, shall, on conviction by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees in the case of a first offence and for a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or imprisonment of either description for six months or both.