Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) [xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] (b) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes into force under sub-section (3) of section 1; (c) "Ayurvedic system" means the Ashtang Ayurvedic System and the Sidha, and includes the modernised form thereof; (d) "Board" means the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Himachal Pradesh, established and constituted under section 3; (e) "Director" means the Director of Ayurveda, Himachal Pradesh, and includes an officer appointed by the Government of Himachal Pradesh to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Director under this Act; (f) "member'" means a member of the Board; (g) "Official Gazette" means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh; (h) "practitioner" means a person who practices the Ayurvedic or Unani system of medicine; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed rules made under this Act; (j) "register" means the register of practitioners maintained under section 14; (k) "registered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is entered in the Register; (l) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 13; (m) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to this Act; (n) "transferred territory'" means the territory which on the 1st day of November, 1966, was transferred from the State of Punjab to the State of Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966); and (o) "Unani system" means the Unani Tibbi system of medicine, and includes the modernised form thereof.