Questions of order shall be decided by the member presiding at the meeting.

Persons who may be registered Persons who may be registered.-Every person who

1. (a) is for the time being registered or qualified to be registered under the British Medical Act, or
2. (b) is for the time being registered or qualified to be registered in any State in the Indian Union under the Act relating to registration of medical practitioners in force in that State, or
3. (c) is possessed of any of the qualifications described in the Schedule, may apply to the Registrar to be registered and on payment of the prescribed fee and on furnishing to the Registrar proof of such registration or qualification, shall be entitled to be registered, and thereupon the Registrar, subject to the proviso contained hereinafter, shall register him in the Jammu and Kashmir State Medical Register : Provided that the Council may permit the registration of any person about whom it is satisfied-
4. (a) that he is possessed of a medical degree, diploma, or certificate of any University, Medical College or School approved by the Council, other than those described in the Schedule ; or
5. (b) that he has been practising medicine in the State continuously for a period of not less than nine years before the commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Registration (Amendment) Act, 1966, without having fallen into disrepute about his personal conduct or professional capability and is sufficiently literate to carry on such practice without any probable danger to human life : Provided that before a person is permitted to be registered under this clause, he shall be required to produce a certificate, each, from the District Medical Officer and the Deputy Commissioner of the District in which he is practising, to the effect that he fulfils the conditions laid down in this clause ; or
6. (c) that he has served in any capacity involving dispensing or mixing up of medicines or as Theatre Assistant in any Medical Institution run by the State or any other such Institution recognised by the Government, for a period of not less than five years before his honourable relief from service : Provided also that the Council may refuse to permit the registration of any person who has been convicted of any such offence as implies, in the opinion of the Council, a defect of character or who after an enquiry, at which opportunity has been given to the applicant to be heard in person or by pleader, has been held by the Council to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect : Provided further that the Registrar, on receiving an application for entry in the register from any person in respect of whom he considers that the Council may wish to exercise the power of refusal conferred by the last foregoing proviso, may refer the said application to the Council, and shall not make any entry in the register in respect of such person until the Council informs him that the entry may be made.