No fresh entry to be made in the register

No fresh entry to be made in the register.--

1. (1) No fresh names as smokers of prepared opium shall be entered in the register after the commencement of this Act.
2. (2) Subject to the provision of sub-section (1), the prescribed authority may, at any time, of its own motion or on application by any interested person, omit the name of any person from the register, or correct in the prescribed manner any error or defect in any entry in the register.
3. (3) The register shall be deemed to be a public document within the meaning of the Jammu and Kashmir Evidence Act, 1977.