Registration of Medical Practitioners.

1. (1) Every person who

holds any of the medical qualifications included in the Schedules to the

Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (Central Act 102 of 1956), may apply to the Registrar giving a correct description of his qualifications, with the dates

¹ Substituted by Act 43 of 2003, w.e.f 01.03.2012.

1[ prescribed fee] for being registered under this Act. The Registrar shall if satisfied that the applicant is entitled to be registered, enter his name in the register:

Provided that the Registrar shall on application and on payment of

1[a prescribed fee] enter the names of medical practitioners registered under any of the enactments repealed by section 34 and included in the registers maintained in accordance with the provisions of the said repealed enactments as adapted by the Mysore Adaptation of Laws Order,

1956.

¹ Substituted by Act 43 of 2003, w.e.f 01.03.2012.

1. (2) The Medical Council may refuse to permit the registration of any

person who has been convicted of a cognizable offence as defined in the

other law for the time being in force, or who after due inquiry has been held guilty by the

1[Karnataka Medical Council]

or by the Medical Council of any

² Substituted by Act 43 of 2003, w.e.f 01.03.2012.

other State in India of infamous conduct in any professional respect. 1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973