Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires - (i) "Council" means the Council established under section 3 ; (ii) "hospital", "asylums", "infirmaries", "dispensaries", "lying-in-hospitals" mean institutions where the methods of treatment carried on are approved by the Council established under this Act ; (iii) "Medicine" means the modern scientific medicine and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include Veterinary medicine or Veterinary Surgery or the Homeopathic, the Ayurvedic or the Unani system of medicine; and the expression "Medical" shall be construed accordingly ; (iv) "register" means the register prepared and maintained under section 18 ; (v) "Registrar" means a Registrar appointed under section 17 ; (vi) "Registered practitioner" means any person registered under the provisions of this Act ; and (vii) "President" and "Vice-President" mean respectively the President and the Vice-President of the Council.