Persons entitled to be registered.

(1) Every person holding any of the veterinary qualifications included in the Schedule and every person for the time being registered under any Act for the registration of veterinary practitioners in force in any other State in India, if reciprocity of registration has been arranged with the authority administering such Act, shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained and on payment of such fees as may be fixed in this behalf by regulations made under clause (b) of sub-section (3) of section 35, be entitled to have his name entered in the register : Provided that the Registrar shall refer to the Council an application for entry in the register from a person in respect of whom he considers that the Council may wish to proceed under sub-section (1) of section 26. (2) The Registrar, if so directed by the Council, shall refuse to register the name of any person notwithstanding the fact that he is in possession of veterinary qualifications included in the Schedule: Provided that no such direction shall be given by the Council unless the person concerned has been afforded an opportunity of being heard. (3) The State Government after consultation with the Council may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the Schedule so as to include therein any veterinary qualification or exclude therefrom any qualification, and thereupon such Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended accordingly.