Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Homoeopathy System of Medicine and Practitioners of Homoeopathy Act, 1971.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamil Nadu.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-

1. (1) " approved institution " means a hospital, health centre or other such institution recognised by a University as an institution in which a person may undergo the training, if any, required by his course of study before the award of any medical qualification to him;
2. (2) " commencement of this Act " in relation to any provision of this Act means the date of the coming into force of that provision;
3. (3) " council " means the Council of Homoeopathy established under section 3;
4. (4) " Government" means the State Government ;
5. (5) " homoeopathy " means the system of medicine founded by Dr. Hahnemann and includes Schussler's system of biochemic remedies and the expression " homoeo- pthic " shall be construed accordingly ;
6. (6) " hospital ", " asylum ", " infirmary ", " dispensary ", " lying-in-hospital ", " sanatorium " means an institution where the methods of treatment carried on are those approved by the council;
7. (7) "member" means a member of the council ;
8. (8) " modern medicine " means modern scientific medicine commonly known as allopathic medicine in all its branches and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include veterinary medicine and surgery ;
9. (9) " practitioner " means any person engaged in the practice of homoeopathy ;
10. (10) " president " means the president of the council ;
11. (11) "register " means a register maintained under section 16 ;
12. (12) " registered practitioner " means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in a register ;
13. (13) " registrar " means the registrar of the council appointed under section 14 ;
14. (14) " regulation " means a regulation made by the council under this Act ;
15. (15) " rule " means a rule made by the Government under this Act ;
16. (16) " University" means any University in India established by law and baying a faculty of homoeopathy.