Alteration of register by Council

(1) The Council may, if it sees fit and after giving due notice to the person concerned and inquiring into his objections, if any, order that any entry in the register which shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Council to have been fraudulently or incorrectly made or brought about be cancelled or amended. (2) The Council may direct the removal altogether or for a specified period from the register of the name of m y registered practitioner for the same reasons for which registration may be refused by the Council under section 13 and the second proviso thereto shall apply to any inquiry under this section. The Council may also direct that any name so removed shall be restored: Provided that no medical practitioner shall be removed from the register on the ground of his association in any professional respect, with a qualified practitioner of Indian Medicine such as Ayurvedic, Unani and Siddha or an unregistered practitioner if such unregistered practitioner- (a) is possessed of any of the qualifications described in the Schedule, and (b) is not a person whose name the Council has refused to register under the second proviso to section 13 or whose name the Council has removed from the register under this sub-section. Explanation.-The expression 'qualified practitioner' shall, for the purposes of this proviso, mean 'a practitioner qualified under rules made by the State Government in this behalf'. (3) Nothing in sub-section (2) shall relieve a registered practitioner of any obligations or code of ethics which may be imposed upon registered practitioners generally by the Council. (4) Any registered practitioner may make an application to the Council for the deletion of his name from the medical register, and the Council may, on such application and subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government, direct such deletion. Any such practitioner may apply for fresh registration under section 13.