Jammu and Kashmir Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 2003

No: 8 Dated: Jul, 21 2003

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR HOMOEOPATHIC PRACTITIONERS ACT, 2003

(Act No. VIII of 2003)

    An Act to regulate the qualification and to provide for the registration of Practitioners of the Homoeopathic System of Medicine in the State of Jammu and Kashmir with a view to encouraging its development and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short, title, extent and commencement - (1) This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 2003.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

[(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Government Gazette, appoint.]

2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Act" means the Jammu and Kashmir Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 2003;

(b) "Board" means the Board of Homoeopathic System of Medicine established and constituted under section 3;

(c) "Government" means the Government of the State of the Jammu and Kashmir;

(d) "Homoeopathic System" means the Homoeopathic System of Medicine founded by Dr. Hahnemann and includes the allied system of Biochemistry founded by Dr. Schussler and the expressions Homoeopathic and Biochemic shall be construed accordingly;

(e) "Member" means a member of the Board and includes the President;

(f) "Practitioner" means one who practises the Homoeopathic system of Medicine;

(g) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(h) "President" means the President of the Board ;

(i) "Register" means the Register of the Practitioners maintained under section 16 ;

(j) "Registered Practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is for the time being entered in the Register ;

(k) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 14 ;

(l) "Regulations" means regulations made under section 53 ;

(m) " Rules" means rules made under section 52 ;

(n) "Section" means a section of this Act.