Paschim Banga Ayurvedic System Of Medicine Act, 1961
No: 13 Dated: Jun, 16 1961
THE PASCHIM BANCA AYURVEDIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE ACT, 1961
West Bengal Act XIII of 1961
An Act to provide for the development of the Ayurvedic system of medicine, to regulate the teaching and practice thereof and to deal with certain other connected matters.
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Paschim Banga Ayurvedic System of Medicine Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(1) "General Council and State Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine, West Bengal" means the General Council and State Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine, West Bengal, established by resolution No. 315-Medical, dated 2nd February, 1937 of the Government of Bengal as subsequently amended;
(2) "Member" means a member of the Parishad;
(3) "Parishad" means the Paschim Banga Ayurved Parishad constituted under section 3;
(4) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules;
(5) "President" means the President of the Parishad;
(6) "Register" means the Register of Ayurvedic practitioners maintained under this Act;
(7) "registered Ayurvedic practitioner" means an Ayurvedic practitioner registered under the provisions of this Act;
(8) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Parishad;
(9) "regulations" means regulations made by the Parishad under this Act;
(10) "rules" means rules made by the State Government under this Act;
(11) "Vice-President" means the Vice-President of the Parishad.
3. Constitution of the Paschim Banga Ayurved Parishad. - As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal named the Paschim Banga Ayurved Parishad. The Parishad shall be entitled to acquire and hold movable and immovable property, to transfer such property, to contract and to do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act and shall by its name sue and be sued.
4. Transitional provisions. - Upon the constitution of the Parishad -
(1) the General Council and State Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine, West Bengal, shall cease to exist and the assets and liabilities thereof shall stand transferred to the Parishad;
(2) any order passed, any appointment made, anything whatsoever begun or done by the General Council and State Faculty of Ayurvedic Medicine, West Bengal, shall, so far as it is consistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been passed, made, begun or done by the Parishad.