GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Legislation Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No. 22390/Leg.Pbn. 3/2007/Law.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 15th October 2007.

The following Act of Parliament, Published in the Gazette of India,

Extraordinary, Part II, Section I, dated the 4th April, 2007 is hereby

republished for general information.

The Bill as passed by the Houses of

Parliament received the assent of the President on the 3rd April, 2007.

By order of the Governor,

P. S. GOPINATHAN,

Law Secretary.

G.1086/2007/DTP.

Kerala Gazette No. 7 dated 12th February 2008.

PART I

Section i

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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION

AND RESEARCH (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2007

(ACT NO. 19 OF 2007)

AN

ACT

further to amend the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and

Research Act, 1998.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-eighth year of the Republic of

India as follows:—

1.

Short title and Commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment)

Act, 2007.

(2)

It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th day of

January, 2007.

2.

Amendment of section 3.—In the National Institute of Pharmaceutical

Education and Research Act, 1998 (13 of 1998) (hereinafter referred to as the

principal Act), in section 3, for clause (g), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

‘(g) “Institute” means a National Institute of Pharmaceutical

Education and Research established under sub-section (1) or sub-section

(2A) of section 4;’.

3.

Amendment of section 4.—In the principal Act, in section 4,—

(i) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

inserted, namely:—

“(2A) The Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, establish similar Institutes in different parts of the

country.”;

(ii) in sub-section (3),—

(A) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(d) the Secretary, Technical Education, Government of the

State within which the Institute is situated, ex officio;”;

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(B) after clause (j), the following clause shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(ja) a representative of the Pharmacy Council of India;”.

4.

Insertion of new section 4A.—In the principal Act, after section 4,

the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

“4A. Centres of Institute.—An Institute, with the prior approval of the

Central Government, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish

one or more centres in different locations within its jurisdiction.”.

5.

Repeal and saving.—(1) The National Institute of Pharmaceutical

Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 (Ordinance 2 of

2007) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the National Institute of

Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

(Ordinance 2 of 2007) anything done or any action taken under the principal

Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done

or taken under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended

by this Act.