Kerala Gazette No. 6 dated 9th February 2010
PART I
Section i
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Law (Leg. Publication) Department
NOTIFICATION
No. 9698/Leg. Pbn. 3/2009/Law. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 10th June, 2009.
The following Act of Parliament, published in the Gazette of India
Extraordinary Part II, Section I, dated the 9th January, 2009 is hereby republished
for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of Parliament received
the assent of the President on the 7th January, 2009.
By order of the Governor,
K. SASIDHARAN NAIR, Law Secretary.
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THE POST-GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH
(AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008
(ACT No. 3 OF 2009)
AN
ACT
further to amend the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research, Chandigarh, Act, 1966.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
(Amendment) Act, 2008.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government
may by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Substitution of new section for section 23.—In the Post-Graduate Institute
of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act, 1966 (51 of 1966)
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for section 23, the following section
shall be substituted, namely:—
"23. Grant of medical, dental or nursing degrees, diplomas, etc. by the
Institute.—Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time
being in force, the institute shall have power to grant medical, dental or nursing
degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions and titles under this Act.".
3. Substitution of new section for section 24.—For section 24 of the principal
Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
"24. Recognition of medical, dental and nursing qualifications granted by
the Institute.—Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Medical Council
Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), the Dentists Act, 1948 (16 of 1948) and the Indian
Nursing Council Act, 1947 (48 of 1947), the medical, dental or nursing degrees or
diplomas, as the case may be, granted by the Institute under this Act shall be
recognised—
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(a) medical qualifications for the purpose of the Indian Medical Council
Act, 1956 and shall be deemed to be included in the First Schedule to that Act;
(b) dental qualifications for the purpose of the Dentists Act, 1948 and
shall be deemed to be included in the schedule to that Act; and
(c) nursing qualifications for the purpose of the Indian Nursing Council
Act, 1947 and shall be deemed to be included in the Schedule to that Act.".