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 9^th 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 7^th 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.”.