Bare ActsThe Gujarat Medical Practitioners Act, 1963

Section 20

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(1) If a registered practitioner has been, after due inquiry held by the Board (or a Committee appointed by the Board for that purpose) in the presetibfld manner found guilty of any misconduct by the Board, the Board may— (a) issue a letter of warning to such practitioner; or (b) direct the name of such practitioner either to be removed from the register for such period as may be specified in the direction, or to be removed from the register permanently. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, "misconduct" shall mean— (i) a cognizable offence by a registered practitioner which involves moral turpitude, and for which he is convicted by a criminal court, or (ii) a cognizable offence by a registered practitioner subject to military law, for which he is convicted under the Army Act, 1950, or (iii) any conduct which, in the opinion of the Board, is infamous in relation to the medical profession, particularly under any code of ethics, if any, prescribed by the Board. (2) If the name of any such practitioner is entered in— Persons not entitled to registration or enlistment. Bom. XXVI of

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