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(1) As soon as may be after the appointed day, the Registrar shall prepare and maintain thereafter a register of veterinary practitioners for the State, in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) The register shall be in the form prescribed by rules and there shall be one register consisting of two parts Part I shall include the names of registered veterinary practitioners possessing any of the recognised qualifications and Part II shall include the names of registered veterinary practitioners other than those included in Part I. (3) Every person who possesses any of the qualifications specified in the Schedule or is for the time being registered under any law for the registration of veterinary practitioners in force in any other State in India with whom reciprocity of registration of veterinary practitioners has been arranged by the State Govenment, shall, at any time on an application made in the form prescribed by rules to the Registrar and on payment of a fee prescribed by the regulations be entitled to have his name entered in the register : Provided that the Registrar shall refuse to register the name of a veterinary practitioner who in the opinion of the Council, is not fit to be registered on account of his past misconduct as defined for the purpose of section 16. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) the name of every person who on the day immediately preceding the appointed day stood registered in any register kept under the Bombay Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1953 in its application to the Bombay area of the State or under any other corresponding law shall be entered in the register prepared under this Act without such person being required to make an application or to pay any fee. (5) The register shall include the following particulars, namely : - XLV of 1860. Preparation of Register. Bom. LXVIII of