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Renewal fee.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 16 or 18, each medical practitioner 1[other than a Medical Practitioner whose name is entered in the Register under sub-section (1) of section 16 or continued in the register or list under the 15 proviso to this sub-section]1 shall pay to the Board on or before the thirty-first day of December of the year, succeeding the year in which his name is entered in the register or list, and of every 2[x x x]2 year thereafter 3[a prescribed renewal fee]3 for the continuance of his name on the register or list, as the case may be. 1[Provided that a Medical Practitioner registered under this Act, before the commencement of the Karnataka Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners’ Registration and Medical Practitioners’ Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1991, may pay a renewal fee of rupees two hundred for the continuance of his name on the register or list, as the case may be’ for life time.]1 (2) If the renewal fee is not paid before the due date, the Registrar shall remove the name of the defaulter from the register or list, as the case may be: Provided that the name so removed may be re-entered in the register or list on payment of the renewal fee in such manner and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed.