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Power to remove difficulties. * * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 4 of 1962.- There are at present separate enactments in force in the Bombay Area, Hyderabad Area and the Madras Area of the State for the registration of Nurses, Midwives, etc. With a view to have uniformity in law and control over the nursing profession it has become necessary to have a uniform law applicable throughout the State of Mysore. On a careful consideration of the enactments in force in the several States, this Bill has been prepared after consulting the W.H.O. Nursing Adviser and W.H.O. Adviser, MCH Project in the State of Mysore. (Obtained from File No.LAW 13 LGN 60.) II Act 27 of 1981.—The Karnataka Nursing Council maintains a register of nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurses and health visitors who are registered under the Act. For the purpose of continuance of their names on the register such nurses etc., may be required by the Council to renew their registration once in every three years by paying a renewal fee. At present the renewal fee is one rupee which was fixed in the year 1961. It is proposed to enhance it to five rupees having regard to the increase in the cost connected with the registration of nurses etc., Hence the Bill. (Published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary), Part IV-2A, dated 3rd February 1981, as No. 101, at page 3). * * * 3 1[KARNATAKA]1 ACT No. 4 OF 1962 (First published in the 1[Karnataka Gazette]1 on the Twenty-fifth day of January, 1962.) THE 1[KARNATAKA]1 NURSES, MIDWIVES AND HEALTH VISITORS ACT, 1961 (Received the assent of the President on the Sixteenth Day of January, 1962.) (Amended by Karnataka Act 27 of 1981) An Act to provide for the registration of Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors in the 1[State of Karnataka]1. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the registration of nurses, midwives and health visitors in the 1[State of Karnataka]1; BE it enacted by the 1[Karnataka State]1 Legislature in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-