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If at any time it appears to the Slate Govern- Control by State ment that the Council lias failed to exercise or has exceed- Government. '■ ' ed or abused any of llic powers conferred upon it by or under this Acl, or has failed lo perform any of the duties conferred upon it by or under this Act, the State Govern- / mem may, if it considers such failure, excess or abuse to be of a serious character, mdily the particulars thereof to the Council, and if the Council Tails lo remedy such failure, excess or abuse within such lime as the State Government 'nriy fix in this behalf, the Slate Government may dissolve the Council and cause all or any of the powers and duties of the Council to be exercised and performed by such person and for such period not exceeding two years ns it may think fit and shall take. steps to bring into existence u , new Council. / J j b.f l| - u - p ■ s / s 3678 WTijr, fWrr 15 t 973 * ■ (3) No school, hospital or other institution which is not approved anil recognised uniter tiiis section shall issue to any person a certificate oc-enter the name of any [....sou in any document purporting to show Unit such person is qualified by reason of his having passed any examination or undergone any course of training to practise as a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife or lioallh visitor, unless his name is registered or entered in the list under this Act. (4) Any person who contravciices Hie jiroviaions of sub-section (3) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to Rs. 500. (5) Where a person committing an offence under this section is a company or other body corporate or an association of persons {whether incorporated or not), every person who at the time of the commission of the ofTencc was a director, manager, secretary, agent or other uflicer or person concerned with the management thereof shall, unless lie proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent, be deemed to (bc guilty of such oilen'ce. Appeal against 25. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the refusal to recog. Council to approve and recognise any institution as nise Institution. competent to train nurses,- niidwives, auxiliary nurse* midwives or health visitors may appeal, within three' months from the'date of such refusal, to tlic State Govern, meiit against such order of refusal. The decision of - the- State Government, on any such appeal, sliali he final. PART V—MISCELLANEOUS Removal ol names 2G. Every Registrar of Births and Deaths who from reclsler on receives notice or the death of any person whose name lie no ice o deal i, |{tjows to be or lias reason to belive is entered in any register, shall forthwith transmit by post to the Council a certificate or registration of .such death signed by him and staling the time and place of death, and thereupon tlic name of such person shall be removed from the register. ' . i ■ Penally for db- 27. Any person who— ' •.. . lioneal mo ot certificated . ; 1 (a) dishonestly makes use of any certificate of registration issued under the provisions of . this Act to him or to any other person; (b) procures or attempts to procure registration under the porvisions or this Act by making or producing, or causing to be made of produced any faslc or fradnient declaration, certificate or representation whether in writing or otherwise; or 4 .? / . *i }'■ ( I.'.,, i I ri^gpbr rrstw, PnfT 15 1973 3f>77 -r ) Z Pioviiletl lluil lhe Slate. Government may, by nolilien- ■ for reasons Io be specified therein, extend tlie aforesaid period by a further period not exceeding three months. (3) The Coum-il, after making such enquiry as it deems fit to make mid on being satisfied that tiie opplicnut was practising as a nurse-, midwife, auxiliary imrse- midwife, Iicallh visitor or rlai immediately before -Hie specified date, sliall incorporate the name of the applicant in the list. (4) The provisions nf section 20 shaft apply to any order passed by the Council, under sub-section (3) as they apply to an order under section 15 or section 17. (5) Tlie person whose name is included in the list. -prepareil under this section shall be entitled to all tlie privileges of a registered person specified in section IG. (G) The Registrar shall, as soon as may be, after the expiry of the period specified in sub-section (2) or such further period as may be extended thereunder, publish tlie list ‘of persons prepared under sub-section (!) in lhe Gazelle and the publication of such list sliall be tlie conclusive evidence of the eligibility of lhe person included, therein to practice as a nurse, midwife,. auxiliary nurse-' midwife, lieallli visitor, or dai, as tlie case rimy be, in : pursuance of the provisions of this section. ' .' 23. (t) Save as provided in this Act, no person Prohibition .form shall practise or hold himself out, whether direclly or practice except ,is indirectly as practising habitually or lor personal gain as provided in the a nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse-midwife, health visitor or Act. dai within the State. (2) Any person who contravenes the provision of sub-section (1) shall lie punished with ruic- which may extend to rupees five hundred. PART IV—TRAINING INSTITUTIONS