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Powers, duties and functions of the Council : Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by or under the provisions of this Act, the powers, duties and functions of the Council shall be - (a) To grant registration of Medical Practitioners and to maintain a live register of Medical Practitioners. (b) To hear and decide appeals against any decision of the Registrar. (c) To prescribe a Code of ethics for regulating the professional Conduct of practitioners. (d) To reprimand a practitioner, or to suspend or remove his name from the register, or to take such other disciplinary action against him as may, in the opinion of the Council be necessary or expedient. (e) To receive complaints from public (including patients and their relatives) against misconduct or negligence by a medical practitioner, to proceed for inquest, take a decision on the merits of the case and to initiate disciplinary action or award compensation and similarly to take action against frivolous complaints. (f) To provide protection to its members in discharging professional duties. (g) To ensure that no unqualified person practise the modern system of medicine.