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On and from the appointed date no person shall set up any Nursing Home, Clinic including the ones run by the Voluntary Organisation except under a valid licence granted by the Authority and no Nursing Home or Clinic and the ones run by Voluntary Organisation shall run without it having been registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act; Provided that in the case of a Nursing Home or Clinic in existence immediately before the appointed date the person who has set it up or otherwise is the proprietor or owner of such a Nursing Home or Clinic shall within a period of three months thereform, apply to the Authority for a licence and for registration of the Nursing Home or Clinic as the case may be. For the purpose of this section "person" include a Body, Group or Association or individuals, and Organisation, a Firm or a Society whether registered or not and a Company.