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In section 2 of the principal Act,— (1) clause (a) shall be re-lettered as clause (aa) and before clause (aa) as so re-lettered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(a) “clinical establishment” means a clinical establishment under any recognized systems of medicine and includes— (i) a general hospital including dental hospitals, maternity hospital, dispensary, consulting room, clinic, polyclinic or nursing home; (ii) an institution or a centre, by whatever name called where physically or mentally sick, injured or infi rm person is admitted either as in-patient or out-patient for treatment with or without the aid of operative procedures; (iii) a clinic catering to radiological, biological or other diagnostic or investigative services with the aid of laboratory or other medical equipments; established and administered or maintained by any person or body of persons, whether incorporated or not or the State Government or Central Government or any department of the State Government or Central Government or a trust, whether public or private or a company, whether or not owned by the Government or a local authority but does not include the clinical establishments controlled or managed by the Armed Forces. Explanation.— For the purpose of this clause, “Armed Forces” means the forces constituted under the Army Act, 1950, the Air Force Act, 1950 and the Navy Act, 1957;”; Central Act 46 of