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In section 3 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— “(1) No person shall carry on any clinical establishment unless such clinical establishment is duly registered under this Act: Provided that every clinical establishment in existence on the date of the commencement of the Tamil Nadu Private Clinical Establishments (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2018 (hereinafter referred to as the notifi ed date), shall apply for registration within nine months from the notifi ed date and a clinical establishment established after the notifi ed date, shall apply for registration within a period of six months from the date of its establishment: Provided further that every clinical establishment in existence on the notifi ed date shall cease to carry on its business on the expiry of twelve months from the notifi ed date unless such clinical establishment has applied for registration and is so registered or till such application is disposed of, whichever is earlier.”. Amendment of section 5.