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(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Allied-Medical and Para-Medical Council Act, 2015. (2)It extends to the whole of the State of West Bengal. (3)Nothing in this Act applies to— (a) the practice of any recognized system of medicine by a person, who is registered under the Bengal Medical Act,1914; the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956; the West Bengal Homoeopathic System of Medicine Act,1963; the West Bengal Yoga and Naturopathic System of Medicine Act, 2010 or the Paschim Banga Unani System of Medicine Act, 1979 or Act of similar kind; (b) the practice of dentistry or dental surgery by a person, who is registered under the Dentists Act, 1948 or Act of similar kind; (c) the practice of nursing or midwifery by a person, who is registered under the Bengal Nurses Act, 1934 or Act of similar kind; (d) the practice of pharmacy by a person, who is registered under the Pharmacy Act, 1948 or Act of similar kind; and (e) the practice of Acupuncture therapy by a person, who is registered under the West Bengal Acupuncture System of Therapy Act, 1996 or Act of similar kind. (4) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.