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(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no certificate required by any law or rule to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified veterinary practitioner, veterinary surgeon or veterinary officer shall be valid unless the person signing or authenticating such certificate is a registered veterinary practitioner. (2) Except with the special sanction of the State Govern- ment no person other than a registered veterinary practi- tioner shall be competent to hold any appointment as a veterinary surgeon or veterinary officer in any veterinary hospital, infirmary or dispensary maintained .wholly or partly by public or local funds. The West Bengal Veterinary Practitioners Act, 1960. 11 XXII of 1960.] (Chapter V I.—Miscellaneous:Sections 32-36.)