State Act
Section 31. Unregistered persons not to hold certain appointment and practice medicine etc. and penalty for contravention thereof.
THE ASSAM MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1999
31. (1) No person other than a Medical Practitioner enrolled in the register of registered practitioners maintained by the Council - (a) shall hold office as physician or surgeon or any other office (by whatever designation called) in Government or in any institution maintained by a local or other authority ; (b) shall practise medicine ; (c) shall be entitled to sign or authenticate a medical or fitness certificate or any other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner ; and (d) shall be entitled to give evidence at any inquest or in any Court of Law as an expert under section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 or any matter relating to medicine. (2) Any person who acts in contravention of any provision of sub-section (1) shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.