State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1968

2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 5[xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] (b) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes into force under sub-section (3) of section 1; (c) Ayurvedic system" means the Ashtang Ayurvedic System and the Sidha, and includes the modernised form thereof; (d) "Board" means the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Himachal Pradesh, established and constituted under section 3; (e) "Director" means the Director of Ayurveda, Himachal Pradesh, and includes an officer appointed by the 6[Government of Himachal Pradesh to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Director under this Act; (f) "member' means a member of the Board; (g) "Official Gazette" means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh; (h) "practitioner" means a person who practices the Ayurvedic or Unani system of medicine; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed rules made under this Act; (j) "register" means the register of practitioners maintained under section 14; (k) "registered practitioner" means a practitioner whose name is entered in the Register; (l) "Registrar" means the Registrar appointed under section 13; (m) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to this Act; (n) "transferred territory' means the territory which on the 1st day of November, 1966, was transferred from the State of Punjab to the 1[State of Himachal Pradesh] under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966),; and (o) "Unani system" means the Unani Tibbi system of medicine, and includes the modernised form thereof.