Central Act
The Indian Medical Degrees Act. 1916
This Act was repealed on 9 May 2016 by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2016 (23 of 2016), s.2 and First Schedule; it may still apply to matters that began before then.
1. This Act may be called the Indian Medical Degrees Act.1916.
2. In this Act. “Western medical science” means the western methods of Allopathic Medicine Obstetrics and Surgery but does not include the Homeopathic or Ayurvedic or Unani system of medicie and 1(state) means all the territories which immediately before the 1st November 1956 were comprised within Part A State, Part C States.
3. The right of conferring granting or issuing in 2(the State) degrees diplomas, licenses certificates or other documents stating or implying that the holder grantee or recipient there of qualified to practices western medical science, shall exercise able only by the authorities specified in the schedule and such other authority as the 3(State Government) may, by notification in the 4(Office Gazette) and subject to such conditions and restrictions as (if) thinks fit to impose authorize in this behalf.
4. Save as provided by section 3 no person in 2(the States) shall confer grant or issue or hold himself out as entitled to confer grant or issue any degree, diploma licence certificate or other document, stating or implying that the holder grantee or recipients qualified to practice western medical science.
5. Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees; and if the person so contravening is an association, every member of such association, who knowingly and willfully authorizes or permits the contravention shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
6. Whoever voluntarily and falsely assume or uses any title or description or any addition to his name implying that he holds a degree, diploma, license or certificate conferred granted for issued by any authority referred to in section 3 or recognized the General Councils of Medical Education of the United Kingdom or that he is qualified to practice western medical science, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred and fifty rupees, or if the subsequently commits and is convicted of an offence punishable under this section with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. Provided that nothing in this section shall apply to the use by any person of any title, description or addition in which 6(Prior to commencement of this Act) he used in virtue of any degree, diploma licence or certificate conferred upon or granted or issued to him.
7. No Court shall take congnizance of an offence punishable under this Act, except upon complaint made by order of the 3(State Government) or upon complaint made, with the previous sanction of the 3(State Government) by a Council of Medical Registration established by an enactment for the time being inforce in 5(the State)
8. No Court inferior to that of a Presidency Magistrate or a magistrate of the First class shall try any offence punishable under this Act