State Act
Section 24. Penalty for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse, health visitor, midwife, nurse dai or trained dai
The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932
2[24. Penalty for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse, health visitor, midwife, nurse dai or trained dai - Any person who, not being a registered nurse, or a registered health visitor, or a registered midwife or a registered nurse-dai, or a registered auxiliary nurse and midwife, or a registered trained dai, assumes or uses the name of title of a registered nurse or a nurse, a registered health visitor or a health visitor, a registered midwife or a midwife, a registered auxiliary nurse and midwife, or an auxiliary nurse and midwife, a registered trained dai or a trained dai, as the case may be, or uses any name title, addition description or signboard implying that such person is registered, or in any manner regulates the conduct of examinations or confers or grants diplomas or certificates except as provided in this Act or the rules or by-laws made hereunder, shall, on conviction by a Magistrate of the first class be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred and fifty rupees in the case of a first offence and for a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or imprisonment of either description for six months or both.]