Printing of register and evidentiary value of entries therein
Section 40 of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 deals with printing of register and evidentiary value of entries therein. As soon as may be after the 1st day of April subsequent to the commencement of the Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1959 (24 of 1959), the Registrar shall cause to be printed copies of the register as it stood on the said date. The Act came into force on 04 Mar 1948.
1[40. Printing of register and evidentiary value of entries therein.--(1) As soon as may be after the 1st day of April subsequent to the commencement of the Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1959 (24 of 1959), the Registrar shall cause to be printed copies of the register as it stood on the said date.
(2) The Registrar shall thereafter cause to the printed as soon as may be after the 1st day of April in each year copies of the annual supplement to the register referred to in sub-section (1), showing all additions to, and other amendments in, the said register.
(3) (a) The register shall be brought up-to-date three months before ordinary elections to the State Council are held and copies of this register shall be printed.
(b) The provisions of sub-section (2) shall apply to the register as so printed as they apply to the register referred to in sub-section (1).
(4) The copies referred to in sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) shall be made available to persons applying therefor on payment of the prescribed charge and shall be evidence that on the date referred to in the register or annual supplement, as the case may be, the persons whose names are entered therein were registered pharmacist.]
Section 40, The Pharmacy Act, 1948 (Act 8 of 1948).
Questions about Section 40
What does Section 40 of the Pharmacy Act deal with?
Section 40 of the Pharmacy Act is headed "Printing of register and evidentiary value of entries therein". [40. Printing of register and evidentiary value of entries therein.--(1) As soon as may be after the 1st day of April subsequent to the commencement of the Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1959 (24 of 1959), the Registrar shall cause to be printed copies of the register as it stood on the said date.
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When did Section 40 of the Pharmacy Act come into force?
Section 40 of the Pharmacy Act, cited as Pharmacy Act 1948 40, came into force on 04 Mar 1948, having been enacted on 04 Mar 1948. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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