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The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 Punjab Act-1 of 1952 WITH Nurses Registration Rules, 1936

The Punjab Nurses Registration Council Regulation

The Punjab Nurses Registration Council (Reconstitution and

Reorganization)

Order, 1971

AS APPLICABKE TO PUNJAB 1987 Jain General House LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS S.C.O. 71-72 (2) SECTOR 17-D CHANDIGARH

1[The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 (Punjab Act 1of 1932) CONTENTS CHAPTER - I Preliminary Sections

1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Gazette, 1931, Part V, pages 56-7, for Report of the Select Committee, see Punjab Gazette,1932 Part V, pages 3-6, For Proceedings in Council, see the Punjab Legislative Council Debated, Volume XX, pages 59 and 174; Volume XXI, pages 15 and 748.

As applicable to Punjab

1. Short title and commencement. 2. Definitions.

2A. Constructions of certain references in the Act. CHAPTER- II Constitution of Council, Appointment of Office-bearers and the making of regulations.

3. Constitution of the Punjab Nurses registration Council. 3A. Temporary provisions in respect of Council. 3B. Constitution of Punjab Nurses Registration Council for a temporary period.

4. Term of office of members. 5. Cessation of membership. 6. Removal of any member. 7. Casual vacancies, how to be filled. 8. President and vice-president of the Council. 9. Term of office of vice-president. 10. Appointment of registrar and other officers or servants. 11. Quorum. 12. Power to make regulations. 13. Vacancies and irregularities not to invalidate proceedings.

CHAPTER- III Registration of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, trained dais and dais.

14. Registration of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, trained dais and dais.

15. Registers to be maintained. 15A. Temporary provision in respect of registers.

16. Annual lists of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais and trained dais.

17. Power to prohibit unregistered person from practicing.

18. Power to make bye-laws. 19. Confirmations and publication of bye-laws. 20. Power of Government to make rules. 21. Bar to suits in respect of acts done under this Act. 22. Exemption of registered medical practitioners from provisions of this Act. 23. Penalty fro dishonest use of certificate etc. 24. Penalty for unlawful assumption of title of registered nurse, health visitor,

midwife, nurse-dais or trained dais. 25. Bar to prosecutions under the Act.

Schedule. 2[Received the assent of His Excellency the Governor on the 14th April, 1932, and that of His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General on the 21st May, 1932, and was first published in the Punjab

2 Substituted for the words “East Punjab” by the Adaptation of Laws (Third Amendment) Order, 1951

The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932

Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 7th June, 1932. LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS

- Amended by Punjab Act 6 of 1936 - Amended by the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal and Punjab

Acts) Order, 1948 (G.G.O.40) - Amended by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 - Amended by the Adaptation of Laws (Third Amendment) Order, 1951 - Amended by the Punjab Act No. 16 of 1953 - Extended to Pepsu Territory by Punjab Act 30 of 1958 - Amended by Punjab Act 25 of 1964 - Amended by SO 1740 G.O.I. Extra Part II Page 1980 - Amended by Punjab Act 4 of 1980

An Act to provide fro the registration and better training of Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives and dais in 3 [Punjab]. Preamble – Whereas it is expedient to provide for the registration [and holding of examinations] of nurses, health visitors, midwives and dais in [Punjab] and to secure their better training, and whereas the previous sanction of the Governor-General under section 80-A of the Government of India Act has been obtained ; it is here by enacted as follows :- NOTE Statement of objects and reasons:-“It is felt that the time has come when the interests of the increasing number of trained nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse, dais and trained dais and of their clientele should be protected, and this can be best achieved by the registration and proper control of such nurse, health visitors, midwives, nurses, trained-dais and dais. Moreover, registration in itself supplies an incentive to take training and thereby improves professional standards. It is accordingly proposed to enact improves professional standards. It is accordingly proposed to enact measures on the lines of the law in force in Great Britain where there is a Council which deals with various questions relating to nurses, such as the training examination, registration, etc, of nurses and their removal from the register maintained under the authority of the Council. Provision also exists in the English Act forbidding any unregistered nurse of any title or name suggesting that such nurse is a registered nurse. As applicable to Punjab

2. The Madras Nurse and Midwives Act, 1926, which is based on the English Act, have already been passed into law, and a bill for the Punjab, has been made on the provisions or the English and Madras Acts.”

CHAPTER-I

3Inserted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 2.


Preliminary 1. Short title, extent and commencement – (1) This Act may be called the

Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932. (2) It extends to4 [Punjab]. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the 5[State] Government may

notify in this behalf. 2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject

or context:- (a) 6[“Council” means the Nurses Registration Council established under this

Act.] (b) “dais” means any person whether following a hereditary occupation or not,

who ordinarily practices midwifery for gain and who has not passed any of the examinations in midwifery recognized by the Council ;

(c) 7“health visitor” means a person who has obtained the Health Visitor’s Certificate from any Health School, institution or examining body recognized in this behalf by the Council or one who has been registered undue sub-section (2) of section 14:

(d) “midwife” means any person who has obtained a certificate a diploma of midwifes from any institution or examining body recognized to the Council in this behalf by the Council or one who has been registered under subsection (2) of section -14.

(e) “nurse” means a person who holds a certificate in nursing from any institution recognized in this behalf by the Council or one who has been registered under sub-section (2) of section 14;

(f) “auxiliary nurse and midwife” means a person who has passed and examination prescribes in this behalf by the Council. ]

(g) “Nurse-dais” means a trained dais who has passed the examination in nursing prescribed by the Council for nurse-dais.

(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by this Act by rules, regulations bye-laws made under the Act.

(i) “register” means a register maintained under section 15: (j) registered” means a registered in accordance with the provisions section

14; (k) “ registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under the

Punjab Medical Registration Act 1916 8[or any other corresponding for the time being in force]:

(l) “Trained dais” means a dais who has been granted a training certificate under the bye-laws made by the Council, or one who has been registered in accordance with the provisions of clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 14.

4 Substituted for the words “ East Punjab”- which had been inserted for word “ the Punjab” for the Indian Independence (Adaptation of Bengal,, Punjab Acts) order 1948 by the Adaptation of Laws Order 1950 5 It came into force on 2nd September, 1932 6 Substituted for the word “ Provincial ‘ by the Adaptation of Laws On 1950 7 Clauses ( c), (d), (e) and (f) substituted by Punjab Act No. 16 of 19 section 3. 8 See. S.C.O. 1741, G.O.I. Extra Part II Page 1980 9 Sub-section(2) substituted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 4(i)


(m) “unregistered” means not registered in accordance with the provisions of section 14.

(n) [Transferred territory means the territory forming part of the State of Himachal Pardesh by virtue of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganization Act. 1966 (31 of 1966) read with section 3 of the state of Himachal Pradesh Act. 1970(53 of 1970)] 9[2A Construction of certain references in the Act- In the application of the provisions of this Act.

(1) to the Stte of Haryana, any reference therein to the expression “ State Government” or “ Government” shall be construed as a reference to the Government of the State of Haryana; and any reference to the “ Diretor of Health Services, Punjab “ in sections 3 and 8 shall be construed as a reference to the Director of Health Services, Haryana;

(2) to the Transferred territory, any reference therein to the expression “ State Government” or “ Government” shall be construe4d as a reference to the Government of Himachal Pardesh

(3) to the Union territory of Chandigarh, any reference therein to the expression “ State Government” or “ Government” shall be construed as reference to the Administrator of the Union territory of Chandigarh.

CHAPTER – II Constitution of Council Appointment of Office-Bearers and the making of Regulations

3. Constitution of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council – (1) There shall be established a Council to be known as the Punjab Nurses Registration Council which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and shall by the said name sue and be sued.

(2) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) The Director of Health Services Punjab. (b) Eight members to be appointed by the State Government from among the

persons specified in the Schedule, four of whom shall be Nursing Superintendents, of the hospitals training candidate, for any of the examinations conducted by the Council.

(c) Two registered nurses to be elected by the nurses registered under the Act.

(d) One registered health visitor to be elected by the health visitors registered under the Act.

(e) One registered midwife to be elected by the midwives registered under the Act.

Provided that, should the registered nurses or the registered health visitors or the registered midwives fail after the occurrence of a vacancy to elect a member within such period as the State Government may be rule prescribe , the State Government may fill such vacancy by the appointment of a


registered nurse, registered health visitor or registered midwife, as the case may be. (3) The appointment and election of members 10[--] shall be notified by the

11[State] Government. 12[3A. Temporary provisions in respect of Council. – Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act.]

1. The Punjab Nurses Registration Council constituted under section 3 and

functioning and operating in the State of Punjab. Haryana, the transferred territory and the Union territory of Chandigarh immediately before the appointed day as defined in the Punjab Nurses Registration Council (Reconstitution and Reorganization) Order. 1971 issued under section 4 the Inter State Corporations Act. 1957 ( Central Act 38 of 1957) shall as from that date, stand dissolved and members thereof shall vacate their offices.

2. As from the date referred to in clause (1) the Government of Punjab shall constitute, Council for the State of Punjab in the manner specified in section 3 to be known as the Punjab Nurses Registration Council.

Provided that the members referred to in clauses ( c) (d) and (e) of subsection (2) of section 3 shall be nominated by the Government of Punjab from amongst the registered nurses, health visitors or midwives, as the case may be. Ordinarily residing in the State of Punjab instead of being elected in the manner indicated in any of those clauses. Provided further that no person specified at serial No. (6) or serial No. (10) in the Schedule to the Act shall be appointed as a member of the said Council under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 3. (3) As from the date referred to in clause (1) the Government of Haryana shall constitute a Council for the State of Haryana in the manner specified in section. 3, to be known as the Haryana Nurses Registration Council: Provided that the members referred to in clauses © (d) and (e) of subsection (2) of section 3 shall be nominated by the Government of the Haryana, from amongst the registered nurses, health visitors or midwives, as the case may be ordinarily residing in the State of Haryana, instead of being elected in the manner indicated in any of those clauses.

(4) In respect of the transferred territory, the Government of Himachal Pradesh shall, until a Council is duly constituted fro the said area under section 3, exercise the powers, perform the functions and discharge the duties of the Council under this Act.

(5) In respect of the Union territory of Chandigarh, the Administrator of the Union tertian shall until a Council is duly constituted for the said territory under section 3 exercise the powers, perform of the functions and discharge the duties of the Council under the Act.

10 The words” other than those appointed by virtue of their office”, omitted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953 section 4 (ii) 11 Substituted for the word “ Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 12 See. S.O. 1741 G.O.I. Extra Part II Page 1980.


(6) The members of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council and the Haryana Nurses Registration Council constituted under this section shall notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 hold office for a period of five years from the date referred to in clause (1) or until such time as a Council is duly constituted under section 3 whichever is earlier.

(7) The vice-President of each of the Council constituted under clauses (2) and (3) shall be nominated from amongst the members of the Council by the Government of the State for which the Council has been constituted.

13[3B Constitution of Punjab Nurses Registration Council for a temporary period- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act. As from the commencement of the Punjab Nurses Registration (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance 1979 the State Government shall, in the manner specified in section 3, constitute a Council for the State of Punjab to be known as the Punjab Nurses Registration Council. Provided that the members referred to in clauses ( c) , (d) and (e) of subsection (2) of section 3 shall be nominated by the State Government from amongst the registered nurses , health visitors or midwives, as the case may be instead of being elected in the manner indicated in those clauses. (2) The Vice-President of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council shall,

notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of section 8, also be nominated by the State Government from amongst its members.

(3) Each member of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council including the Vice-President other than the member appointed by virtue of his office shall, notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 9, hold office for a period of two years from the dated of nomination or until the Council is duly constituted under section 3, whichever is ear lies.

13 See Punjab Act 4 of 1980. 14 Substituted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 5, for “three” 15 Added by ibid. 16 Substituted for the works “ Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws order 1950 17 substituted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 6 for clauses (c ) and (d) 18 the words “ by name “ omitted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953 see on 7 19 The words “ the Medical Council or “ and “ as the case may be”, omitted by ibid . Section 8 20 Substituted for the word “Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 21 Substituted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 9, for “ the Inspector General of Civil Hospitals”. 22 “ East Punjab “ which had been inserted for the word’ the Punjab “ by the Indian Independence (Adoption of Bengal and Punjab ) Acts Order , 1948 -4th Adaptation of Laws Order , 1950 . 23 Substituted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 10 for “ three” 24 Substituted for the word ”Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 25 Substituted for the word “ Gazette” by the Government of India ( Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.


Validation- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act. ------- (a) anything done or any action taken or purporting to have been done

or taken by the Council as it existed immediately before the first day of May, 1976, or by the Director, Health and Family Welfare or any other officer authorized by him, during the period commencing from first day of May authorized by him, during the period commencing from first day of May 1976, and cording on the commencement of this Act. Under the provisions of the principal Act or the rules made there under including the appointment of the Register and other staff of the Council and registration of persons under the principal Act shall be deemed to be as valid and effective as it would have been if a duly constituted Council had been in existence and all such things or actions had been done or taken by that Council during the aforesaid period and accordingly no such thing or action shall be called into question merely on the ground that no duly constituted Council had been in existence, or that any such thing or action was done or taken by the Director, Health and Family Welfare or any other officer authorized by him, during the aforesaid period ; and

(b) any appeal under sub-section (3) of section 14 of the principal Act, which could be filed during the period referred to in clause (a) may be filed within a period of thirty days of the constitution of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council under section 3-B:

(c) Provided that in counting the period of thirty days the time spent in obtaining a copy of the order appealed against shall be excluded]

(4) Term of office of members – (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 3 and in this section the term of office of a member of the Council other than a member appointed by virtue of his office, shall be 14[five] years and shall commence from the date of publication of the notification of this election or appointment.

15[ A member other than a member appointed by virtue of office when appointed in place of a member who has for any reason, vacated his office earlier than his term, shall hold office for the remaining period of the term of the member in whose place he has been nominated or elected.]

(2) The term of office of a member of the Council appointed by virtue of his office shall continue so long as he holds the office in virtue of which he is such a member.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act. An outgoing, member shall, unless the 16 [State] Government otherwise directs, continue in office until the election or appointment of his successor s notified.

(4) An outgoing member may if otherwise qualified be re-elected or re-appointed.

(5) Cessation of membership---- A member of the Council shall be deemed to have vacated his seat----

(a) if he submits his resignation in writing to the president of the Council; (b) if he has, in the opinion of the Council without sufficient excuse, been


absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council. (c) [if he has been absent out of India for more than one year continuously; (d) if in the case of a member under clause (c ) , (d) or (e) or sub-section (2)

of section 3. the ceases to be a registered nurse, a registered health visitor or a registered midwife, as the case may be;]

(e) if he refuses to act or becomes, in the opinion of the Council, in capable of acting, or has been declared a bankrupt or an insolvent or has been convicted of any such offence or subjected by a criminal court to any such order as implies, In the opinion of the Council, a defect of character which unfits him to be a member.

(6) Removal of any member—Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the 17[State] Government may at any time, fro any reason which it may deem to affect the public interests or at the request of a majority of a two-thirds of the members of the Council , by notification direct that the seat of any specified member, whether elected or appointed 18[---] shall be vacated on a date specified in the notification and such seat shall thereupon be vacated accordingly.

(7) Casual vacancies, how to be filled. ---(1) When the seat of an elected member becomes vacant under the provisions of section 5 or by his death, resignation or removal a new member shall be elected in accordance with the provisions or this Act.

(2) When the seat of an appointed member becomes vacant under the provisions of section 5 or by his death, resignation or removal, 19[----] the 20[State] Government [--------] shall appoint another member in his place.

(8) President and vice-president of the Council, --(1) 21 [The Director of Health Services] 22 [Punjab] shall be the president of the Council.

(9) Term of office of vice- president. -- (1) the term of office of a vice-president shall be 23[five] years.

(2) A vice-president may resign his office by notice in writing to the _______ on his resignation being accepted by the Council the office shall become vacant.

(3) When the notice of ________________________________ (10) Appointment of registrar and other officers or servants—The Council shall

appoint a registrar who shall also act as treasurer unless the Council appoints another person as treasurer, and may appoint such other officers or servants as it may deem necessary and every person so appointed shall, subject to the rules, be removable from office at the pleasure of the Council and shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

(11) Quorum--- The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the Council shall be such number or proportion of the members of the Council as may, from time to time, be a quorum present or not.

(12) Power to make regulations—(1) The Council may make regulation consistent with this Act and with the rules made there under to provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-


I. the time and place of its meeting. II. the manner in which notice of a meeting shall be given; III. the conduct of business at a meeting, the record of proceedings and the

adjournment of meeting. IV. the quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting: V. the appointment and constitution of sub-committees for any purpose relating

to any matter with which the Council is empowered to deal and the co-option of persons specially qualified to advise on any particular matter;

VI. the payment of fees and traveling allowance to member for attendance at meetings of the Council;

VII. the custody of the common seal and the purposes for which it shall be used; VIII. the persons by whom receipts shall be granted on behalf of the Council for

money received under this Act.; IX. the appointment , duties executive power, leave suspension and removal of

its officers and servants and the payment of salaries or allowances to such persons.

(2) No regulation made under the provisions of sub-section (1) shall take effect until it has been confirmed by the 24[state]. Government and published in the 25[Official Gazette]

(13) Vacancies and irregularities not to invalidate proceedings.--- No act or proceeding of the Council shall be invalid by reason only of the existence of a vacancy in the Council or account of any defect or irregularity not effecting the merits of the case.

CHAPTER – III Registration of Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives, Nurse-dais, Trained dais and dais.

(14) Registration of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais trained dais and dais--- (1) Every person who complies with such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribe by the Council and--- (a) has undergone the necessary course of training or passed the

examination; if any , prescribed for nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais 26[auxiliary nurses and mid-wives].or trained dais, or

(b) is registered as a nurse r midwife27 [or health visitor] by any association which is recognized by the 28[Council] or.

(c) Is able to saucily the Council that he has anywhere in India undergone a course of training or passed an examination, similar to the course of training and examination referred in clause (a) and recognized by the [Council]

(d) Is ahead employed or plasticizing in Punjab as a dais, or is doing the 26 Inscribed by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section II (a) (i) 27 Inserted by ibid, section 11 (a) (iii) . 28 Substituted by ibid, section 11 (a) (ii) or “ provincial (State) Government”


name work as a nurse health visitor, midwife, nurse-dais, when this Act comes into force.

May apply to the registrar to have his name registered: Provided that an application from a person who claims to be registered under clause(d) shall not be entertained unless it is received within 29[five years] from the date on which this Act comes into force. 1. (a) If the registrar is satisfied that any nurse, health visitor ,mid-wife ,

nurse-dais, 30[auxiliary nurse and midwife] or trained dais applying under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub section (a) is entitled to be registered he shall on payment of such fees as may be prescribed, enter the name of such nurse, health visitor, midwife, nurse-dais, [auxiliary nurse and midwife] or trained dais in the prescribed register;

(b) if the registrar is satisfied that any person applying under clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section, (1) is entitled to be registered as a nurse, health visitor, midwife, nurse-dais, [auxiliary nurse and midwife] or trained dais as the case may be, he shall lay the application before the Council with a recommendation that he be permitted to enter the name of such person in the prescribed register, and shall not make any entry in the prescribed register in respect of such person until the entry in the prescribed register in respect of such person until the entry is permitted by the Council to be made:

Provided that ------- 29 The words, “ five years” were substituted for the words three years” by section 2 of the Act 6 of 1936 30 Inserted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 11 (b) (i) 31 the words “ in the case of a person, applying under clause © or clause (d) of sub-section (1) is held by the council “ omitted by punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 11 (b) (ii) 32 New clause (iii) of first proviso, added by ibid, section 11 (b) (iii) 33 Substituted for the word “ Provincial “ by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. 34 The word “Clause (ii) of “ omitted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, s. 11 (b) (w) . 35 See unrepeated Central Acts, Volume 1 36 Substituted by Adaptation of laws Order , 1950, for “East Punjab” 37 New clause (f) added by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 12 (i) 38 Inserted by ibid, section 12 (ii) 39 Inserted by ibid, section 12 (ii) 40Substituted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953 , section 12 (iii) 41 See S.O. 1741 G.O.I. extra Part II Page 1980 42 The words” in every year” omitted by ibid, section 13. 43 Inserted by Punjab Act 16 of 1953, section 14. 44 Substituted for the words “ by a Magistrate of the First Class” by Punjab Act 25 of 1961. 45 Substituted for the words “ Provincial “ by the Adaptation of Laws Order 1950. 46 Inserted by ibid section 15. 47 Substituted for the words” Provincial” by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 48 Inserted by ibid, section 15 49 Inserted by Pb. Act of 16 of 1953 section 15 50 Inserted by Pb Act 16 of 1953 section 15 51 New clauses (e), (f) (g) (h) (i) and (j) added by ibid. 52 The words and figures “ suction 17and 18” were substituted for the words end figures “ sections 16and17” by Punjab Act 6 of 1936, section 30 53 Substituted for the word “ provincial “ by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 54 Substituted for the word “ Gazette” by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws ) Order 1937


(i) the registrar on receiving an application under clause (a) or clause (b) of

sub-section (1) from any person in respect of whom he considers that the Council may wish to exercise its powers of refusal under clause (ii) of this proviso may refer the said application to the Council or to an sub-committee appointed by the Council for that purpose and shall not make an entry in the register in respect of such person until the entry is permitted by the Council to be made:

(ii) the Council may refuse to permit the registration of any person who has been convicted of any such offence as implies in the opinion of the Council any defect of character such as would render him unfit for duty or who, after, an enquiry at which opportunity has been given to such person to be heard in person or by pleader has been held by the Council to have been guilty of any professional misconduct or 31[---] not to possess satisfactory professional qualifications.

(iii) 32[the Council may at any time, issue a warning to or direct the removal of the name of a registered person for any of the reasons for which it could refuse to permit the registration of such person after an enquiry at which opportunity has been given to such person to be heard in person or by a counsel ] Provided further that an appeal may b preferred to the 33[state] Government from an order of the Council passed under 34[****] the first proviso to this sub-section if such appeal is made within one month [or such period as may be extended on sufficient cause shown for not preferring the appeal within time from the date of receipt of the registered notice intimating that the council has refused to permit the registration or has removed the name of such person]. 2. If the registrar is not satisfied that such nurse, health visitor, midwife,

nurse-dais, [auxiliary nurse and midwife,] trained dais or dais is entitled to be registered he shall reject the application, provided that an appeal shall lie to the Council from such an order of the registrar if such appeal is preferred within one month from the date of dispatching by registered post a notice addressed to the applicant at the address from which the application was sent intimating that such application has been rejected.

3. For the purpose of an enquiry under 35[ --] the first proviso to sub-section (2) or of any appeal under sub-section (3) the Council shall be deemed to be a court within the meaning of the India Evidence Act, 1872 and shall exercise all the powers of a Commissioner under the [Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850 , and such enquiry or appeal shall be conducted, so far as may be in accordance with the provisions of section 5 and sections 8 to 20 of the [Public Servants (Inquiries) Act, 1850; provided that nothing contained in any Act shall prevent the Council from holding an enquiry or hearing any appeal in camera.;

Provided further that the Council may direct that any such inquiry or appeal shall be heard by a committee of the Council composed of such members of the Council as the Council may direct.


(15) Registers to be maintained—(1)The registrar shall maintain the following registers—

(a) a register showing the name and address of each registered nurse in Punjab .

(b) a register showing the name and address of each registered health visitor in 36[Punjab].

(c) A register showing the name and address of each registered midwife in punjab;

(d) a register showing the name and address of each registered nurse-dais in Punjab;

(e) a register showing the name and address of each registered trained dais in Punjab;

(f) 37[a register showing the name and address of each registered auxiliary nurse and midwife in Punjab].

(2) The Registrar shall keep the registers in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any rules or bye-laws made there under and shall from time to time make all necessary alterations in the names of any such nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, 38[auxiliary nurses and midwives] or trained dais and remove the name of any such person who is dead. (3) To enable the registrar to fulfill the duties imposed upon him by sub-sections (1) and (2) he may send through the post a registered letter to any person registered as a nurse, health visitor, midwife, nurse dais, 39[auxiliary nurse and midwife], or trained dais, addressed according to his registered address for the purpose or enquiring whether he has ceased to practice or whether his residence or address has been changed and if no answer to any such letter is received within a period of six months from its dispatch the registrar may remove the name of such person from the prescribed register: 40[Provided that any item removed under this Act may, on representation made in this behalf, be reentered in the register, subject to such conditions and payment of fees as may be specified in the direction of the Council, or the appellate authority, if an appeal was preferred against the order of removal.] (4) Entry in the registers which is proved to the satisfaction of the Council to have been fraudulently made shall be removed or corrected in pursuance of a resolution of the Council. 41[15 A. Temporary provision in respect of registers --- All nurses, health visitors and mid-wives , who immediately before the appointed day, as defined in the Punjab Nurses Registration Council (Reconstitution and Recorganisation ) Order 1971, issued under section 4 of the Inter State Corporations Act, 1957 (Central Act 38 of 1957) were on the registers maintained under this Act, shall, on and from that day , without further fee or charge, continue to be on the registers of the State of Punjab and Haryana, the transferred territory and the Union territory of Chandigarh for a period of six months from the appointed day and thereafter , on the register of any of the said States or territory in which the registered person desires to continue his or her registration: Provided that such registration shall continue for the period fro which it was made until the register is duly amended or until the name is duly removed under the Act. ]


(16) Annual list of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais and trained dais.---

(1) The registrar shall 42[---] on or before a date to be fixed in this behalf by the Council cause to be printed and published correct lists of the names for the time being entered in the registers setting forth:--

(a) the names entered in the respective registers , arranged in alphabetical order:

(b) the registered address of each person whose name is entered in the register and

(c) the registered qualification of each such person and the date on which such qualification was certified. (2) Every court shall presume that any person whose name is entered in the

latest of such lists is duly registered under this Act, and that any person whose name is not so entered is not registered under this Act:

Provided that in the case of any person whose name does not appear in such lists, a certified copy signed by the registrar, of the entry of the name of such person in the registrars shall be conclusive evidence that such person is registered under this Act. Provided further that s certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar stating that the name of a person has been removed from such register and specifying the date of such removal shall be conclusive proof of the fact and date of such removal. (17)Power to prohibit unregistered parsons from practicing-- (1) Any local authority may make bye-laws prohibiting unregistered persons from practicing as nurses, health visitors, midwives nurse-dais, 43[auxiliary nurses and midwives] trained dais or dais within the are subject to its authority and may in such bye-laws provide that any person practicing in contravention of such bye-laws or any person committing or abetting the commitment of breach of any such bye-laws shall be liable on conviction 44[by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class] to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for a first offence, or to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees fro a second or subsequent offence. (2) If any local authority fails to make bye-laws under sub-section (1) the 45[state] Government may be notification prohibit unregistered persons from practicing as nurses, health visitors, midwives nurse-dais, [auxiliary nurses and midwives]. trained dais or dais within the area subject to such local authority, and any unregistered person practicing in contravention of such notification shall be liable on conviction 46[by it judicial Magistrate of the first class], to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees for a first offence or to a line not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees for a second or subsequent offence. (3)47[Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any enactment, rule, bye-law or other provision of law for the time being in force, no person other than a registered nurse, a registered health visitor, a registered midwife, a registered nurse dais, a registered auxiliary nurse and midwife, a registered trained dais or dais shall be competent to hold any appointment or be employed as such in any hospital, asylum, infirmary dispensary , lying-in-hospital , nursing home, maternity home, health center or other such institution, private or public, whether supported by voluntary contributions or not.]


(18) Power to make bye- Laws--- The Council may, after previous publication, make bye-Laws.--- (a) to prescribe the courses of training of, and qualifications for the registration of nurses , health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, 48[auxiliary nurses and midwives] or trained dais: and to provide for the recognition of institutions competent to give such training: (b) to regulate the issue of certificates, the maintenance of registers and the conditions of admission of names of persons to such registers and to prescribe the form of application for such admission and the uniform or badge to be worn by registered nurses, registered midwives, registered nurse-dais, 49[registered auxiliary nurses and midwives,] registered trained dais while on duty; (c ) to prescribe the fees for registration and the re-entry of names re-moved from the registers; (d) to regulation the publication of lists of registered nurses, registered health visitors, registered midwives, registered nurse-dais, 50[registered auxiliary nurses and midwives, or registered trained dais; (e) 51[to regulate the conduct of and prescribe fees for examination of nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais, auxiliary nurses and midwives and trained dais; (f) to confer, grant of issue diplomas, licenses, certificates or other documents stating or implying that the holder, grantee or recipient thereof is qualified to practice or otherwise work as nurse, midwife, auxiliary nurse ad midwife, health visitor, nurse-dais, or trained dais; (g) to prescribe lees for the affiliation of institutions recognized as training schools for nurses, midwives, nurse-dais, auxiliary nurses and mid-nurse-dais or trained dais; (h) to prescribe the scale of fees, remuneration and traveling allowance to Examiners Supervisors, Invigilators and other Persons appointed by the Council for the conduct of examinations. (i) to prescribe the prices of Publications of the Council; (j) to regulate the conduct of registered persons.] (19) Confirmation and Publication of bye-laws—(1) No bye-Law made under 52[sections 17and 18] shall come into force until six weeks after it has been confirmed by the 53[state] Government and published in the 54[ Official Gazette] (2) The [state] Government may cancel its confirmation of any such bye-laws and thereupon the bye-law shall cease to have effect. (20) Power of Government to make rules-- (1) The [state ] Government may, after previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the [state] Government may make rules -(a) to regulate elections under section 3 ;

Nurses Registration Rules 1936


Rules under section 20 of the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 Election of Members and of Vice- President [vide section 20(2) (a) the Act] PART –I 55(1) Definitions---

(a) “roll” means the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 (b) the “ Act means the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 (c) “ the Council” means the Punjab Nurses, Registration Council. (d) “ the President” means the President of the Punjab Nurses Registration

Council. (e) “ The Registrar” means of the Registrar of the Punjab Nurses

Gegistraration (2) Appointment of members of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council--- The Registrar shall maintain a list in Form I appended to these Rules, containing the names of members elected on the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, the elect orated they represent, the date of election of each such member, the term of his office and date of retirement, resignation, death of removal of each such member. The list shall also contain similar particulars in regard to the members nominated by Government. The Registrar shall keep the list always up to date so that it may show at a glance when the election or nomination, as the case may be, has to be made. (3) Ninety days before the expiration of the term of office f any member appointed on the council, the Registrar shall make a report in writing regarding the vacancy of the president if vacancy be in respect of an elected member and to Government through the President if the vacancy is to be in respect of a nominated member. (4) If a vacancy occurs in the office of a member of the Council previous to the expiry of his term of office to rough resignation, death , removal or disability of such member or otherwise, the Register shall make a report in writing regarding the vacancy to the President of the vacancy be in respect of an elected in respect of nominated member. (5) Procedure to be observed for filling vacancies on the Punjab Nurses Registration Council – A vacancy occurring in any manner whatsoever in relation to ban elected member shall be filled by election in the manner hereinafter provided. The State Government shall appoint any person as a Returning Officer—

(i) in the case of a vacancy to arise as a result of the expiry of the term of any member, not later than 50 days, before the expiry of such term and.

(ii) in the case of a vacancy occurring as a result of death , resignation or removal as soon after resignation or removal as

55 Published – aide Punjab Government, Medical Department, notification No. 2860, Mo. 2516121, dated the 22nd February. 1936


may be concernment. And issue a notification in the official Gazette of the coming election, for the information of the electorate and requiring the election of the member by a date specified therein. (6) The following procedure shall be adopted for the filling of vacancies by election:-

(1) The electoral Roll fro the members to be elected under suction 3(2) of the Act shall be prepared from the Register of Nurses registered under the Act the Electoral Roll for the member to b elected under section 3(2) (d) of the Act shall be prepared from the Register of Health visitors registered under the Act, and the electoral roll for the member to be elected under section 3(2) (e) of the Act shall be prepared from the Register of Midwives registered under the Act. The electoral Rolls shall be prepared by the Registrar in Form II appended to these rules. (2) Candidates qualified for being elected shall be proposed and seconded by persons qualified as electors in Form III appended to these files. No elector shall propose or second the nomination o f more persons than are required to ill up the vacancy or vacancies. If more nominations than are required to fill up the vacancy or vacancies. If more nominations than are required to till up the vacancy or vacancies be subscribed by the same elector al nominations subscribed by him shall be held to be void. (3) The candidate shall sign the nomination paper declaring that he is willing to serve on the Council, if elected. In the absence of such a declaration the nomination shall be treated as invalid. (4) Every proposal for nomination shall be in writing, and shall be signed by the proposed and seconded, and sent by registered post or delivered personally to the Returning Officer so as to reach him not less than twenty-eight days before such date a may be notified in this behalf. (5) Any candidate shall be at liberty to withdraw his candidature within seven days from the last date fixed for the receipt of nomination paper. (6) If in case of any election the number of candidates duly nominated does not exceed the number required to fill up the vacancy or vacancies, the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare all such candidates to be elected. (7) If in case of any such election more candidates than are necessary to fill up the vacancy or vacancies are nominated, the Returning Officer, after scrutiny of the nomination papers, shall forth with publish their names and addresses in the Punjab Government Gazette and shall further cause their names to be entered in ballot paper in Form appended to these rules. (8) Twenty-one days before such date, as may be appointed by Returning Officer in this behalf, the Returning Officer shall send by post and under certificate of posting to cab elector a ballot paper in Form IV appended to these rules, signed by the Returning Officer. (9) Before such date, as may be appointed by the Returning Officer in this behalf, every elector, desirous voting, shall send by registered post his ballot paper to the Returning Officer after recording his vote or votes and affixing his signature thereon in the manner prescribed therein;


Provided that any ballot paper; which is not received by the Returning Officer before 12 noon on the date preceding the date fixed for the counting of votes or which does not in any way conform to these rules shall be rejected. (10) The Returning Officer shall attend for the purpose of counting the votes on such date and at such time and place as may also be present either in person or an accredited representative at the counting of votes. (11) When the counting of votes has been completed, the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates as the case may be, to whom the largest number of votes has been given to be elected., and shall forth with inform the successful candidates by letter of their having been elected to the Council. (12) When an equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates and the addition of the vote will entitle any one or more of the candidates to be declared elected, the determination of the person or persons to whom such additional vote shall be deemed to have been given shall be made by lot, to be drawn by the Returning Officer in the presence of the candidates or their representatives who may be present at the time of the counting of votes. (13) Upon the completion of the counting and after the result has been declared by him, the Returning Officer shall seal the voting paper and all documents relating to the Election and shall retain the same with himself for a period of six months and thereafter cause them to be destroyed. (14) The Returning Officer shall notify in the Punjab Government Gazette and in such other manner as the Council may deem fit, the date time and place fixed for each of the following proceedings:- (i) the date fixed for the receipt of nomination paper. (ii) the date fixed for the withdrawal of the nomination;

(iii) the date fixed for the issue of the voting papers by the Returning Officers.

(iv) The date fixed for the receipt of the ballot paper by the Returning Officer;

(v) The date fixed for the counting of the ballot papers. (7) The State Government may , of its own motion, or on an objection

made before it, declare any election that has been held to be void on account of co-operate practice or any sufficient cause and may call upon the electorate to make a fresh election; The decision of the State Government under this rule shall be find.

(8) If any question arises as to the intention, construction or application of any of these rules, which in the opinion of the Returning Officer should be referred to the State Government, the Returning Officer shall refer such question to the State Government, whose decision thereon shall be final.

(9) After the declaration of the election of any member, and when the President himself is not the Returning Officer, after the receipt by him of notice of such election from the Returning Officer, the President shall publish the notice of the election ins the Official Gazettes and


sent a copy to the State Government. Election of the Vice-President (vide Section 9 of the Act) (10) Election of Vice-President:-- (1) No election of a Vice-President of

the Council shall be held at a meeting unless not less than fourteen days notice of the holding of such meeting has been given to all member of the Council by the delivery at their ordinary place of residence of a notice , which shall specify that such election is to take place at the meeting in question.

(1) A candidate for election to the office of Vice-President shall be nominated by a proposed and a secondary who shall be members of the Council present at eh meeting.

(2) The person elected shall assume office from the date of election. (11) Ballot to be taken ;- Voting for the office of Vice-President shall be

by ballot, and if only one candidate for the office is proposed, the members present shall be required to vote by writing “ Yes” or “No” on the ballot paper, and if a majority of votes is not in the affirmative, the election shall be postponed to the next meeting shall not have a casting vote.

(12) Method of Electing Vice-President. – When the office of Vice- President of the Council has to be filled.

(a) if one candidate obtains more votes, than any other, then such candidate shall b e deemed to be elected:

(b) if two or more candidates obtain an equal number of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall decide between the candidates by drawing lots in the presence of all the members of the Council who may attend, after due notice to be present fro the purpose.

PART – II The Form of the Registers 9Vide Section 24 (2) (b) of the Act) Separate registers for nurses, health visitors, midwives, nurse-dais and trained dais shall be maintained in Form VI appended to these rules. PART—III Rules regulating the restoration of name to a Register vide Section 20 (Vide Section 20 (2) (e) of the Act.

1. When the name of a registered person has been removed from the register, an application of the restoration of the name of such person shall be made in writing address to the Registrar and shall be signed by the applicant stating the grounds on which the application is made.

2. The application shall contain the names and addresses of two or more persons of whom two shall be magistrates or registered medical practitioners or persons of whom two shall be magistrates or registered medical practitioners or persons registered under the Act.

3. The Council may require the applicant to verify by an affidavit or declaration on oath before a magistrate any such statement made in his application, or any further statement which it thinks fit and may further require the applicant to attend in or at a meeting of the Council at such the matter is to be considered.


4. If upon consideration f the application and of the evidence furnished n support there of , the Council is satisfied that the name of the applicant should be restored to the register, it may direct the Registrar accordingly and upon payment by the applicant of the prescribed fee his name shall be restored to the register and a new certificate of the original had been canceled together with a badge, if any shall be issued to him.

PART—IV Rules for keeping accounts or the Punjab Nurses Registration vide Section 20 (Vide Section 20 (2) (e) of the Act.

1. In the month of November each year, an estimate of the income and expenditure of the Council for the next calendar year shall be laid before the Council.

2. Such estimate shall make provision for the fulfillment of the liabilities of the Council and for effectually carrying out its objects.

3. The Council shall consider the estimates so submitted to it and shall sanction the same either unaltered or subject to such alteration as shall be deemed fit.

4. The Council may at any time during the year for which any estimate has been sanctioned cause a supplementary or revised estimate to be prepared and submitted to it. Every supplementary or revised estimate so submitted shall be considered and sanctioned by the Council in the same manner as it were an original annual estimate. No expenditure shall be incurred by the Council which is not duly provided for in the budget or in a supplementary or revised estimate.

5. The Registrar shall, by the 15th of January each year, prepare a statement of income and expenditure of the preceding calendar year ending list December and draw the attention of the Council to such matters as seem deserving of notice.

6. A bill or other vouchers presented as claim for money shall be received and examined by the Registrar. If the claim be for a sum not exceeding Rs. 10, and the bill be in order, he shall pay it. If the claim is for a sum exceeding Rs. 10, and the bill is in order, he shall pay it. If the claim be for a sum exceeding Rs. 10 payment shall not be made until it has been passed by the president.

7. All check on the Bank shall be signed by the President and the Registrar. 8. The Registrar shall maintain a general cash book and shall there in enter

all sums received or sent by him or by order of the President immediately after receipt or payment. All drafts and cheques shall be signed by the President and the Registrar. All moneys payable to the Council shall be received by the Registrar who shall remit same to the State Bank of India, where an account shall be opened in the name of the Council.

9. The accounts of the Council shall, if possible, be audited by the Local Audit Department once in each year.

PART –V


Rules for the Disposal of Appeals under Section 14 [vide section 20 (2) (d) (ii) of the Act]

1. An appeal to the Council from the decision of the Registrar to register any title or qualification of any person on the register of registered practitioners, shall be in writing and shall state the title or the qualification, the grounds on which registration is claimed, and the date on which, and the authority from whom, the title or qualification was received.

2. On receipt f such an appeal, it shall be referred to a Committee of the Council for consideration and report.

3. The Committee shall have the power to call for the original diploma, I cense or certificate from the appellant for inspection and also such other documentary or oral evidence as may be considered necessary.

4. At the conclusion of its inquiry the Committee shall make a report to the Council embodying such recommendations as it shall think fit, with reasons for such recommendations.

5. The appeal, the Committees report and all other documents in connection with the case shall be laid before the Council at their next meeting.

6. The date on which the appeal is to be taken up by the Council shall be notified to the appellant. The appellant shall be allowed, if he so chooses, to represent his case before the Council either by himself or by his legal representative.

7. Every appeal to the local Government preferred under sedition 14 of the Act shall be addressed direct to the Secretary to the Government, Punjab Transferred Departments and shall be accompanied by al the papers in print, which the appellant considers material to his case .

APPENDIX FORM NO. 1-A (vide RULE 2) Register showing the particulars of the Members of the Council.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Name

Address

Whether nominated or elected

Tenure Date of Com-monce-ment of tenure

Date on which the term is to expire in the ordinary course

If the appointment terminates before the due date mentioned in column 6 then the date and reason of earlier termination

APPENDIX FORM –II [vide RULE 6 (1) ] Electoral Roll Punjab Nurses Registration Council 1 2 3 4 5 6 Serial No.

Name Qualification and dates

Address or

Date of registr

Serial No. as in the Register of the


thereof appoiont-ment

a-tion registered Nurses, Midwives, and Health Visitors

APPENDIX [FORM NO. III (vide RULE 6 (2) ] Nomination Paper Serial No. ________________________ Counter foil ______________________ Name and address of the candidate ___________________________________ Serial No. of electoral roll ____________ __________________________________ Date of dispatch ____________________ Initial of dispatching officer __________

Serial No._________________________ Name of candidate_________________ _________________________________ Address or appointment ____________ Date of registration and registration number __________________________ _________________________________ Serial Number of the candidate on the electoral roil _____________________ Signature of proposer _____________ Number of the seconder ____________ Serial number of the seconder on the electoral roll _______________________ Signature of the seconder ____________ __________________________________ DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE I hereby declare that I agree to this nomination. Date ___________________Signature of Candidate _________________________


Note This nomination paper will not be valid unless in this delivered to the President or any other person appointed by him to receive it at his office between the hours of eleven o’clock of the fore noon the three o’clock.


(To be billed in by the President or other person appointed.) CERTIFICATE OF DELIVERY Serial No:- ___________________ The nomination paper was delivered to me at my office at (date and hour) Date:- _________________ Signature of the President or other Person appointed ______________ CERTIFICATE OF SCRUTINY I have scrutinized the eligibility of the candidate, the proposer and seconder, and find that they are respectively, qualified to stand fro election, to propose and to second the nomination, and I, therefore, accept the nomination. OR I have scrutinized this nomination and reject It for the following reasons:- Date :- __________________ Signature of officer scrutinizing the nomination______________ APPENDIX [ FORM NO. IV [vide RULE 6(8) ] Form of front of Ballot Paper Counterfoil Outer foil Front Number Number on the roil of the elector To whom it is sent Date of dispatch Initials of Dispatching Officer Note:- On the back of the ballot paper the number on the roll of the elector to whom it is sent should be noted. Serial No. ___________ The above ballot paper should accompany the covering letter as under :- (1) Your electoral number is ____________________ (2) The date of counting votes is _________________ (3) You have as many votes as there are members to be elected. (4) You should vote by placing the mark X opposite the name or names of candidates whom you prefer. If you do not wish to use all your votes (in cases where more than one vote is allowed) you need not do so because more than one vote may not be given to any one candidate.


(5) The ballot paper shall be invalid, if the mark X is placed opposite the names of more candidates than are to be elected, or if the mark denoting any vote is so placed as to render It doubtful to which candidate such vote is intended to apply. (6) You should sign the following declaration, and append your number on the electoral roll and the place of your residence thereto, and then return this letter along with the ballot paper, which shall be put into a separate envelope, without such signature and entry the ballot or all such papers shall be invalid. (7) In case you fill in more than one ballot paper the first only of such ballot papers received by the President shall, if otherwise in order be valid and if the President is unable to determine which of such ballot papers was first received by him, both or all such papers shall be invalid. (8) Ballot papers shall be sent to the Returning Officer registered. Ballot papers which are not received by the Returning Officer before the _______day _________ 19 __________ will be rejected. I here by declare that my name appears on electoral roll, ______________ vide No. ___________________. Signature of elector _________________ Residence _________________________


FORM VI [ ENCLOSURE VI TO PRO NO. 34] (Rule in Part II) Nurse ------------- Health Visitor THE PUNJAB MIDWIFE REGISTER -------------- Nurse-Dais ------------- Trained Dais 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Serial No.

Date of registration

Name and if married maiden name before marriage or name at the time of undergoing training.

Age

Nationality (and caste if any)

Address or appoint-ment

Qualifications where obtained and date thereof

Date and reasons of removal Date Section of the Act under which the name is removed

Remarks

Separate registers for Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwives, Nurse-Dais and Trained Dais


The Punjab Nurses Registration Council Regulations

1. The Punjab Nurses Registration Council shall ordinarily meet twice yearly in April and November for the transaction of business.

2. (i) Notice of every meeting shall be served on each member of the Council by the Registrar not less than 30 days before the date of the meeting. (ii) Agenda of a meeting ordinary or special of the Council shall be circulated by the Registrar of the Council to all members of the Council not less than 10 days before the date of such meeting.

3. An extraordinary meeting of the Council may be called by the President whenever it appears to him to be necessary and shall be called by him on a requisition in writing made by not less than 10 members stating the purpose for which the meeting is being called.

4. The Council shall appoint a Sub-Committee known as the Registration Sub-Committee consisting of 10 members who will meet at such place and date as the president may determine and the members of such Registration Sub-Committee shall hold office for a period of three years but the membership of the Council may also appoint any other Sub-Committee which it may deem necessary.

The functions of the Registration Sub-Committee will be as under:- (i) To receive a report of all registrations since the last meeting and

to scrutinize the applications for registration received from persons whose qualifications are not covered by the bye-Laws made under section 18 of the Punjab Nurses Registration Act 1932.

(ii) To consider explanations from registered persons for contravening the provisions of the Act and of the rules, regulations and by-laws and of the Code of ethics.

(iii) Another business that may be placed before the Sub- Committee.

56[A The Council shall appoint an Advisory Committee consisting of 4 members, one of whom shall be the Chairman. The Committee will meet at such place and date and as the President may determine. The term of members of the committee shall be co-terminus with their membership of the Council out a person who has been re-elected or denominated as a member of the Council shall continue as a member of the Committee unit such time as a meeting of the Council is held after his re-election or re-nomination at which the vacancy will be filled

56 First-published with the Punjab Government Notification No. 41301. dated the 3rd December , 1935 , Regulations made under section 12 (1) of the Punjab Nurses Registration Act 1932.


by election, should a vacancy n the Committee, occur in the interval between two meetings of the Council, the Committee shall have power to fill such vacancy from amongst the members of the Council and the members so appointed shall hold office till the next meeting of the Council.

The Functions of the Advisory Committee shall be as follows:- (1) To supervise the publication of the Annual Lists. (2) To draft business other than notions and amendments notified by

members and submit its recommendation thereon. (3) To obtain from Licensing and Statutory Bodies such information as

may be near any to facilitate the requirements of the Act. (4) To call for particulars of professional examinations and their results

and submit them to the Council annually with necessary comments thereon.

(5) To consider and forward to the Council reports on the visitation of examinations.

(6) To consider any other business referred to it by the Council. 5. The meetings of the Council shall be held at such times and places

as the President may direct. 6. Every meeting of the Council shall be presided over by the

President or in his absence by the Vice President Should the office of the President be vacant or should for any cause the President is unable to carry out any of the duties belonging to the office the Vice-President shall act for him. IN the absence of both the President, and the Vice-President from a meeting the members present shall elect a Chairman from among them-selves to preside at the meeting.

7. (i) If at the time appointed for a meeting or within 20minutes thereafter a quorum is not present the meeting shall stand adjourned to some future day to be appointed by the President. (ii) At least seven members shall be necessary to form a quorum at

any meeting of the Council. 8. Notice of a motion shall reach the Registrar at least 21days before

the date fixed for a meeting and a copy of such motions shall, if approved by the President; be sent by the Registrar to the address of each member at not less than 10 days before the date of the meeting.

9. Notice of an amendment shall reach the Registrar at least 10 days before the date fixed for meeting and a copy of such amendment shall, if approved by the President, be sent by him to the address of each member at least 4 days before the date of the meeting.

10. A roil book shall be kept by the Registrar in which reach member attending a meeting shall enter his name on the date of such attendance.

11. (i) The President may adjourn at any time any meeting or any business to any future day or to any hour of the same day. (ii) Whenever any meeting is adjourned to a future day, the


Registrar shall, if possible, send notice of the adjournment to each member , who was not present at such meeting.

(iii) When any meeting has been adjourned to a future day, the President may change such day to any other day, and the Registrar shall send written notice of the change to each member.

12. Every motion or amendment at a meeting shall be seconded; otherwise the motion or amendment shall drop.

13. (i) A member desiring to make any observation on any subject before the Council shall speak from his place , shall rise when he speaks and shall address the President.

(ii) At any time, if the President raises, any; member speaking shall immediately resume his seat.

14. No member shall be heard except upon business then regularly before the Council or by permission of the President, specially obtained in personal explanation in connection with a previous debate.

15. No speech shall exceed 10 minutes in duration provided that the mover of a motion, when moving the same may speak for 15 minutes.

16. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, amendments arising in the course of any motion may be put to the meeting with the consent of the members present.

17. Amendments having merely the effect of a negative vote shall not be moved.

18. Where identical notions stand in the names of two or more members , the president shall decide whose notion shall be moved, and the other motions shall thereupon be deemed withdrawn.

19. (i) When any member has made a motion other members may speak on it in such order as the President may direct: Provided that the seconder of a motion may , with the permission of the President, reserve his remarks and may speak at any period of the debate.

(ii) After all the members have had an opportunity of speaking, the mover may speak once by way of reply, his speech being limited to 5 minutes.

(iii) No members other than the mover shall speak more than once n any motion except, with the permission of the President, for the purpose of making an explanation.

(iv) A member who has spoken upon a motion may speak again upon any amendment thereof afterwards moved.

20. A motion or an amendment shall be recorded in writing if so desired by the Chair.

21. No motion or amendment shall be withdrawn after having been rend from the Chair, or read by the authority of the Chair, without the permission of the Council.

22. (i) Every matter to be determined by the Council shall take the form


of a motion by a member to be put to the Council by the President and decided by a majority of votes, the President having, in the case of equality of votes, a second or casting vote.

(ii) Votes may be taken by voices, by show of hands or by division if division.”

(iii) The President shall determine the method of the taking votes by division.

23. If any motion made involves more than one point , the President may at his discretion divide it so that each point may be determined separately.

24. All amendments with regard to any proposal shall be moved and noted. Voting shall be taken on each amendment after all have been properly proposed an seconded and if necessary discussed, the amendments to be taken in the order approved by the President.

25. If and when all the amendments have been negative, the original motion shall be put to vote.

26. If any amendment be carried, the original motion so amended shall be regarded as a substantive motion and amendments to such motion may then be moved.

27. When a motion is under debate, no further proposal shall be received except one of the following:-

(i) An amendment, namely:- “ That the motion be amended as follows:-“ (ii) The postponement of the question, namely:- “ That the consideration of the motion be postponed” (iii) The adjournment of the debate, namely:- “That the debate on the motion be now adjourned.” (iv) The adjournment of the Council namely:-

“That the Council does now adjourn.” (v) The pervious question regarding the motion , namely:- “That the Council instead of proceeding to deal with the motion do pass to the next item on the programmed of business.” 28. When the amendment is under debate, no further proposal shall be

received except one of the following :- (i) The adjournment of the debate on the amendment, namely:-

“That the debate on the amendment be now adjourned.” (ii) The adjournment of the Council, namely:-

“That the Council does now adjourn.” (iii) The closure of the debate on the amendment , namely:-

“That the Council, do now proceed to vote on the amendment.” 29. The proposal for the postponement of the question may specify a

date for the further consideration of the question or may be to the effect that the postponement be made sine die.

30. If the proposal for the adjournment of the debate to carry out the Council shall pass to the next item on the programmed business and the debate shall be recommend at eh next ordinary meeting of


the Council. The proposal of the adjournment shall on resumption of the debate, be entitled to speak first.

31. If the proposal for the adjournment of the Council be carried the question under debate shall be dropped from the programmed of business.

32. On the proposal for the adjournment of the Council be carried, the question under debate shall b shopped from the programmer of business.

33. The proposal for the closure shall be made and seconded without debate and shall, unless the President or Chairman, as the case may be, shall role otherwise, be put forthwith. In the event of the proposal being carried out , the motion or amendment under debate shall be at once voted on by the Council.

34. The proposal for the previous question shall be made, and seconded without debate, and shall be put forthwith. In the event of the proposal being carried, the emotion or amendment to which it applied shall be dropped from the programmer of the business.

35. Any motion standing over from the previous day shall take precedence of new matter unless the Council shall otherwise determine.

36. (a) When for the purpose of explanation during discussion or for any other sufficient reason, any member has occasion to ask a question of another member relating to the business before the Council be shall ask the question through the President.

(b) When a resolution or any amendment has been defeated no resolution or amendment raising substantially the same question shall be moved within a period of eleven months, provided that with permission of the President such resolution or amendment may be brought up again before the Council after the expiry of five months but that it shall not be moved except with the approval of a majority of three fourths of the members present.

II. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS 37. The proceedings of the meeting of the Council shall be preserved in

the form of printed minutes, authenticated after confirmation, by the signature of the President or the Chairman as the case may be.

38. A copy of the minutes of each meeting shall be sent to each member within 30 days of the meeting and a precise of the minutes of each meeting shall also be send by the President to the Press.

39. Such motions and amendments as have been moved and adopted or negatives at any meeting together with the names of the mover and the secondary shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The minutes shall not record any comment or observation made by any member at the meeting.

40. The minutes shall be taken as read, provided that any member may move that a certain minutes be read with a view to such correction


therein or addition thereto as may be found necessary. 41. When a new or amended regulation is adopted by the Council a

formal statement shall be placed on the minutes regarding the effect of the new amended regulations upon previous regulations on the same subject.

42. After the close of any session of the Council a complete copy of the confirmed minutes of each session shall be sent to each member.

43. The minutes of t Council, after final revision shall be kept in order that as soon as convenient after the session they may be made up in sheets and consecutively paged for insertion in the yearly volume.

44. The Council shall appoint a Registrar and such other officers or servants as it may deem necessary who shall receive such salaries or honorarium as the Council may decide from time to time.

45. The duties of the Registrar shall be as required of him by the Punjab Nurses Registration Act and the rules and regulations framed there under. He shall be responsible to conduct all correspondence connected with the functions and activities of the Council, to keep accounts and record proceedings.

46. The duties of the clerks and other servants of the Council shall be as such as shall be assigned to them by the Registrar under the direction of the President.

47. The council may delegate powers to the President to appoint officials below the rank of Registrar on the scale of pay or allowance sanctioned by the Council for the posts.

48. The Council may delegate powers to the President to on age temporary establishment to dope with the work in times of emergency. The action taken by the President shall be reported to the Council for confirmation at its next meeting.

49. The Registrar and all other members of establishment of the Council will be governed by Fundamental Rules and subsidiary rules framed by the State Government there under for the purposes of leave admissible to them.

50. The President shall be competent to grant leave of absence to the Registrar and other members of the establishment of the Council office. The President shall report grant of leave to the Registrar and the arrangement made for his work for confirmation to the Council at its next meeting.

51. The Registration shall be competent to grant casual leave not exceeding 10 days at a time to the members of office establishment of the Council .

52. The President shall be competent to take such disciplinary action as he may deem necessary including with holding of increments, suspension removal of dismissal against all members of the office establishment of the Council below the rank of Registrar. An appeal against his decision shall lie with Council. No appeal shall lie


against the decision of the Council. 53. The President shall report to the Council all natters for disciplinary

action against the Registrar fro their decision. No appeal shall lie against the decision of the Council.

54. The President and the Registrar shall be joint treasurers and all drafts and receipts, etc, shall be signed by them both.

55. All payments and contributions shall be made to transfers and all drafts and receipts, etc, shall be signed by the joint treasurers, the President or the Registrar.

56. 57[The traveling expresses of the member shall be paid in accord came with the provisions of the indumenta Rules and the non official members shall be erected as office of grade (VII)]

57. 58[A tee of Rs. 16 shall be paid to each member who attends a meeting of the Council or of a Sub-Committee.]

Custody of the Seal 58. The real shall be into her custody of the Registrar and shall be attitude on each Registration Certificate issued under the Act.

57 Subs. Vide Punjab Government notification No. 4937-M-41/5024 dated the 13th October , 1941 58 Subs.- vide Punjab Government notification No. 614-52-HB – 52/11-


THE PUNJAB NURSES REGISTRATION COUNCIL (RECONSTITUTION AND REORGANIZATION ORDER, 1971) CONTENTS Sections

1. Short little and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Dissolution of the existing council and constitution of separate Nurse

Registration Councils for the States of Punjab and Haryana. 4. Power of Nurses Registration Council In the transferred territory and the

Union territory of Chandigarh to be exercised by the Government of Himachal Pradesh and the Administrator of Chandigarh. Respectively.

5. Appointment of registrars. 6. Allocation of Staff. 7. Provision regarding register. 8. Recovery of outstanding fees and other dues. 9. Division of Cash Balance of the Existing Council. 10. Residuary Provision. 11. Legal Proceedings. 12. Contracts. 13. Transfer of certain Proceedings Pending before the Existing Council. 14. Holding f Examinations. 15. Saving. 16. Adaptations and Modifications in the Act. 1. Short tube and commencement---(1) This order may be called the Punjab

Nurses Registration Council (Reconstitution and Reorganization) Order 1971.

2. It shall come into force on the Ist day of May, 1971. 3. Definitions:---(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires:-- (a) “Act” means the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 (Punjab Act 1 of

1932). (b) “appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Order: (c) “ Existing Council” means the date of commencement of this order:

constituted under the Act and functioning and operation immediately before the Ist day of November 1966;

(d) “Haryana Council” means that Haryana Nurses Registration Council constituted under the Act as from the appointed day, for the State of Haryana.

(e) “ Punjab Council” means the Punjab Nurses Registration Council constituted under the Act , as from the appointed day, for the State of Punjab;

(f) “successor Council” in relation to the existing Council means the Punjab Council, the Haryana Council or the Government of Himachal Pradesh functioning as the Council in relation to the Transferred territory, and the Administrator of t Union territory of Chandigarh functioning as the Council under the Act in relation to that Union territory.

(g) “transferred territory” means the territory forming part of the State of


Himachal Pradesh by virtue of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganization Act, 1966 (31 of 1966) read with section 3 of the State of Himachal Pradesh Act, 1970. (53 of 1970).

(2) All other words and expressions used herein but not defined in this Order shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act.

(3) Dissolution of the existing council and constitution of separate Nurses Registration Counsels for the States of Punjab and Haryana—As from the appointed day.

(a) the existing Council shall stand dissolved and the members there of shall vacate their offices:

(b) the Government of Punjab shall constitute a Nurses Registration Council for the State of Punjab in the manner, specified in clause (2) of section 3A of the Act:

(c) the Government of Haryana shall constitute a Nurses Registration Council for the State of Haryana in the manner specified in clause (3) of section 3A of the Act;

(d) the members of the Nurses Registration Council constituted under clause (b) or clause (c) shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 of the Act, hold office for a period of five years from the appointed day or until such time as the said Council is duly constituted under section 3 of the Act, whichever in earlier; and 3-8] The Punjab Nurses Registration Council (Reconstitution and Reorganization Order, 1971.

(e) The Vice-President of the Nurses Registration Councils cons transferred territory and the Union territory of Chandigarh immecontained in sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Act, be nominated from amongst the members 6 the Nurses, Registration Council by the Government of the State for which the said Council has been constituted.

4. Powers of Nurses Registration Council in the transferred territory and the Union territory of Chandigarh to be exercised by the Government of Himachal Pradesh and the Administration of Chandigarh Respectively – Until such time as a Nurses Registration Council is duly constituted under section 3 of the Act for the transferred territory and the Union territory of Chandigarh, the Government of Himachal Pradesh and the Administrator of the Union territory of Chandigarh shall, in the transferred territory and the Union territory. Respectively, exercise the powers and perform the functions of the said Council under the Act. 5. Appointment of Registrars.—(1) The Registrar of the existing Council, holding office immediately before the appointed day shall as from that day , be deemed to have been appointed as the Registrar of the Punjab Council and the terms and conditions of service applicable to him immediately before that day, until they are varied by a competent authority under the Act. (2) Until a Registrar is duly appointed by the Haryana Council under section 10 of the Act , the Government of Haryana shall appoint a Registrar for the said Council on such terms and conditions as it deem fit. 6. Allocation f Staff—The Staff of the existiong Council holding office


immediately before the appointed day, shall as from that day, be deemed to have been allotted to serve under the Punjab Council on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to them immediately before that day, until such terms and conditions are varied by competent authority under the Act; Provided that the conditions of service applicable to any such officer or other employee immediately before the appointed day shall not be varid to his disadvantage except with the previous approval of the Government of Punjab.

7. Provision regarding register—The register duly maintained under the Act and in force immediately before the appointed day, shall be deemed to be the register for each of the States of Punjab and Haryana, for the transferred territory and for the Union territory of Chandigarh and accordingly the names of nurses health visitors and midwives shall without further fee or charge, be continued on each such register for a period of six months from the appointed day and thereafter, on the register of any of the said States or territory in which the registered person desires to continue his or her registration.

Provided that such registration shall continue for the period for which it was made until the register is duly amended or until the name is duly removed under the Act.

8. Recovery of outstanding fees and other dues.—All fees and other dues payable to the existing Council under the Act, up to the appointed day shall.---

(a) If the dues are payable by a person ordinarily residing in the area of any successor Council, be recovered by that Council; and

(b) In any other case, be recovered by the Punjab Council. 9. Division of Cash Balance f the Existing Council.----- The cash balance

hold by the existing Council immediately before the appointed day, shall after deduction fall the liabilities of that Council up to that day, be apportioned among the successor Council in proportion to the number of registered nurses , health visitors and midwives, ordinarily residing in the area of each successor Council.

10. Residuary Provision.--- Any other assists or liabilities of the existing Council immediately before the appointed day, not expressly herein before provided for, shall be apportioned in the manner indicated in paragraph 9.

11. Legal Proceedings Where immediately before the appointed day, the existing Council, is a party to any legal proceedings instituted in any Court, by or against any registered or other person, the successor Council within whose area such registered or other person is ordinarily residing, shall be deemed to be substituted for the existing Council as a party to those proceedings, and the proceedings may continue accordingly.

12. Controls. Where immediately before the appointed day, the existing Council its made any council has made any contained which on that date is subsisting such contract shall be deemed to have been made.

(a) If the purpose of the contract are from the appointed day exclusively relatable to the area of any successor Council by the Council;


(b) In any other case , by the Punjab Council:--- And all rights or liabilities which have accrued or may accrue under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they would have been the rights or liabilities of the existing Council, be the rights or liabilities of the appropriate successor Council. 13. Transfer of certain Proceedings Pending Inform the Existing Council---- Any proceedings relation to any registered or other person, which are pending immediately before the appointed day before the existing council shall on that day stand transferred to that successor Council with whose area such registered or other person is ordinarily residing for deposal according to law.

14. Holding the Examinations. – Until the other successor Council intimate to the Punjab Council that the former have made arrangements for holding the qualifying examinations, which , immediately before the appointed day, where being held by the existing Council, the Punjab Council shall allow the students from the State of Haryana, the Union territory of Chandigarh and the transferred territory, to appear for the qualifying examinations filed by the Punjab council and the fees received from such students shall be paid to the Punjab Council.

15. Saving --- All rules and regulations framed in respect of or by the existing council, shall until other provision is made under the Act in respect of the relent successor council, be deemed to the rules and regulations framed in respect of or by that Council, and shall continue to apply to them mutates mutandis.

16. Adaptations and Modifications in the Act, --- As from the appointed day, the fact shall, until altered, repealed or amended by the competent legislature, have effete in h States of Punjab and Haryana, the transferred territory and the Union territory of Chandigarh; subject to the adaptations and modifications specified in the Schedule annexed hereto,

Note – Amendments incorporated in the Act.


Punjab Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY Published by Authority

CHANDIGARH TUESDAY MAY 3, 1977 (Vaisakha 13, 1899 Saka)

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS Part I Part II Part III Part IV

Acts 1. The Punjab medical Council, Punjab Nurses

Registration Council, Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab and Council of Homeopathic system of medicine, Punjab (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (Punjab Act No 6 of 1977)

Ordinances

Nill

Delegated Legislation

Nill Corrction Slips, Republications and Replacements.

Nill.

PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), MAY 3, 1977 (VYSK, 13, 1899 SAKA)

Part I

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 3rd May, 1977

No. 8. leg. 77—The following Act of the legislature


of the State Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 20th 1. 19 , and is hereby published for general information:-

Punjab Act No. 6 of 1977 THE PUNJAB MEDICAL COUNCIL, PUNJAB NURSES REGISTRATION COUNCIL BOARD OF AYURVEDIC AND UNANI SYSTEMS OF MEDICINE PUNJAB AND COUNCIL OF HOMEEOPATHIC SYSTEM OF MEDICINE PUJAB MISCLLIANEOUS PROVISIONS ACT, 1977.

AN ACT

Provide for the term of office of the Registrar and other employees, to fix the headquarters, and to provide for the emergency powers of the Chairman of the part in Medical Council, the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, the Board of Ayurvedic and United Systems for Medicine, Punjab and the Council of Homeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Twenty-eighth ear of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Medical Council, Punjab Short tide and Nurses Registration Council, Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of commencement. (Miscellaneous Provisions)Act. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th January, 1977.

2. In this Act, unless there is anything, repugnant in the subject or Definitions. Context:- (a) “Board” means the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab , established and co; statute under the Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963. (b)“ Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board of

stems of Medicine, Punjab of the Chairman of the Council of Medicine, Punjab and includes the President of the Punjab

resident of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council (c)“Council” means the Punjab Medical Council established under the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916, the Punjab Nurses Registration Council established under the Punjab Nurses Registration Act 1932, or the Council of Homeopathic System of Medicine, Punjab established and constituted under the Punjab Homeopathic Practitioners


Term of office of the Registrar and other employees. Headquarters of the Council or the Board. Emergency vowels of the Chairman Overriding effect Repeat and Saving.

Act. 1965; and. (d)“ Registrar” means the Registrar of the Punjab Medical Council , the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, the Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine or the Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine Punjab. 3. Save with the prior approval of the State Government, no

yee of the Council or the Board , as the case may be, shall day of the month in which he attains the age of fifty-eight erannuation as may, from time to time, be fixed by the State

ployees and every such Registrar or other employee holding mencement , if he has attained the age of fifty-eight years on ement.

4. The headquarters of the Council or the Board shall be at Chandigarh or such other place as may be fixed in this behalf by the State Government in each case. 5. (1) In any emergency arising out of the business of the Council or the Board, as the case may be which in the opinion of the Chairman, requires immediate action, the Chairman shall take such action as he deems necessary and shall, thereafter report he action to be Council or the Board, as the case may be a its next meeting. Every such action shall, for all intents and purposes, be deemed to be; action taken by the Council or the Board, as the case may be. (2) If any question arises whether or not a particular saturations of emergency warranting action under sub-section (1) the decision of the Chairman shall be final. 6. The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916, the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932, the Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1936, and the Punjab Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965, or any rule, regulation or bye-law framed under any of these Acts. 7. (1) The Punjab Medical Council, Punjab Nurses Registration Council, Board of Ayurvedic and Unani Systems of Medicine, Punjab and Council of Homoeopathic System of Medicine Punjab (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1976, ( Punjab Ordinance No. 1 of 1977) is hereby repealed. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, any thing done or any action taken under the principal Act as emended by th said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been or taken principal Act as amended by this Act.

S.S.K. KALHA,


Secretary to Government , Punjab, Legislative Department.

Eligibility for Admission to examination ; A candidate shall be eligible for admission to the examination if the Head of School Certifies that :- (a) She has completed not less than 11 months courses and her total performance has been satisfactory during that period. (b) She has attended 75 per cent of formal instructions given on each subject and 75 per cent of field experience during the year. However field experience must be completed before final examination. Diploma shall be awarded only after the Students has completed the field experience requirements.

(c) Record of Practical experience is to be completed. (d) Head of School sends internal assessment makes of

each subject and Practical to the Council at least 15 days before the start of examination.

6. Supplementary examination: Council shall conduct supplementary examination after Six months of annual examination.

(a) If a student fails in one theory paper/Practical she may be promoted to the next year of study shall sit for the supplementary examination held subsequently in failed subject.

(b) If student fails in two or more papers, she shall repeat the whole year.

(c) A Student shall be allowed to sit one annual and two supplementary examinations in each year of her training.

PART II MULTIPURPOS HEALTH WORKERS (FEMALE) COURSE. 1. Duration of Course. 1 ½ Years 2. Eligibility for the Course. (i) Age for admission shall be 16 to 35 years. (ii) Minimum qualification for admission shall be Matriculation with 50 per cent of marks in aggregate with science subjects, i.e. , physics, Chemistry and Biology and Punjabi up to Metric standard.

(iii) Candidate should be medically fit. (iv)


[Extra from the Punjab Government Gazette (Extra.), dated the 27the June, 1991]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (HEALTH V BRANCH)

Notification The 27th June, 1991

No. 15/41/90-1HBV/17607—In suppression of Punjab Nonfiction No. 1/20/83-1HBV/ 1158, dated 9th January, 1984 published in Punjab Government Gazette, dated 12th January, 1984, the following Bye-Laws made by the Punjab Nurses Registration Council, Chandigarh, in exercise of powers conferred by Section 18 of the Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 having been confirmed by the President of India as required by Section 19 of the said Act, are Published for general information:--

BYE LAWS ( Part I) 1. Name of Course “A” Grade General Nursing & Midwifery. 2. Duration 3 Years For A.N. Ms. 2 Years For Lady Health Visitors 1 ½ Years The Course shall start I September every year. 3. Eligibility for General Nursing & Midwifery Course: (A) For fresh Candidates: (i) Age Age for entrance shall be 17 to 35 years. (ii) Minimum Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications shall be 12 years of Schooling or its equivalent with 50% marks preferably with Science subjects, i.e. Physics, Chemistry & Biology not less than 50 per cent marks in aggregate and Punjabi up to Metric standard. (iii) The Candidates who qualify the entrance Test conducted by the Council shall be admitted to the Course. (iv) The Students should be medically fit. (B) For A.N.Ms and L.H.Vs: The selection of the Candidates for training shall be made by the Director, Health & Family welfare Punjab. No. age limit for Candidates applying through proper Channel which are already in services. 4. Syllabi:


Syllabus for the Course will be in accordance with the instructions issued by Indian Nursing Council from time to time. 5. Examinations:

The Students may write answers in English, Punjabi, or Hindi. There shall be three written, Oral and Practical examination at the end of each year as prescribed in the Syllabus prescribed by the India Nursing Council. For A.N. Ms undergoing General Nursing and Midwifery Course, there shall be three examinations:-- First examination after 6 months, Second examination after one year of passing first year examination and third examination after 6 months of passing second examination. The L.H. Vs. shall have two examinations:--- First examination after 6 months, Second examination after 1 year of passing first year examination and 3rd year examination shall be exempted. (a) (b) (c) (d) Copying from some paper/book note or any other method. (e) Any other undesirable.

5. Remuneration Remuneration for examiners shall be as follow:-

Setting up of Question paper Moderation of Question Paper Evaluation of Answer Books Practical examination MPHW (F) 1st Year Nursing student 2nd Year Nursing student 3rd Year Nursing student Examination Superintendent Invigilator

Rs. 50 Rs. 50 Rs. 2 per answer book Rs. 5 per student per subject Rs. 5 per student Rs. 5 per student

Rs. 5 per student Rs. 50 per day Rs. 30 per day


Class IV

Rs. 10 per day

6. Examination Fees: Examination fees for all

categories except dais Fee for detailed marks card Duplicate marks card Diploma fee Examination fee for dais Registration fee for dais Duplicate Certificate fee for Dais

Rs. 100 Rs. 10 Rs. 20 Rs. 20 Rs. 10 Rs. 10 Rs. 10

Examiner Remuneration: Rs. 2 per candidate shall be paid to the examiner. The examination forms with fee shall reach the Registrar by 20th July each year. Lat fee of Rs. 5 per candidate shall be charged till 31st July, there after Rs. 5 per day shall be charged up to 15 days before the date of examination. Thereafter no form shall be entertained. 7. Rechecking of Answer Books: A candidate shall be entitled on have answer book rechecked on payment of Rs. 25 per answer book, with in 30 days of the declaration of result. Rechecking will be, done only to verify whether marks awarded to various answers have been correctly added and if all answers have been assessed by the examiner. Re-evaluation of answer books can be allowed under some special specific circumstances with the permission of the president of the Council. 8. Declaration of Results: All candidates of General Nursing and Midwifery. Health Workers (F) examination must secure 50% marks in each subject for passing the examination.

PART III Health Assistant (Female) Training

1. Duration (ii) Syllabus (iii) Examination

6months As prescribed by Indian Nursing Council. After completion of training period.

Eligibility The A.N. Ms already in to service shall be selected by the Health & Family Welfare Department.


(iv) Failures: Student shall appear only in the subject/subjects failed. She shall be given 3 chances to appear and pass the subject/subjects in which she has failed after which she shall have to appear in all subjects.

PART IV

Dais Training: Training programmed of dais shall be as per Government instructions from time to time. Training shall be imparted in Primary Health Centre/Sub-Centers. Examinations: The examinations shall be conducted at each District Headquarters. The examination shall be conducted by L.H.Vs.

PART V Examination of Nurses, Midwife, M.P.H.W. (F) H.A. (F) and Dais.

1. Appointment of Examiners. 50 percent examiners for General Nursing and Midwifery Course shall be from the Punjab State & 50 percent from outside the State of Punjab. All formalities regarding conduct of examination shall be completed by the Registrar. 2. Qualifications of Examiners: Examiner should have at least 5 years experience in teaching in the subject for which she is appointed as an examiner. In exceptional cases any person, who have been teaching but has left teaching knotless than 3 years can be considered fro appointment as examiner. 3.Examination Superintendent and invigilators:

Examination Superintendent shall be Principal Tutor of the institution where examination is to be conducted. 4. Unfair Means: If during an examination, candidate adopts any of the unfair means listed below, the Supervisor/Invigilator will not on the answer books of the candidate when it is sent to the Registrar. The Registrar will submit such answer books along with Comments of Invigilator/supervisor to the Sub-Committee constituted by the Nursing Council for unfair means. The Sub-committee will conduct enquiry and recommend punishment which will be approved by the President of the Punjab Nurses Registration Council unfair means constitute:-

(a) Talking to any other candidate (b) Talking to a person inside or outside the


examination shall during the examination house without prior permission of invigilator/Supervisor.

(c) Copying from answer book of other candidate. 1. The number of students migrating/transferring to

from any nursing/training institution should not exceed the limit of 5% of annual intake.

2. Migration is to be done within 3 months of passing 1st examination of the Council.

3. The students from private institution will not be paid stipend by Government institution rather they will have to pay fees as laid down by institution where students shall be migrated.

10. Registration: Each candidate General Nurses, Midwife, Multipurpose Health Worker (F), Health Assistant and Dais on successful completion of the course shall be registered by this Council.

Registration fee as follows: Nurse

Midwife MPHW(F) H.A. (F)

.. Rs.200

.. Rs. 200

.. Rs. 200

.. Rs. 200 11. Issue of Diploma

Punjab Nurses Registration Council shall issue Diploma to the successful candidates of General Nursing and Midwife and MPHW (F) course. Rs. 20 shall be charged as diploma fee.

A.K. KUNDRA,

Secretary to Government, Punjab,

Health and Family Welfare Department.

786 CS (P)—Govt. Press, U.T. Chd.

Health Assistant (F) has to secure 40% marks in theory and 50% in Practicals. Grading for General Nursing and Midwifery examination: Distinction 80% and above. 1st Division 70% to 79.9% 2nd Division 60 to 69.9%


Pass 50% to 59.9% Grading for Health Worker (F) and H.A. (F) examination: Distinction 75% and above. 1st Division 70% to 74.9% 2nd Division 60% to 69.9% 3rd Division 50% to 50.9% A candidate who fails in one or more subjects shall be given grace marks up to 1% of the total aggregate marks, but not more than 5 marks in one subject. 9. Migration : A candidate must seek permission of Principal Tutors of her training school, and from the institution where she wants to be migrated. The Registrar shall issue migration form to the candidate to be filled in by the Principal Tutors of both institutions. Fee for migration shall be Rs. 50 Following instructions shall be followed for the purpose of migration:-

Punjab Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY Published by Authority

CHANDIGARH,TUESDAY, AGUST 19, 1997 (SRAVANA 28, 1919 SAKA) MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

(HEALTH –V BRANCH)

The 19th August, 1997

No. 15/4/89-1HB5/22654:- The Governor of Punjab is pleased to confirm the following , Punjab Nurses


1. Short title and commencement Section 12 (1) (i)

2. Definitions Section 12(1) (i)

Registration Council (Employees conditions of Services) Regulation, 1997 made by the Punjab Nurses Registration Council under section 12 of Punjab Nurses Registration, Act, 1932 to regulate the recruitment and general and common conditions of service of persons appointed as indicated at Appendix ‘A’

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Punjab Nurses Registration Council (Employees conditions of service) (Regulations).

2. (1) In the Regulations, unless there is

anything repugnant in the subject or context. (a) ‘Act’ means the Punjab Nurses Registration

Act, 1932 (Punjab Act NO. 1 of 1932). (b) ‘Appendix’ means an appendix appended to

these Regulations. (c) ‘Employees’ means an employee of the

Punjab Nurses Registration Council. (d) ‘Fixed deposit’ means deposit in an account

in any branch of the State Bank of India, State Bank of Patiala or any other Bank in India functioning as subsidiary to the State Bank of India r functioning under the supervisor or control of Reserve Bank of India.

(e) ‘Government’ means the Government of the State of Punjab in the department of Medical Education and Research.

(f) Interest means the interest accrued on the

balance at the credit of subscription to provident fund calculated as if such balance were a deposit in the saving Bank .

(g) 1‘ Service’ means service of the Council. (h) ‘Salary’ means monthly salary and includes special

pay, if any, but does not include traveling allowance, conveyance allowance or other such allowances.

(i) ‘Saving Bank’ means the Post Office Saving Bank or the Saving Bank of any branch of the State Bank of India or its subsidiary.

(j) ‘Subscriber’ means an employee who is a subscriber to the provident fund.

(2) Words are expressions used in these Regulations but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to then


3. Nationality Domicile and Character of the Persons appointed to the service.

4. Disqualifications.

5. Age.

in the Act or in the Punjab General Clauses Act, 1898. (1) No candidate shall be appointed to the service unless he is :-- (a) A citizen of Indian, or (b) A subject Nepal , or (c) A subject of Bhutan, or (d) A Tibetan refugee who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962, with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) A person of Indian original who has migrated from Pakistan Burma, Sri-Lanka and East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda and Zanzibar with the intention of permanently setting in India: Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c) (d) and (e) shall be persons in whose favor a certificate of eligibility has been given by the Government of India: Provided further that if a candidate belongs to category (e) and a certificate of eligibility has been given to him as aforesaid he will be retained in service after One Year Subject to his having acquired Indian Citizenship. (2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary, may be admitted to an interview conducted by the Council and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the necessary certificate being given to him by the Government of India. (3) No person will be recruited to the service by direct appointment, unless the produces:-- (a) a certificate of character from the principal academic, Officer of the University College, School or institution Last attended If any, and similar certificate from two responsible person not being his close relative, who are well acquainted with him in his private life and are unconnected with his University, College, School or Institution.

No person:--

(a) Who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a spouse living or. (b) Who, having a spouse living, has entered into or contracted a marriage with any person; shall be eligible for appointment to the service;

Provided that the Government may, if satisfied that such marriage is permissible under the


6. Educational qualifications. 7. Probation.

personal law applicable to such person and the other party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing exempt any person from the operation of this regulation. (i) No person shall be recruited to the service by direct appointment if he is less than eighteen years of age is more than thirty-five years of age or is within such limits of age as may be specifically prescribed by Government from time to time in respect of its own employees.

Provided further that upper age limit may be relaxed up to 45 years for Punjab Government employees other State Governments or the Government of India:

Provided further that in the case of candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes and other Backward Classes the upper age limit shall be such as may be fixed by the Government from time to time. (ii) In the case of ex-servicemen, the upper age limit shall be such as has been prescribed in the Punjab Recruitment of Ex-servicemen Rules, 1982 as amended from time to time. (i) No person shall be recruited to post in the service by direct appointment unless he possess the qualifications mentioned in Appendix ‘A’ to these regulations for that post. (ii) No person shall be promoted to a post in the service unless he has an experience in the post from which he is to be promoted minimum period as shown in Appendix ‘A’. (1) A person appointed to a post in the service shall remain on probation for a period of two years if recruited by direct appointment and one year if appointed otherwise. Provided that:- (a) any period, after such appointment spent on

deputation o corresponding or a hither post shall count towards the period of probation.

(b) Any period of officiating appointment to a post in the service shall be reckoned as period spent on probation for that post but no person who has so officiated shall on the completion of the prescribed period of probation be on titled to be confirmed unless he is appointed


8. Seniority.

against a permanent vacancy; (c) Any period of officiating appointment to the

service shall be reckoned as period spent on probation ; and

(d) Any kind of leave not exceeding six months during or at the end of the period of probation shall be counted towards the period f probation.

(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the work or conduct of a person during the period of probation is not satisfactory, or if he had failed to pass the departmental examination, if any prescribed in the service rules within a period of not exceeding two and a half years from the date of appointment it may:- (a) If such person is recruited by direct appointment dispense with his service, or revert him to a post on which he held lien prior to his appointment to the service by direct appointment; and. (b) If such person is appointed otherwise:- (i) revert him to his former post; or (ii) deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of the pervious appointment permit; (iii) on the completion of the period of promotion of a person, the appointing authority may.- (a) if his work and conduct has in its opinion

been satisfactory. (i) confirm such person from the date of his

appointment or from the date he completes his period of probation satisfactorily if he is not already confirmed; or

(ii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily , if he is already conferment; or

(b) if his work or conduct has not been, in its opinion, satisfactory or if he has failed to pass the departmental examination, if any specified in these rules.

(i) dispense with his services, if appointed by direct recruitment or if appointed otherwise revert him to his former post, or deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment may permit; or


9. Liability to serve. 10. Leave & other matters: 11. Discipline, Penalty and Appeals:

(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter pass such orders as it could have passed on the expiry of the period of probation as specified in sub rule (1);

Provided that the total period of the probation including extension if any, shall not exceed three years. The seniority inter se of persons appointed to the post in each cadre of a service shall be determined by the length of continuous service on such post in that cadre of the Service: Provided that in the case of persons recruited by direct appointment that joins with in a period specified in the order of appointment of appointment or within such period as may be extended from time to time by the appointing authority subject a maximum of four months from the date of order of appointment by the competent authority. Provided further that in the case of two or more persons appointed on the same date the seniority, shall be determined as follows:-

(a) a person appointed by direct appointment shall be senior to a person appointed otherwise;

(b) a person appointed by promoting shall be senior to a person appointed by transfer;

(c) in the case of persons appointed by promotion or transfer , the seniority shall be determined according to t seniority of such persons in the appointments from which they were promoted or transferred ; and

(d) in case of persons appointed by transfer from different cadres, their seniority shall be determined according to pay, preference, being given to a person who was drawing a higher rate of pay in his previous appointment and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same the ten by their length of service in the these appointment and if the length of the service is also the same, and older person shall be senior to a


12. Liability for vaccination & revaccination: 13. Oath of allegiance: 14. Provident Fund: 15. Benefit of Medical reimbursement: 16. Gratuity: 17. Knowledge of Punjabi.

young person. Note ; Seniority of persons appointed on purely provisional basis or on ad hog basis shall be determined as and when they are regularly appointed keeping in view the dates of such regular appointments. A member of a service shall be liable to serve at any place within the State of Punjab on being ordered so to do by the appointing authority.

In respect of leave and all other matters not expressly provided for in these regulations, a member of a Service shall be governed by such rules and regulations as may have been or may thereafter be adopted or made by the competent authority. The President shall be competent to take such disciplinary action as he may deem necessary including with holding increments suspension, removal or dismissal against all members of offices establishment of the Council below the rank of Registrar. An appeal against such decision of the Council lies with the Government. (ii) The President shall report to the Council all

matters for disciplinary action against the registrar fro their decision. Appeal shall lie with the Government against the decision of the Council.

Every member of Service shall get himself vaccinated or re-vaccinated when the Council so directs by a special or general order. Every member of a Service unless he has already done so, shall be required to take oath of allegiance to India and to the Constitution of India as by law established.

The employees shall be required to subscribe towards the provident fund in accordance with contributory provident fund regulation of the Council specified in Appendix ‘B’ to these regulations. The employees shall be entitled to such benefits of the medical reimbursement of all the medical expenses incurred by them or themselves or any other member of their family as may be admissible employees of the Punjab Government. Every employee shall be entitled to gratuity as per Government instructions on the subject issued from time to


18. Debarring for consideration for promotion of a employee who refuses to accept promotion. 19. Compensatory allowance. 20. Other Benefits. 21. Retirement Age. 22. Traveling

time. Provided that if an employee who is a subscriber to the fund dies while in service his family shall be paid as gratuity such sum as shall when added to the amount of contribution made by the Council towards his provident fund and the interest thereon be equal to— (a) two months emoluments of the employee, if his death occurs during the first years. (b) Six month’s emolument of the employees, if his death occurs during one year’s service, but before the completion of five years service. (c) Twelve months emoluments of the employee if his death occurs after five years service. Note: The term ‘emolument’ for the purpose of these regulations means emoluments as defined in rule 6.19 (a) of C.S.R. Volume II. Note 2: The term ‘Family for the regulations means---

(a) in case of male employee, the wife and

children of such employee and widow or widows and children of the deceased son of the employee.

(b) In case of female employee the husband and the children of such employee.

No person shall be appointed to any past in any service by direct appointment unless he possesses knowledge of Punjabi Language of Matriculation standard or its equivalent: Provided that where a person is appointed on compassionate grounds on priority basis under the instructions issued in this behalf by the Government, the persons so appointed will have to acquire knowledge of Punjabi language of Matriculation standard or will have to qualify a test conducted by the language wing of the Department of Education of the Punjab Government within six months from the date of appointment. Provided further that where educations qualifications for a post in any service are lower than matriculation then knowledge of Punjabi language shall be lowered


allowance and daily allowance. 23. Assignment of duties. 24. Allotment of residential accommodation to the Staff. 25. Performance of journey by Registrar. 26. Power to relax. 27. Interpretation.

accordingly. In the event of refusal of accept in the event of refusal to accept a promotion by a member of the service, he shall be debarred by the appointing authority from consideration for promotion fro all the consecutive chances may occur in future within a period of two years from the date of two years from the date of such refusal to accept such promotion provided in that case where the appointing authority is satisfied if member of a service has refused to accept the promotion under the circumstances beyond his control it may exempt such a member for reasons to be recorded therefore in writing from the operation of this rule. The Council shall pay compensatory allowance to its employee at the rates at which it is admissible to Punjab Government employees of the same status. The employees shall also be entitled to such other benefits as may be sanctioned by the Punjab Government to its employees from time to in addition to the above. The members of the Service shall retire on reaching the age of fifty eight years provided that the council shall be competent to retire any employee on attaining the age of fifty five years by giving three months Notice:- Provided that the Council may retire an employee early if he is reported by the Civil Surgeon to be Medically unfit: Provided further that an employee can seek premature retirement in accordance with the policy of the Punjab Govt. framed for its employees from time to time. For Journey undertaken by the employees in connection with the affairs of the Council within or outside the state of Punjab with the permission of the Registrar. As the case may be , the employees will be paid traveling allowance and daily allowance in accordance with such rules as may be applicable to Punjab Govt. employees of the same status. The duties of the staff shall be assigned by the Registrar.


The employees may be allowed by the Council such residential quarters as may be available according to their status on payment of such rents as are prescribed by the Govt. for its employee. In the alternative the employees will be paid house rent allowance at the rates admissible to the Govt. employees. No journey within or outside the State of Punjab shall be undertaken by he Registrar without the previous approval of the President of the Council. Where Government is of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient as to do, it may, by order for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any of the provision of these regulations with respect to any class or category of persons. If any question arises as to the interpretation of any of the provisions of these Regulations, if shall be referred to the Government for decision.

K. K. BHATNAGAR,Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh.

APPENDIX ‘A’

See Regulation 8 and 12 Sr. No.

Designation

No. of posts

Scale of pay

By promotion Mode of

Recruitment.

By direct

Bye transfer

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Registrar One 3000-

100-400-125-4500

Diploma in teaching and Administration Degree in B. Sc Nursing with 10 years experience in


teaching and administration preference will be given to those who hold higher professional qualification and Degree in law.

2. Superintendent

One 2200-50-2400-60-2700-75-3000-100-4000

8 years experience as Sr. Assistant/ Accountant having passed Assistant Grade Examination

Having 10 years experience as Sr. Assistant in any Punjab Govt. Office.

3. Accountant

One 1800-40-2000-50-2400-60-2700-75-3000-100-3200

5 years experience as steno-typist/Clerk and having passed Assistant Grade Exam conducted by subordinate services selection Board Government of Punjab

4. Sr. Assistant

Three --Do- ---Do-- Having three years experience as Sr. Assistant Grade Examination.

5. Steno Typist

One 1025-25-1200-30-1560-40-1800

75% promotion from clerks who qualify in the test in

25% by direct appointment from Matriculation 2nd Division


steno-grapy held by the Council.

or intermediate or Grauduate having speed in shorthand of 80 W.P.M. and transcription of the same with the speed of 15 WPM and Punjabi upto Matric Standard.

6. Clerks Four 950-25-1200-30-1560-40-1800

100% by direct appointment (i) Matriculation 2nd Division (ii) Intermediate (iii) Graduate of recognized University/ Board & Punjabi up to Metric Standard

7. Dafter One 750-20-950- 25-1200-30-1350- Plus Rs. 40- as special pay

(i) Middle Pass (ii) Must have knowledge of book binding or by promotion from amongst peons/chowkidar

8. Peons Two 750-20-950-25-1200-30-1350

May be able to read and write Punjabi fluently

9. Chowkidar

One ---Do--- ---D0---


APPENDIX ‘B’ (See Regulation 16)

Council’s Provident Fund Regulations Employees who shall Contribute to the Provident fund. Recovery of Subscription. Council’s Contributions to the provident fund. Ledger account of subscriptions.

(1) A provident fund to be called the Punjab Nurses Registration Council employees contributory provident fund (hereinafter referred as ‘Fund’) shall be established fro the benefit of the officers and employees of the Council, Every person appointed to any post in the service shall be required to subscribed to the Council’s provident fund at the rate of ten percent of his salary.

(2) (i) Every subscription to the fund shall be recovered by means of a deduction of the amount of such subscription from salary bill of each subscriber every month.

Provided that in calculating the deduction to be made fraction of a rupee of salary shall be disregarded.

(ii) A subscriber may, at his option, not subscribe during leave.

(3) The Council shall contribute to the fund of each subscriber an amount equal to the amount of his subscription:

Provided that:-- (a) If a subscriber who is required or permitted to

subscribe to the fund for the first time on or after enforcement of these Regulations resigns from the service of the Council before the completion of five years service, except on account of illness or any other cause which the Council may consider to be sufficient, he shall be entitled to only half the contribution made to his provident fund by the Council and interest thereon, and if such a subscriber so resigns before the completion of two years service except on account of illness or such other cause as aforesaid, he shall not be entitled to get any contribution made to his fund by the Council or interest thereon.

(b) If a subscriber is dismissed from the service of the Council, the Council may hold the whole or any part of the contribution made to his provident fund by the Council and the interest thereon.

(4) I. An account shall be opened in the name of each sub scriber in Form P.F.I. in which it shall be credited:--

(a) Subscription by the Subscriber; (b) Contribution made by the Council; and


Payment of subscriptions and Contributions to be made monthly to the saving bank. Mode of payment of subscriptions: Subscriptions: General Regulations of withdrawals: Advances:

(c) Interest. II. The Amount of interest accrued on the balance at the credit of a subscriber shall be calculated at the end of the year and when the account is closed during the course of a year, the interest for the period falling in that year shall be calculated to the nearest paisa of the lowest balance, excluding fractions of a rupee, between the close of the fourth day and the last day of each month of that year.

III. At the end of each year, the Council shall furnish to each subscriber with a statement in form No. P.F.2 appended to these Regulations, showing the peace at the credit at eh beginning of the year, the amounts added there the year and the balance at eh credit of his account at the end of the year.

(5) The Council shall open an account to be called the Punjab Nurses Registration Council employees provident fund account with the saving bank and so soon as may be at the beginning of each month and if possible, before the fourth day of each month, shall pay into such account, the amount of all subscriptions recovered under provisions of Regulation 2 and of the contributions payable under provisions of Regulation 3.

(6) Before a cheque is drawn for payment of subscriptions and contributions bill shall be prepared on the Council’s Voucher form and submitted with the relevant salary and establishment bill for signatures to the authorized Officer of the subscriptions and contributions on a single bill by means of a single cheque.

(7) All cheques under the provisions of the Regulation 6 shall be drawn in aver of the subscriber.

(8) No sum shall be withdrawn from the fund account with the saving bank except;

(a) Under the provisions of Regulation 9: (b) Under shall the provisions of Regulation 14:

(9) A temporary advance may be granted to a subscriber from the amount standing to his credit in the fund at the discretion f the Council, subject to the following condition:-

(a) No advance shall be granted unless the Council is satisfied that the applicant is pecuniary circumstances justify it, and that it will be expended n the following object or object and not otherwise.


Recovery of Advance Advance to be recorded in provident fund ledger: Nominations:

i. To pay expenses in connection with the prolonged illness of the subscriber or any member of his family; or

ii. To pay expenses in connection with marriage, funerals or other ceremonies of persons actually dependent on the subscriber which according to the religious customary or other special practices governing him, it is incumbent upon him to perform.

Note : Family for the purpose of this Regulation means:- (a) In the case of a male subscriber, his wife and

children and the widow or widows and children of his deceased son, if any;

(b) In the case of a female subscriber, her husband and children and the widow or widows and children of her deceased son, if any.

(c) An advance shall not, except for special reasons to be recorded in writing by the sanctioning authority, exceed six months pay of the subscriber and shall in no case exceed the amount of subscriptions of the subscriber and interest thereon standing to his credit in the fund.

(10) (i) The amount of advance shall be recovered from the subscriber in such number of equal monthly installments as the Council may direct, but such number shall not be less than twelve unless the subscriber so elects and more than twenty four.

(ii)Recovery shall be made in the manner prescribed in Regulation 2 for the realization of subscriptions and shall commence with the issue of pay for the month following that in which the advance was drawn.

(11) The amount of the advance shall be recorded in column 5 of the provident fund ledger and a note shall be made in column 8 as regard the number of installments by which the advance is recoverable. Each month the amount of advance repaid shall b shown as recovered in red ink in column 2 of the ledger and in column 7 shall be entered the amount of the balance of the advance outstanding . The amount of interest lost on the monthly outstanding balance shall be recovered from the subscriber in the month following that in which the last installment of the advance is recovered which shall be added to


Closing of Account: Withdrawals: Closing of Account:

interest calculated on the monthly balance shown in the column 6 at the end of the year.

(12) 1. A subscriber shall at the time of joining the fund, make a nomination conferring on one or more persons the right to receive the amount that may stand to his credit in the fund, in the event of his death before that amount has become or having become payable has not been paid. Provided that, if at the time of making nomination the subscriber has a family, the nomination shall not be in flavor of any person other than the members of his family.

2. If subscribers nominate more than one person under clause (i) he shall specify in the nomination, the share payable to each of the nominees in such manner as to cover the whole of the amount that may stand to his credit in the fund any time. 3. A subscriber may at any time causal a nomination by sending a notice in writing provided that the subscriber shall, along with such notices send a fresh nomination made in accordance with the provisions f clause (1) (2)

(13) When la subscriber dies, the amount shown to the credit of his account in column 4 of the provident fund ledger plus interest accrued to date shall be withdrawn from the saving Bank and payment of such account shall be made:- (a) to the nominee. (b) If there is no nomination, to his legal heirs’ posthumous child shall be considered to be a member of his family at the time of his death and if born alive shall be treated in the same way as surviving child born before the subscribers’ death.

Note No. 1. In case a posthumous child is expected by it is not already born when the case is taken up by the disbursing officer, this shall be brought to the notice of the disbursing, Officer by the other legal heirs of the subscriber and the amount which will bedew to the child in the event f his being born alive shall be rationalized by the disbursing officer and the balance distributed in the normally way under the Regulation. If the child is born alive, payment of the mount retained shall be made as in the case of a minor child, but if no child is born or the child is still born, the amount retained shall be distributed among the members of the family in accordance with the Regulation. (14) Subject to the provisions of Regulation 3 , when a subscriber consist to be an employee, the amount shown at


Recovery of Arrears: Time limit within which withdrawals to be made:

the credit of his account in column 4 of the provident ledger plus interest accrued to date shall be withdrawn and paid to him: Provided that if he is permanently transferred to the services of another local body watch maintains a provident fund or when having keen transferred temporarily form the service of another local body he reverts to such service, the amount withdrawn shall be paid to such another local body. (15) When an account is closed under provisions of these Regulations a line shall be drawn in red ink across the page below the last entry in the provident fund ledger account and the number and date of the Voucher with which the amount at the credit of the account is deposited in the saving bank shall be recorded below the line. (16) (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulation 14, if any sum is due from a subscriber to the Council at the time when the account is closed, the Council may deduct the amount of such sum before making payment under Regulation 14. (b) If a subscriber is transferred temporarily to the service of another local body, the amount shown to the credit of his account in column 6 of Provident Fund ledger shall be withdrawn , but shall remain to the credit of his account . (17) 1. Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulation 13 or Regulation 14, no amount shall be withdrawn unless payment of such amount can be made immediately to a subscriber or his heirs under the provisions of these Regulations. 2. Every employee on leaving the service of the Council or on retirement shall claim payment of the amount standing at his credit in the fund within one year of his leaving service of the Councilor his retirement as the case may be . Interest on the amount of the fund shall cease from the date of expiry of one year of his leaving the service of the Council or his retirement. 3. If the amount standing to his credit in the fund is ten rupees or less, and its payment has not been claimed within one year or if the amount standing to his credit in the fund is more than ten rupees and its payment has not been claimed with in three years of his leaving the service or retirement, then the Council shall withdraw such amount and credit it to the current account of its own.


PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), AUG 19, 1997 ( SRVN. 28.1919 SAKA)

FORM P.F.1. PUNJAB NURSES REGISTRARTION COUNCIL

CHANDIGARH (See Regulation 4)

Provident Fund Ledger No. of account --------------------------- Name of Subscriber-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Year Deposit Contrib

ution Total With-

drawls Monthly balance on which interest is Calculated

Monthly balance on which less of interest is Calculated

Remarks

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Opening Balance April May June July August September October November December January February March PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (Extra) AUG. 19. 1997 (SRVN. 28, 1919 SAKA)

FORM P.F.2 PUNJAB NURSES REGISTRATION COUNCIL

CHANDIGARH (SEE Regulation 4)

Subscriber’s Annual Account Contributory Provident


Name of Subscriber ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Details Amount Balance at credit of account on 31st March 19 ------------------- Subscription and contribution received during the year interest accrued less amount of interest on balance of advance Less amount of advance outstanding balance at credit of account on 31st March. 19 ------------------------------------.

Total:-

Any representation with regard to the corrections of the account which subscriber may wish to make should be made in writing within one month from the date noted below to the Registrar, Punjab Nurses Registration Council. Dated:- ------------------------------- Initials of Accountant:- ----------------------------------

Documents

Punjab Nurses Registration Act,1932punjabmedicaleducation.org/old/Punjab Nurses Registration Act,1932… · Registration Act, 1932 Punjab Act-1 of 1952 WITH Nurses Registration Rules,