DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA — THE DENTISTS ACT, 1948

DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA DENTAL COUNCIL (ELECTION) REGULATIONS, 1952. (As modified upto 28-10-1983) DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA BY AUTHORITY Published by DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA NEW DELHI; DENTAL COUNCIL OF INDIA Regulations made by the Central Council of India, with the approval of the Central Government, under Section 20 of the Dentists Act; 1948 (XVI of 1948), prescribing the manner in which elections under Chapter Il of the Act are to be conducted: CHAPTER | PRELIMINARY 1 Short tltle. These Regulations may be called the Dental Council (Election) Regulations, 1952. 2 Detinltlons: In these regulations; unless the context otherwise requires- (a) 'Act' means the Dentists Act, 1948 (XVI of 1948); *(a) () "Appendix means an Appendix to these regulations; (b) 'Council means the Dental Council of India con- stituted under section 3 of the Act; '(b) () "elector" , in relation to an election to the Council, means any person entilted to vote at any such election; (i) "electoral roll" , in relation to an election to the Council; means the Iist of electors main- tained by the Returning Officer; (C) 'Form means a form annexed t0 these Regulation. "(c) "member" means a member of the Council; (d) 'President' means the President of the Dental Council of India; (e) 'Register' means a registrer of dentists prepared and maintained under the Act; Inserted by the Dental Council (Election) Amendment Regulations, 1975(w.e.t. 21/08/1975) 2 3 'Returning Ofticer' means:- in relation t0 elections under Chapter Il of these Regulations, the Returning Officer appointed by the State Govenment and "(ii) in relation to an election under Chapter IV of these regulations, the Returning Officer appointed by the Central Government; and (g) 'Section' means a section of the Act. (3) The Returning Officer shall