Section 55 — Penalty for falsely claiming to be registered.

THE INDIAN VETERINARY COUNCIL ACT, 1984

55. Penalty for falsely claiming to be registered.—If any person whose name is not for the time 

being entered in a register falsely represents that it is so entered or uses in connection with his name or 

title any words or letters reasonably calculated to suggest that his name is so entered, he shall be 

punishable on first conviction with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, and on any subsequent 

conviction with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with fine not exceeding one thousand 

rupees or with both.

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