Section 55
Penalty for falsely claiming to be registered.
The Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984
About this Act
An Act to regulate veterinary practice and to provide, for that purpose, for the establishment of a Veterinary Council of India and State Veterinary Councils and the maintenance of registers of the veterinary practitioners and for matters connected therewith.
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.