Section 30
Commissions of inquiry.
The Indian Medical Council Act, 1956
About this Act
An Act to provide for the reconstitution of the Medical Council of India, and the maintenance of a Medical Register for India and for matters connected therewith.
(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the Central Government that the
Council is not complying with any of the provisions of this Act, the Central Government may refer the
particulars of the complaint to a Commission of Inquiry consisting of three persons, two of whom shall be
appointed by the Central Government, one being a Judge of a High Court, and one by the Council, and
such Commission shall proceed to inquire in a summary manner and to report to the Central Government
as to the truth of the matters charged in the complaint, and in case of any charge of default or of improper
action being found by the Commission to have been established, the Commission shall recommend the
remedies, if any, which are in its opinion necessary.
(2) The Central Government may require the Council to adopt the remedies so recommended within such time as, having regard to the report of the Commission, it may think fit, and if the Council fails to comply with any such requirement, the Central Government' may amend the regulations of the Council, or make such provision or order or take such other steps as may seem necessary to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission.
(3) A Commission of enquiry shall have power to administer oaths, to enforce the attendance 'of witnesses and the production of documents, and shall have all such other necessary powers for the purpose of any inquiry conducted by it as are exercised by a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).
(2) The Central Government may require the Council to adopt the remedies so recommended within such time as, having regard to the report of the Commission, it may think fit, and if the Council fails to comply with any such requirement, the Central Government' may amend the regulations of the Council, or make such provision or order or take such other steps as may seem necessary to give effect to the recommendations of the Commission.
(3) A Commission of enquiry shall have power to administer oaths, to enforce the attendance 'of witnesses and the production of documents, and shall have all such other necessary powers for the purpose of any inquiry conducted by it as are exercised by a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908).