Pharmacy Act, 1948
15A. The Central Register
(1) The Central
Council shall cause to be maintained in the prescribed manner a register of
pharmacists to be known as the Central Register, which shall contain the names
of all persons for the time being entered in the register for a State.
(2) Each State Council
shall supply to the Central Council five copies of the register for the State
as soon as may be after the first day of April of each year, and the Registrar
of each State Council, shall inform the Central Council, without delay, all
additions to, and other amendments in, the register for the State made from
time to time.
(3) it shall be the
duly of the Registrar of the Central Council to keep the Central Register in
accordance with the orders made by the Central Council, and from time to time
to revise the Central Register and publish it in the Gazette of India.
(4) The Central
Register shall be deemed to be public document within the meaning of the Indian
Evidence Act, 1872 and may be proved by the production of a copy of the
Register as published in the Gazette of India.