The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Couching Act, 1945

 
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The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Couching Act, 1945 
 
Act 12 of 1945 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Keyword(s): 
Couching, Registered Practitioner 
 
'[TAMIL NADU] ACT No. XI1 OF 1945 a. 
' 
[THE  T TAMIL NADU) PREVENTION OF COUCHING 
An Act to prevent couching by unqualified 
pel-sons. 
WHCI~B is it is expedient to prevent couching by un, 
qualified persons; '[It is hereby enacted as follows :--I + 
1. (I) This Act may be called the l[Tamil ~adu~~~~;~;~,t;, 
Prevention of Couching Act, 1945. 
(2) It extends to the whole of the 4[State of 
Tamil Nadu]. 
2. 111 this Act- i 
(i) "couching," mealis the operative displace- 
ment by the usc of :i ~lcccllc or other instrument, 
of the opaquc crystalline lens of the eye so as to cause 
it to be below the axis of vision ; 
(ii) "registered practitionei" means a person 
anllI registered under the 'LTainil Nadu] Medical Registra- 
fadu) tion Act, 1914. 
:t IV of - - - - - - ----- 
14. 1 These words wcrc substit utcd for the word "Madrasw by the 
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the 
Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969. 
For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Fort St. George 
Gazette, dated the 13th February 194.5, Part IV-A, page4. 
This Act was extended to tho Kanyakulnari district and the 
Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 3 of, and the 
First Schedule to, the T~,idl Nadu (Tr'rnqferred Territory) Extermion 
of LAWS Act, 1960 (Ta~?ill Nadu Act 23 of 1960) repealing the corrcs- 
pending taw in force la that territory, ! 
3. Whoever, not being a registered praeoner, or ? 
not possessing a quali4cation entitling him to be re- t rmlawfill : ~hin& gistered under the '[Tamil Nadu] MedicalRegistration dmmil 
Act, 1914, performs or attempts to perform coilching Nadu] 
on a &son whether with or without his consent, or Act IV of .. 
agrees to perform couching on a person, shall be pun- 1914. 
ishable with imprisonment for a term whichmay extend 
to six months or with fine which may extend to one 
thousand rupees or with both. 
le. this Act shall be cognizable and bailable and mapbe 
cornpoundcd with the permission of the Court. 
(2) No Magistrate sk\ll take cog~<iance of any 
offence against this Act except- 
(i) upon the complaint in writing made by;the 
person on whom couching was performed or an attempt 
to perform couching was made ; or 
(ii) upon the report of a Police officer not 
below the rank of Sub-Inspector ; or 
(iii) upon the report of any person or class of 
persons authorised by the 2[State] Government in 
this behalf. 
(3) No Magistrate shall take cogniz.lnce of any 
oRen'etlcc agilinst this Act, unless the prosecution is 
instituted within six months from thc dnts on whicli 
the offence is alleged to have been committed. 

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