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(1) Notwithstanding anything in any law for the time being in force, a birth or a death certificate, or a medical or fitness certificate, or any other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner, shall be valid only if it has been signed or authenticated by a practitioner registered under,- 1[(i) Part I or Part II of the register maintained under this Act;] 2[(ii) the Maharashtra Medical Council Act, 1965 (Mah. XLVI of 1965);] (iii) the Bomaby Homoeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners Act, 1959 (Bom. XII of 1960) or any other law for the time being in force in relation to the qualification and registration of Homoeopathic or Biochemic Practitioners in any part of the State; or (iv) the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (CII of 1956). (2) 3[Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no person] other than a practitioner registered under any of the laws specified in sub-section (1) shall be qualified to give evidence at any inquest or in any Court of law as an expert under section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), on any matter relating to medicine, surgery or midwifery.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>1</i>) Notwithstanding anything in any law for the time being in force, a birth or a death certificate, or a medical or fitness certificate, or any other certificate required by any law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner, shall be valid only if it has been signed or authenticated by a practitioner registered under,-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><sup>1</sup>[<i>(i)</i> Part I or Part II of the register maintained under this Act;] <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><sup>2</sup>[(<i>ii</i>) the Maharashtra Medical Council Act, 1965 (Mah. XLVI of 1965);]<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iii</i>) the Bomaby Homoeopathic and Biochemic Practitioners Act, 1959 (Bom. XII of 1960) or any other law for the time being in force in relation to the qualification and registration of Homoeopathic or Biochemic Practitioners in any part of the State; or <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iv</i>) the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (CII of 1956). <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>2</i>) <sup>3</sup>[Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no person] other than a practitioner registered under any of the laws specified in sub-section (<i>1</i>) shall be qualified to give evidence at any inquest or in any Court of law as an expert under section 45 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), on any matter relating to medicine, surgery or midwifery. <br>