This provision gives the Act its name, says it applies across Rajasthan, states when it starts, defines key terms, and sets out how the Medical Council is to be made up.
--- Section 1. Section 1.Short title, extent and commencement --- (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Medical Act, 1952 . (2) It extends to the whole of Rajasthan. (3) It shall come into force on the day on which it is first published in The Rajasthan Gazette: Provided that section 29, section 30 and section 31 shall not come into force until a date to be appointed in this behalf by the Government by notification in the Rajasthan Gazette --- Section 2. Section 2.Interpretation --- (1) In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, - (a) “The Council” means the Medical Council established under section 3; (b) “Registered Practitioner” means any person registered under provision of this Act: (c) "Hospitals", "Asylums","Infirmaries","Dispensaries","Lying-in- Hospitals", and “Nursing Homes“ means institutions, the methods of treatment carried on which are those which are approved by the Medical Council established by this Act: (d) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act, and (e) “Government” means the Government of Rajasthan. (2) The Provisions of the general Clauses Act, 1897, of the Central Legislature shall, mutatis,mutandis, apply , so far as may be , to this act in same manner as they apply to a Central Act. --- Section 4. Section 4.Constitution of Council --- The said Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) A President to be nominated by the Government; (b) Three members to be nominated by the Government; (c) One member to be elected from amongst the member of the faculty of medicine by the Senate of the University of Rajputana; (d) One member to be elected by and from among the staff of each Medical School or College affiliated to the University of Rajputana; (e) Three members to be elected from amongst themselves by registered practitioners who are graduates in Medicine or Surgery;and (f) Three members to be elected from amongst themselves by registered practitioners other than those referred to in clause (e).