38. Notwithstanding anything contained in any written law
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| (b) a registered homoeopathic practitioner shall be eligible to hold any appointment as a medical officer in any dispensary, hospital or infirmary supported by or receiving a grant from the Government and to treat patients according to homoeopathy; |
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| (c) a registered homoeopathic practitioner may validly
| | (i) sign or authenticate the birth or death certificate required by any written law to be signed or authenticated by a duly qualified medical practitioner; or
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| | (ii) sign or authenticate a medical or physical fitness certificate of such description as may be prescribed,
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| (d) a registered homoeopathic practitioner may give evidence at any inquest or at any court of law on any matter relating to homoeopathy. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts