Veterinary Surgeons And Practitioners (No. 46 of 1956)

Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

Qualifications for registration

(1) A person shall be qualified for registration as a veterinary surgeon if he-

	(a) has attained the age of twenty-one years,

	(b) is of good character, and

	(c) is the holder of any of the qualifications specified in the Schedule to this Act.

(2) A person shall be qualified for registration as a veterinary practitioner if he-

	(a) has attained the age of twenty-one years,

	(b) is of good character, and

	(c) produces satisfactory proof that he has been engaged in diagnosing diseases of animals and giving medical or surgical treatment to animals as his principal means of livelihood for a period of ten years immediately preceding the date of his application for registration as a veterinary practitioner.