 bill no 83 of  2019 the homoeopathy central council (amendment) bill, 2019 a billfurther to amend the homoeopathy central council act, 1973be it enacted by parliament in the seventieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the homoeopathy central council (amendment) act,2019(2) it shall come into force on the 2nd day of march, 201959 of 19735amendment of section 3a2   in section 3a of the homoeopathy central council act, 1973, in sub-section (2), forthe words "within a period of one year", the words "within a period of two years" shall be substitutedord 11 of 2019repeal and savings3  (1) the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2019 is herebyrepealed1059 of 1973 (2) notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under thehomoeopathy central council act, 1973, as amended by the said ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of the said act as amended by this act statement of objects and reasonsthe homoeopathy central council act, 1973 (59 of 1973) was enacted to provide for the constitution of a central council of homoeopathy to deal with the education and practice of homoeopathy in order to ensure transparency and to improve the quality and functioning of the colleges governed under the said act, the central government has initiated certain important steps including promoting the use of information technology in colleges the central council of homoeopathy had failed in its responsibilities and not cooperated wilfully with the central government in carrying out its duties in the manner that is required to safeguard the standard of education and practice of homoeopathy system of medicine therefore,the central council of homoeopathy was superseded by promulgating the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2018 and the board of governors was constituted in its place on 18th may, 2018 for a period of one year or till a new central council of homoeopathy was reconstituted the said ordinance was replaced by the homoeopathy central council (amendment) act, 2018 (23 of 2018)2 the central council of homoeopathy could not be reconstituted within a period of one year as the state registers of homoeopathy were not updated for conducting elections to elect members to the central council of homoeopathy further, with a view to supersede the central council of homoeopathy and to repeal the homoeopathy central council act, 1973, the central government had introduced the national commission for homoeopathy bill, 2019 in rajya sabha on 7th january, 2019, which was subsequently referred to the department related-parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare therefore, the period of one year for reconstitution of the central council of homoeopathy was required to be extended to two years so that the board of governors could continue to perform the functions of the central council of homoeopathy3 as the parliament was not in session and there was a need for urgent legislation in this regard, the president promulgated the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2019 (11 of 2019) on the 2nd day of march, 20194 it is, therefore, proposed to introduce the homoeopathy central council(amendment) bill, 2019, to replace the homoeopathy central council (amendment) ordinance, 2019 which, inter alia, provides for extending the period for reconstitution of the central council of homoeopathy from one year to two years5 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectives annexure extract from the homoeopathy central council act, 1973 (59 of 1973)3a (1)(2) the central council shall be reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of section 3 within a period of one year from the date of supersession of the central council under sub-section (1)power of central government to supersede central council and to constitute a board of governors———— a bill further to amend the homoeopathy central council act, 1973————(shri shripad yesso naik, minister of state for ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, siddha and homoeopathy (ayush)mgipmrnd—545ls(s3)—17-06-2019