THE KARNATAKA GOOD SAMARITAN AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL (PROTECTION AND REGULATION DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
(Received the assent of the Governor on the nineteenth day of January, 2019)
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 5 OF 2019
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the twenty third day of January, 2019)
An Act to amend the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation During Emergency Situations) Act, 2016.
Whereas, it is expedient to amend the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation During Emergency Situations) Act, 2016. (Karnataka Act 26 of 2018) as the Honourable President of India has given assent to the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation During Emergency Situations) Act, 2016 subject to condition to omit the first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Act. Therefore, it is necessary to amend the said Act accordingly;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty-ninth year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation During Emergency Situations) (Amendment) Act, 2018.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.- In the Karnataka Good Samaritan and Medical Professional (Protection and Regulation During Emergency Situations) Act, 2016 (Karnataka Act 26 of 2018), in section 3, in sub-section (1), the first proviso shall be omitted and shall always be deemed to have been omitted.
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