law: Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 
  23. The Central Register of Indian Medicine
  (1) The Central Council shall cause to be maintained
  
  in the prescribed manner, a register of practitioners in separate parts for
  
  each of the system of Indian medicine to be known as the Central Register of
  
  Indian Medicine which shall contain the names of all persons who are for the
  
  time being enrolled on any State Register of Indian Medicine and who possess
  
  any of the recognized medical qualifications.
  (2) It shall be the duty of the Registrar of
  
  the Central Council to keep and maintain the Central Register of Indian
  
  Medicine in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any orders made
  
  by the Central Council, and from time to time to revise the register and
  
  publish it in the Gazette of India and in such other manner as may be
  
  prescribed.
  (3) Such register shall be deemed to be a
  
  public document within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872)
  
  and may be proved by a copy published in the Gazette of India.