law: Pharmacy Act, 1948 
  36. Removal from register
  (1) Subject to the
  
  provisions of this section, the Executive Committee may order that the name of
  
  a registered pharmacist shall be removed from the register, where it is
  
  satisfied, after giving him a reasonable opportunity of being heard and after
  
  such further inquiry, if any, as it any think fit to make,-
  (i) that his name has been entered in the
  
  register by error or on account of misrepresentation or suppression of a
  
  material fact, or
  (ii) that he has been convicted of any offence
  
  or has been guilty of any infamous conduct in any professional respect which in
  
  the opinion of the Executive Committee, renders him unfit to be kept in the
  
  register, or
  (iii) that a person employed by him for the
  
  purpose of his business of pharmacy  60[or employed to work
  
  under him in connection with any business of pharmacy] has been convicted of
  
  any such offence or has been guilty of any such infamous conduct as would, if
  
  such person were a registered pharmacist, render him liable to have his name
  
  removed from the register under clause (ii) :
  Provided that no such order
  
  shall be made under clause (iii) unless the Executive committee is satisfied-
  (a) that the
  
  registered pharmacist has at any time during the period of twelve months
  
  immediately preceding the date on which the offence or infamous conduct took
  
  place committed a similar offence or been guilty of similar infamous conduct,
  
  or
  (b) that the
  
  registered pharmacist has at any time during the period of twelve months
  
  immediately preceding the date on which the offence or infamous conduct took
  
  place committed a similar offence or been guilty of similar infamous conduct,
  
  or
  (c) that any person
  
  employed by the registered pharmacist for the purposes of his business of
  
  pharmacy 61[or employed to work under him in connection with any
  
  business of pharmacy] has at any time during the period of twelve months
  
  immediately preceding the date on which the offence or infamous conduct took
  
  place, committed a similar offence of been guilty of similar infamous conduct,
  
  and that the registered pharmacist had, or reasonably ought to have had,
  
  knowledge of such previous offence or infamous conduct, or
  (d) that where the
  
  offence or infamous conduct continued over a period, the registered pharmacist
  
  had, or reasonably ought to have had, knowledge of the continuing offence or
  
  infamous conduct, or
  (e) that where the
  
  offence is an offence under the 62[Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940],
  
  the registered pharmacist has not used due diligence in enforcing compliance
  
  with the provisions of that Act in his place of business and by persons
  
  employed by him 63[or by persons under his control].
  (2) An order under
  
  sub-section (1) may direct that the person whose name is ordered to be removed
  
  from the register shall be ineligible for registration in the State under this
  
  Act either permanently or for such period as may be specified.
  (3) An order under
  
  sub-section (1) may subject to confirmation by the State Council and shall not
  
  take effect until the expiry of three months from the date of such
  
  confirmation.
  (4) A person aggrieved
  
  by an order under sub-section (1) which has been confirmed by the State Council
  
  may, within thirty days from the communication to him of such confirmation, appeal
  
  to the State Government, and the order of the State Government upon such appeal
  
  shall be final.
  (5) A person whose
  
  name has been removed from the register under this section or under sub-section
  
  (2) of section 34 shall forth surrender his certificate of registration to the
  
  Registrar, and the name so removed shall be published in the Official Gazette.