Section 18(7) in The West Bengal Homoeopathic System of Medicine Act, 1963
(7)to grant scholarships, prizes and medals to students of institutions affiliated to the Council who are meritorious, or stipends to students who are poor and deserving; and with the sanction of the State Government, to grant to students scholarships for research or special study in any institution that the Council may think fit, whether in India or abroad and to endow chairs of Homoeopathic system of medicine in institutions affiliated to the Council;[* * * * * *] [[Clause (8) omitted by W.B. Act 27 of 1985. The Clause was as under:-'(8) to confer honorary degrees on Homoeopathic practitioners of extraordinary merit;'.]]
