2. Definitions .-In this Act "western medical science" means the western methods of Allopathic medicine, Obstetrics and Surgery, but does not include the Homoepathic or Ayurvedic or Unani system of medicine [and "States" means all ][the territories which immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised] [ This Act has been extended to the new Provinces and Merged States by the Merged States (Laws) Act, 1949 (59 of 1949), Section 3 (w.e][within Part A States and Part C States] [MCI-34(1)/2009-Med./25453, dated 3.8.2009, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part III, Section 4, dated 3.8.2009.].
