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The Pharmacy Act, 1948 was enforced in the State of Kerala on 1st June 1960. The State Government as per Notification No.HL(A) 5-80033/59/EHD dated 31st May 1960 has issued orders appointing 1st June 1960 as the date on which Chapters III, IV, and V of the said Act shall take effect in the whole of the State except the territories referred to as Malabar District in section 5 (2) of the State Reorganisation Act, where the said Chapters are already in force.

 

Section 30 (1) of the Pharmacy Act, 1948 empowers the State Government to constitute a Pharmacy Registration Tribunal consisting of three persons and to appoint a Registrar who shall act as the Secretary of the Registration Tribunal. As such the State Government, as per notification No.MS.633/60/HLD dated 15th June 1960 has constituted a Registration Tribunal consisting of the following persons for the purpose of preparing the first Register of Pharmacists under the Act.

• Shri. N. Chandrasekharan Nair, B.Pharm.
  Drugs Controller for the State of Kerala as the Chairman.
  
  
• Dr. S. B. Rao, M.Pharm., D.Sc., Nat:(Munich).
  Director, Navarathna Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Cochin - 2
  
  
• Shri. I. Ramabhadran, B.Sc., M. Pharm.
  Lecturer in Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam.