Allopathic System (Prevention of Misuse) Ordinance, 1962

The Allopathic System (Prevention of Misuse) Ordinance, 1962 protects the public from unqualified people posing as doctors or performing medical procedures they are not trained for. Section 3 bars anyone practicing any system of medicine (allopathic, homoeopathic, ayurvedic, unani, or otherwise) from using the title "doctor" or its variations to suggest they can practise medicine, unless they are a "registered medical practitioner" registered under the Medical and Dental Council Ordinance, 1962 — though people with a non-medical doctoral degree are exempt from this restriction.

Section 4 similarly bars using a medical degree or diploma to claim medical qualification unless it was conferred by a university or institution recognised under the Medical and Dental Council Ordinance. Section 5 restricts surgery to registered medical practitioners, except for minor procedures specifically carved out — circumcision, incising boils, and giving injections.

Section 6 bars anyone other than a registered medical practitioner (or someone specifically authorised by the Provincial Government) from prescribing antibiotics or other drugs the rules classify as dangerous. Section 7 requires patent and proprietary medicines from the unani, ayurvedic, homoeopathic, or biochemic systems to display their true formula clearly on the label and outer packaging when sold.

Section 9 sets the penalty for violating Sections 3 through 7: imprisonment up to one year, or a fine up to two thousand rupees, or both. Section 10 restricts who can start a prosecution (an Inspector under the Drugs Act, 1976, or someone the Provincial Government specially empowers) and lets a first-class Magistrate impose fines beyond their normal Cr.P.C. limit for these offences. Section 11 protects good-faith enforcement action from legal challenge.