Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons Ordinance, I962

This Ordinance establishes the Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons, the body responsible for postgraduate medical training, specialist examinations, and maintaining professional standards among doctors and surgeons in Pakistan. It applies to the whole of Pakistan and came into force immediately upon promulgation in 1962.

Section 3 makes the College a body corporate with perpetual succession, able to own property and sue or be sued in its own name. Section 4 defines who counts as a Fellow of the College: postgraduate-qualified doctors with teaching, research, or public health experience appointed when the College was first set up, people elected as Fellows by the Council, and people who pass the College's Fellowship examination. Section 5 lists the College's functions: promoting specialist practice in medicine, surgery, gynaecology, obstetrics and other fields, arranging postgraduate training, holding examinations for diplomas and Fellowship, supporting research, and organizing scientific discussions among specialists.

Section 6 establishes a twenty-member Council elected by the Fellows (the first Council was appointed directly by the federal and provincial governments), with members serving four-year terms. Section 7 has the Council elect a President, two Vice-Presidents, and a Treasurer annually. Section 9 gives the Council broad powers to run the College's affairs: setting officers' powers, holding examinations, appointing examination boards and committees, admitting Fellows (including up to two honorary Fellows a year, who may not be practising physicians or surgeons in Pakistan), and setting fees.

Section 10 allows the Council to expel a Fellow for misconduct by a two-thirds vote at a specially called meeting, or for other reasons by a unanimous vote, but only after giving the Fellow notice of the charges and a chance to respond. Section 11 establishes an Executive Committee to handle day-to-day and emergency matters. Sections 14 and 15 require the Council to maintain audited accounts and present an annual report and budget at the College's Annual Meeting. Section 18 protects the College, Council, and its officers from lawsuits for actions taken in good faith under the Ordinance.

This is a 1962 law, updated mainly by a 1975 adaptation order that changed references from provincial to federal government appointments; readers relying on the current governance structure, fee schedules, or examination rules should check the College's current rules made under Section 19, since much operational detail is left to those rules rather than fixed in the Ordinance itself.