Section 17. Registrar functions in respect of register

17. (1) The Registrar shall keep the register of Veterinary Practitioners in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any orders made by the Council and shall from time to time make all necessary alterations in the registered addresses or appointments, and the registered qualifications entered therein or titles, of the practitioner entered therein and erase the names of any practitioners who have died or have permanently ceased to practice in [Uttar Pradesh]1. (2) The Registrar may send by post, a letter to any registered practitioner, addressed to him according to his registered address or appointment, to inquire whether he has ceased to practice in [Uttar Pradesh]2 or whether his residence or appointment has been changed, and, if no answer to any such letter is received within a period of six months from its dispatch, the Registrar may erase the name of such registered practitioner from the register: Provided that any name erased under this sub-section may be re-entered in the register under the direction of the Council.