Section 23. Persons entitled to be registered

The following persons shall, subject to the rules and regulations made under this Act and to the payment of such fees as may be prescribed, be entitled to have their names entered in the registers of nurses, midwives, assistant midwives, [auxillary nurse-midwives or health visitors ]2 namely ; 3[(a) Persons who hold qualifications in nursing or midwifery or health visiting recognized under the India Nursing Council Act, 1947 ; (b) persons who hold assistant midwifery or certified wifery certificates of the U. P. State Medical Faculty; and (c) persons who may be registered as nurses, midwives, assistant midwives 4[auxiliary nurse-midwives or health visitors] under a scheme of reciprocity under the provisions of section 10 of the India Nursing Council Act, 1947 by the Indian Council of Nursing constituted under the said Act ]: Provided that nurses, midwives, assistant midwives, 5[auxiliary nurse-midwives and health visitors] who are at the commencement of this Act enrolled on the registers maintained by 6[Uttar Pradesh] State Medical Faculty shall be entitled to have their names transferred according to their qualifications, to the appropriate registers maintained under this Act.