Section 8: Appointment of Registrar, etc., and preparation of the register.

(1) The Council shall appoint a fit and proper person to be the Registrar for the purposes of this Act, and such other persons as the Council may, from time to time, think necessary to assist the Registrar in the performance of his function under this Act on terms and conditions of service prevailing in other regulatory councils.
(2) The Registrar shall be the secretary to the Council and to the Disciplinary Tribunal.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Registrar to prepare and maintain, in accordance with rules made by the Council-
(a) a register of the names, addresses, approved qualifications, and of such other
qualification and particulars as may be specified in the rules of all persons who
are entitled in accordance with the provisions of this Act to be enrolled as associates
and members and who, in the manner prescribed by such rules, apply
to be so registered;
(b) a register of the premises where members of the profession engage in the
manufacture, distribution, sale and dispensing of drugs and medicines.
(3) The register shall consist of four parts of which-
(a) the first part shall be in respect of associate members;
(b) the second part shall be in respect of members;
(c) the third part shall be in respect of the premises of the members
(4) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Council shall make rules with respect to the form and keeping of the register and the making of entries therein. and in particular-
(a) regulating the making of applications for enrolment or registration, as the case may be, and providing for the evidence to be produced in support of such applications;
(b) providing for the notification to the Registrar, by the person to whom any registered particulars relate, of any change in those particulars;
(c) authorising a registered person to have any qualification which is, in relation to the profession, whether an approved qualification or an accepted qualification for the purposes of this Act registered in relation to his name in addition to or, as he may elect, in substitution for any other qualifications so registered;
(d) specifying the fees, including any annual subscription, to be paid to the Council in respect of the entry of names on the register, and authorising the Registrar to refuse to enter a name on the register until any fee specified for the entry has been paid;
(e) specifying anything failing to be specified under the foregoing provisions of this section, but rules made for the purposes of paragraph (d) of this subsection shall not come into force until they are confirmed at the annual general meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Registrar-
(a) to correct, in accordance with the Council's directions, any entry in the register which the Council directs him to correct as being in the Council's opinion an entry which was incorrectly made;
(b) to make, from time to time, any necessary alteration to the registered particulars of registered persons and premises;
(c) to remove from the register the name of any registered person who has died or the person whose temporary registration has ceased; and
(d) to record the names of registered persons who are in default for more than six months in the payment of annual subscriptions, and to take such action in relation thereto (including removal of the names of defaulters from the register) as the Council may direct or require.
(6) If the Registrar-
(a) sends by post to any registered person a registered letter addressed to him at his address on the register enquiring whether the registered particulars relating to him are correct and receives no reply to the letter within a period of six months from the date of posting it; and
(b) upon the expiration of that period send in the like manner to the person in question a second similar letter and receives no reply to that letter within three months from the date of posting it;the Registrar may remove the particulars relating to the person in question from the register:
Provided that the Council may direct the Registrar to return to the appropriate part of the register any particulars removed therefrom under this subsection.
(7) When a person's name is entered on the register of pharmacists maintained under this section, that person shall thereupon be taken to become a member of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria.