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In the first place it is proposed to delete entirely from the Bill the third part of the existing Ordinance which refers to Morphine and Compounds of Opium and to include these substances within the ambit of the Pharmacy laws for which purpose a Bill will be submitted shortly to the Legislative Council.
Secondly, the Bill contains a number of temporary pro- visions grouped together in Part IV providing for those necessary details involved in the transference from the Opium Farmer to the Government of the undertakings carried on by the former.
Thirdly, it is endeavoured to make more effective the control over Raw Opium in its importation into, movements within and exportation from the Colony.
Lastly, the penalties are slightly altered being in some cases of technical contravention of the law diminished and in other cases of more serious breaches enhanced. The Bill is divided into four parts, after the usual preliminary formal definitions:-
Part I, (sections 5 to 18), deals with Raw Opium.
Part II, (sections 19 to 34), deals with Prepared Opium and Dross Opium.
Part III is the general part dealing with administrative and legal procedure, powers of seizure and arrest, penalties: and miscellaneous matters.
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Part IV comprises the temporary provisions to which reference has already been made.
JOHN A. BUCKNILL,
Attorney General.
Short title.
Interpreta- tion of terms.
Chinese
person.
Dental operation.
Exempted person.
Medical Board.
Dental Surgeon..
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to provide for the registration of qualified Dental, Surgeons and otherwise to regulate the practice of Dentistry.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914.
2. In this Ordinance,-
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Chinese person means any person both of whose parents were of Chinese race.
"Dental operation" includes the extraction of teeth, the administration of any general or local anaesthetic or any operation on the teeth involving the use of any instrument.
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"Exempted person means a person who has been granted a certificate of exemption under the provisions of section 6 (2) of this Ordinance.
"Medical Board" means the Medical Board established under the provisions of the Medical Registration Ordi- nance, 1884.
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"Dental Surgeon' means any person who has been registered as a Dental Surgeon in the Register of Dental Surgeons established under the provisions of this
Ordinance.