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(b) a majority of the directors and all the operating staff thereof are registered dentists:
Provided that a body corporate which was carrying on the business of dentistry before the commencement of this Ordinance shall not be disqualified from carrying on the business of dentistry under this section by reason only that it carries on some business other than dentistry or a business ancillary to that business, if that other business is a busi- ness which the body was lawfully entitled at the commence- ment of this Ordinance to carry on.
(2) Save as aforesaid it shall not be lawful, after the expiration of the interim period prescribed under section 3, for any body corporate to carry on the business of dentistry, and if any body corporate carries on the business of dentistry in contravention of the provisions of this section every director and manager thereof shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each offence.
(3) Every body corporate carrying on the business of dentistry shall in every year at such time as is prescribed transmit to the Registrar a statement in the prescribed form containing the names and addresses of all persons who are directors or managers of the company, or who perform dental operations in connexion with the business of the company, and, if any such body corporate fails so to do, it shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of dentistry in contra- vention of the provisions of this section.
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(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the carrying on of the business of dentistry by the operating staff of any hospital of any description (including an institution for out- patients only), or of any dental school, which is approved for the purposes of this section by the Governor in Council.
practise
11. (1) Every registered dentist practising in the Certificate to Colony who desires his name to be retained on the register shall, before the end of every year, make application in the prescribed form, and shall pay the prescribed fee, for reten- tion of his name on the register during the ensuing year.
(2) Upon such application and payment, the applicant shall be entitled to a certificate (to be styled "annual prac tising certificate") authorizing him to practise dentistry during the year for which the certificate is issued.
(3) The certificate shall be issued by the Registrar, and shall, unless cancelled in the manner hereinafter provided, be in force from the date of issue to the end of the year..}
(4) The name of any registered dentist who fails to obtain an annual practising certificate prior to the commence- ment of any year shall be removed from the register.
(5) If any person whose name has been removed from the register under sub-section (4) subsequently makes applica- tion in such manner and pays such additional fee as may be prescribed in such case, the Board may, after due considera- tion of the circumstances of the case, direct that the name of such person shall be re-entered on the register and that an annual practising certificate for the remainder of the year be issued.