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Making of alterations in register.
No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG : [A.D. 1884.
(2.) Any copy of The Gazette containing the most recent copy of the register shall be prima facie evidence in all legal proceedings that the persons therein specified are registered under this Ordinance; and the absence of the name of any person from such copy shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not registered under this Ordinance.
6. (1.) The Colonial Secretary shall keep the register correct in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, and make from time to time the necessary alterations in the addresses or qualifications of the persons registered under this Ordinance, and cancel in the register the names of all persons registered under this Ordinance who have died or ceased to be qualified.
(2.) The Colonial Secretary may write a letter to any registered person, addressed to him according to his address in the register, to inquire whether he has changed his residence, and if he does not receive an answer to such letter within six months after the sending thereof, he may cancel in the register the name of such person.
Right of registered person to practise and recover charges. 7. Every person registered under this Ordinance, or entitled to the benefit of section 20, shall be entitled to practise medicine and surgery and to recover in this Colony and to demand and recover reasonable charges for medical or surgical aid rendered by such person and the costs of medicines or surgical appliances supplied by him.
Disentitling of unregistered person to recover charges. 8. Subject to the provisions of section 3, no person shall be entitled to recover in any action any charge for any practice of medicine or surgery after the 3rd day of May, 1884, by any person not either registered under this Ordinance or entitled to the benefit of section 20.
Avoidance of certificate of unregistered person. 9. No certificate signed after the 3rd day of May, 1884, which certificate is, by any Act of Parliament or Ordinance, required to be signed by a physician, a surgeon, an apothecary, or any other medical or surgical practitioner shall be valid unless the person signing it is registered under this Ordinance.
The Medical Board. 10.—(1.) A board, to be styled "the Medical Board," shall be established under this Ordinance and shall consist of the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the Senior Naval and Military Medical Officers for the time being in the Colony, and any two registered medical practitioners and any three other fit persons willing to accept the appointment who may be from time to time thereto appointed by the Governor.
(2.) A member appointed by the Governor shall hold office for three years and no longer, unless re-appointed by the Governor, and may be removed by the Governor at his pleasure.
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