CAP. 156]
Dentists Registration
[1989 Ed.
(2) The Registrar shall not remove the name of a registered dentist from the register before the expiry of 1 month after the date of service of an order of the Council made under section 18(1) on the person concerned and in the case of an appeal shall await the decision of the Court of Appeal.
(3) Any person whose name has been removed from the register under the provisions of this Ordinance, or whose name prior to the commencement of this Ordinance had been removed or erased under the provisions of the repealed Ordinance from the register kept in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance may apply to the Council for the restoration of his name to the register, and the Council, in its absolute discretion and after such inquiry and subject to such conditions as it may consider desirable, may either allow or refuse the application, and, if it allows the same, shall order the Registrar to restore the name of the applicant to the register, and thereupon the Registrar shall restore the name accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the Council as aforesaid shall be signed by the Registrar.
23. Appeals
(1) Any person whose name has been ordered not to be entered upon the register under section 9(3) or any registered dentist who is aggrieved by any order made in respect of him under section 15 or 18 may appeal to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal may thereupon affirm, reverse or vary the order appealed against.
(2) The decision of the Court of Appeal upon such appeal shall be final.
(3) The practice in relation to any such appeal shall be subject to any rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4):
Provided that the Court of Appeal shall not have power to hear any appeal against an order made under section 9 or 18 unless notice of such appeal was given within 1 month of the service of the order in accordance with section 22(1).
(4) In deciding any appeal under this section the Court of Appeal may make such order for costs as it considers reasonable. (Added 49 of 1977 s. 9)
24. Penalty for fraudulent registration
Any person who fraudulently procures or attempts to procure himself or any other person to be registered under this Ordinance commits an offence and is liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 3 years.
(Amended 68 of 1986 s. 15)