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[Subsidiary]
L.N. 330:82.
Complaint or information touching conduct.
L.N. 74 66. L.N. 177/70, L.N. 81-71.
Reference of complaint or information to the Committee.
L.N. 74 66.
CAP. 161] Medical Practitioners (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations
or that an applicant for registration-
[1982 Ed.
(i) has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment; or
(ii) has been guilty of misconduct in a professional respect,
the Secretary shall submit the complaint or information to the Chairman of the Committee.
11. (1) Where, in a complaint or information submitted by the Secretary to the Chairman of the Committee under regulation 10, any allegation is made which in the opinion of the Chairman of the Committee gives rise to a question whether a registered medical practitioner has been guilty of misconduct in any professional respect, the Chairman of the Committee may require that the complaint or information be formulated in writing setting out the grounds thereof and, except where the complaint or information is in writing under the hand of a public officer or of the President of the Hong Kong Medical Association, supported by one or more statutory declarations as to the facts of the case.
(2) Each statutory declaration referred to in paragraph (1)—
(a) shall state the address and description of the declarant: and
(b) if any fact declared is not within the personal knowledge of the declarant, shall state the source of the declarant's information and the grounds for his belief in the truth of the facts; and
(c) shall be duly stamped.
12. (1) Where a complaint or information is submitted to the Chairman of the Committee by the Secretary, the Chairman of the Committee shall, unless it appears to him that the complaint or information is frivolous or groundless and should not proceed further, direct that the complaint or information be referred to the Committee for its consideration and shall fix a date upon which it is proposed that the Committee shall meet to consider the complaint or information.
(2) Where the Chairman of the Committee directs that a complaint or information be referred to the Committee, he shall direct the Secretary to, and the Secretary when so directed shall-
(a) notify the defendant of the receipt of the complaint or information;
(b) inform him of the substance thereof;
(c) forward to him a copy of any statutory declaration furnished under regulation 11(1);
(d) inform him of the date upon which the Committee is due to meet for the purpose of considering the complaint or information: and