1985 Ed.]
Professional Accountants
[CAP. 50
39. (1) A person whose name has been removed from the register under the provisions of this Ordinance may apply to the Council for the restoration of his name to the register.
(2) The Council may, after making such inquiry as it may consider necessary, reject an application under subsection (1) or allow it, subject to such conditions if any as it may think fit to impose.
(3) The Council shall, if it allows an application under subsection (1), order the Registrar to restore the name of the applicant to the register and thereupon the Registrar shall restore the name accordingly.
40. The name of a professional accountant shall not be removed from the register by reason of any conviction involving dishonesty if prior to the date of his registration the Council was aware of the conviction.
41. (1) An appeal shall lie to the Court of Appeal by---
(a) any person whose application for registration has been rejected by an order under section 26(1);
(b) a professional accountant-
(i) whose name the Council has ordered under paragraph (c) or (d) of section 27(1) to be removed from the register;
(ii) whose application under section 30 for a practising certificate is refused; or
(iii) who is aggrieved by an order made in respect of him under paragraph (a) or (b) of section 35(1),
and the Court of Appeal may confirm, vary or reverse the order or decision appealed against.
(2) The decision of the Court of Appeal upon such appeal shall be final.
(3) The practice and procedure in relation to any such appeal shall be in accordance with rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance:
Provided that the Court of Appeal shall not hear any such appeal unless notice of the appeal has been given by the appellant within 30 days after service upon him of-
(a) a copy of an order under section 26(1);
(b) a copy of an order under paragraph (c) or (d) of section 27(1); (Amended, 14 of 1985, s. 12)
(c) a copy of a decision under section 30; or
(d) a copy of an order under paragraph (a) or (b) of section 35(1).
Restoration of name of professional accountant to register.
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Restriction on removal of name of professional accountant from register.
Appeals.
(Cap. 4.)
I made the following corrections: 1. Corrected "subsec-tion" to "subsection" in section 39(3). 2. Corrected "para-graph" to "paragraph" in section 41(1)(b)(i). 3. Ensured proper formatting using HTMLtags for paragraphs. 4. Made no changes to the content or wording beyond the specified corrections.