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3. The chief criticias of those provisions of the prin-
cipal Ordinance which referred to the Kedical Board and the
Governor in Council are the following :
4.
(a) Sections 14 and 18 seemed inconsistent, because
section 14 gave the Colonial Secretary power to
strike off the register, if he thought fit, while
section 18 provided that all questions respecting
the liability of any person to be struck off the register should be decided by the Medical Board, subject only to an appeal to the Governor in Council. (b) Section 14 provided no appeal from the striking off
by the Colonial Secretary. The general intention
of section 18 seemed to be to give an appeal to the
Governor in Council from a striking off, but the
appeal given by section 18 was only an appeal from
the Medical Board.
(c) It was doubtful whether there was any power lo
strike off an unqualified person who had obtained registration by fraud unless he had been convicted
of that offence, and conviction might be impossible
cwing to his absence from the Colony.
(1) The Medical Board had no express power to cepaure
a practitioner.
(e) The Medical Board had no express power to publish the proceedings or the result of any inquiry held
by it.
(f) There was no provision as to the limit of time for
appeal to the Governor in Council or for the pro-
-cedure on such appeal.
Sections 2, 3, 4 and 6(1) of this Ordinance make amend-
-ments necessary to effect the transfer of the medical
register from the Colonial Secretary to the Principal Civil