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(6) a majority of the directors and all the operating staff thereof are registered dentists:
Provided that a body corporate which was carrying on the business of dentistry before the commencement of this Ordinance shall not be disqualified from carrying on the business of dentistry under this section by reason only that it carries on some business other than dentistry or a business ancillary to that business, if that other business is a busi- ness which the body was lawfully entitled at the commence- ment of this Ordinance to carry on.
(2) Save as aforesaid it shall not be lawful, after the expiration of the interim period prescribed under section 3, for any body corporate to carry on the business of dentistry, and if any body corporate carries on the business of dentistry in contravention of the provisions of this section every director and manager thereof shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, be liable on conviction to a fine nut cxceeding one thousand dollars for each offence.
(3) Every body corporate carrying on the business of dentistry shall in every year at such time as is prescribed transmit to the Registrar a statement in the prescribed form containing the names and addresses of all persons who are directors or managers of the company, or who perform dental operations in connexion with the business of the company, and, if any such body corporate fails so to do, it shall be deemed to be carrying on the business of dentistry in contra- vention of the provisions of this section.
(4) Nothing in this section shall prevent the carrying on of the business of dentistry by the operating staff of any hospital of any description (including an institution for out- patients only), or of any dental school, which is approved for the purposes of this section by the Governor in Council.
11-0) Every registered dentist practising in the Colony who desires his name to be retained on the register shall, before the end of every year, make application in the prescribed form, and shall pay the prescribed fee, for reten- tion of his name on the register during the ensuing year.
(2) Upon auch application and payment, the applicant shall be entitled to a certificate (to be styled "annual prac- tising certificate") authorizing him to practise dentistry during the year for which the certificate is issued,
(3) The certificate shall be issued by the Registrar, and shall, unless cancelled in the manner hereinafter provided, be
in force from the date of issue to the end of the year.
(4) The name of any registered dentist who fails to obtain an annual practising certificate prior to the commence- ment of any year shall be removed from the register.
(5) If any person whose name has been removed from the register under sub-section (4) subsequently makes applica- tion in such manner and pays such additional fee as may be prescribed in such case, the Board may, after due considera- tion of the circumstances of the case, direct that the name of such person shall be re-entered on the register and that an annual practising certificate for the remainder of the year be issued.
(6) Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the Board that any person to whom an annual practising certi- ficate has been issued under this section is practising dentistry in such premises or under such conditions as are deemed by the Board to be unsuitable for such practice, the Board may direct that the name of such person shall be removed from the register and that such annual practising certificate be can- celled, and such certificate shall thereupon cease to be in force.
(7) If any person whose annual practising certificate has been cancelled under sub-section (6) makes application in such manner and pays euch fee as may be prescribed in such case, the Board may, after due consideration of the circumstances of the case, direct that the name of such person shall be re-entered in the register and that an annual practising certi ficate be issued.
(8) Any person who practises dentistry in the Colony who-
(a) has not a certificate in force authorizing him to practise; or
(b) is in partnership with a person not having such a certificate; or
(c) has in his employ any person practising dentistry not having such a certificate,
shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
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12-(1) The Registrar shall publish annually in the Publication Gazette, as soon as practicable after the first day of Jannery of register of each year, a list of all persons registered under this Ordin- sumptions. ance to whom an annual practising certificate has been issued for that year, with their qualifications and their places of carrying on business.
(2) A copy of the Gazette in which such list is published or a certificate under the hand of the Registrar shall be prima facie evidence in any proceedings that the persons named theroin are registered and authorized to practisé under this Ordinance.
(3) The absence of the name of any person from such list or a certificate under the hand of the Registrar certifying the absence of the name of any person from such list shall be prima facie evidence that such person is not authorized to practise under this Ordinance.
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13-(1) Every registered dentist shall cause his certi certificate of ficate of registration issued under section 9, with a photograph registration of himself affixed thereto, to be exhibited in a conspicuous allibited. part of the premises in which be practises dentistry.
(2) Any registered dentist who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceed- ing two hundred dollars, and, in case of continued non- compliance, to a fine of five dollars for every day during which such non-compliance continues.
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14.-1) shall be lawful for any officer thereunto Inspection authorized in writing by the Board to enter and inspect any of premiace premises used or proposed to be used for the practice of the practing testistry. Such officer shall produce, on demand, "the written of dentistry.. authority, signed by the President of the Board, authorizing such entry and inspection.