Repeal and
replace- ment of #ection 18.
Amend- ment of section 21.
order of the Board on the person concerned and in the case of an appeal shall await the decision of the Full Court.
(3) Any person whose name has been removed or erased from the register under subsection (1) of section 17 may apply to the Board for the restoration of his name to the register, and the Board, in its absolute discretion and after such inquiry 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 nume accordingly.
(4) Any order made by the Board as aforesaid shall be signed by the Registrar."
10, Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following section-
"Appeals.
18. (1) Any registered dentist whose name has been ordered not to be entered upon the register under subsection (3) of section 8 or whose name has been ordered to be erased or removed from the register under subsection (1) of section 17 may, within one month of the service of the order in accordance with subsection (1) of section 17D but not otherwise, appeal to the Full Court, and the Full Court may thereupon affirm, reverse or vary the order appealed against.
(2) The decision of the Full Court 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."
11. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the substitution of a colon for the full stop at the end thereof, and by the addition thereafter of the following proviso-
"Provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing provi- sions of this section, the Board may, by writing under the hand of the Secretary, authorize a dentist registered by virtue
of paragraph (e) of section 7 to use such title or titles associated with his academic qualifications as the Board may think fit.".
12. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition Addition
of new after section 24 of the following new section-
"Forfeiture.
24A. (1) Where a person has been convicted of an offence against subsection (1) of section 3. a magistrate may, on application made on behalf of the Crown, order that all dental materials and equipment in the possession or under the control of such person shall be forfeited to the Crown.
(2) Upon the making of an order for forfeiture under this section, the materials and equipment to which such order relates shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from the rights of any
person,
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section B4A.
13. Section 25 is amended by the deletion of paragraph (A) Amend- ment of of subsection (2) and the substitution therefor of the following section 25. paragraph-
" the procedure to be followed-
(i) in relation to preliminary investigation of complaints touching the conduct of registered dentists; and
(ii) in relation to inquiries held by the Board under the provisions of section 17;'*.
14. Section 26 of the principal Ordinance is amended→→
Amend- ment of
(a) by the deletion of the expression (a) or (b)" and the section 20
substitution therefor of the following-
(a), (b) or (e)";
(b) by the substitution of a colon for the full stop at the end thereof, and by the addition thereafter of the following proviso-
"Provided that any dentist of Her Majesty's Navy, Army or Air Force practising dentistry privately shall only be exempt from the provisions of sections 8, 9 and 13.".