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10. Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
Amendment of section 15.
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by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the follow- ing-
"(1) The secretary shall cause a copy of
(a) any order refusing registration made under
subsection (2) of section 9; or
(b) any order refusing enrolment under sub-
section (2) of section 10E; or
(e) any order made under subsection (1) of
section 11.
to be served, as soon as may be after the making of the order, upon the registered nurse or the en- rolled assistant nurse concerned, as the case may be, either personally or by registered post addressod to him at the last address known to the secretary.";
(b) in subsection (2) by deleting "any nurse from the register or any part thereof," and substituting the following-
"any registered nurse from the register or of any enrolled assistant nurse from the roll”;
(c) by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the follow-
ing-
Lot 1931. Cup. 164, 990,3
*(3) Any-
(a) registered nurse whose name is removed from the register or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, or whose name, prior to the commencement of this Ordinance, was so removed in accordance with the provisions of the Nurses Registration Ordinance 1931. from the register or from any part thereof, maintained in accordance with the provi- sions of that Ordinance;
(b) enrolled assistant nurse whose name is removed from the roll or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance,
may apply to the Board for the restoration of his
Dame-
(i) to the register or to such pan thereof; or (i) to the roll or to such part thereof.
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(4) The Board may, in its absolute discretion, and after such inquiry and subject to such condi- tions as it may consider expedient, either allow or reject the application, and, if it allows the applica- tion, shall direct the secretary upon payment of the prescribed fee, if any, to restore the name of the applicant to the register or to such part thereof, or to the roll or to such part thereof, as the case may be, and thereupon the secretary shall restore the name accordingly:
Provided that where the name of-
(a) a registered nurse was removed from the
register or any part thereof; or
(b) an enrolled assistant nurse was removed
from the roll or any part thereof.
by order of the Board for a specified period only. no fee shall be payable upon the restoration of the name upon the expiration of such period.”,
11. Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-
"(1) Any person who considers himself aggrieved by an order of the Board made in accordance with the provisions of
(a) section 9 refusing him registration;
(b) section 10E refusing him enrolment; or (e) section 11.
may appeal therefrom to the Full Court and the Court may affirm, vary or reverse the decision of the Board, and may exercise any power which the Board might have exercised and the decision of the Full Court shall be final.".
12. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Falsifica- tion of register or roll,
17. Any person who wilfully makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a matter relating- (a) to the register or to the registration of any
name therein; or
(b) to the roll or to the enrolment of any name
therein.
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable upon conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.".
Amendment of section 16.
Repeal and replacement of section 17.