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Amend- ment of section 4.

Amend- ment of section 7.

Amend- meat of section 8.

Amend-

ment of

section 12,

3. Section of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion from paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of the words "Senior Government Dental Surgeon" and the substitution therefor of the following-

4.

"Government Dental Specialist''.

Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion from paragraph (e) of the words "professional qualifica- tion, experience" and the substitution therefor of the following-

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"academic qualification, professional experience".

5. Section 8 of the principal Ordinance & amended by the deletion of subsection (3) and the insertion of the following ney subsections-

"(3) LE, after due inquiry, the Board is satisfied that any applicant for registration-

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(a) has been convicted in the Colony, or elsewhere of

any offence punishable with imprisonment; or (6) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct,

the Board may, in its discretion, order that the name of the applicant be not entered upon the register.

(4) Such of the provisions of sections 17, 174, 17B, 17C and 17D as are capable of application to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modification not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render it conveniently applicable.".

6.

Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of subsection (1) and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection-

"(1) The Registrar shall publish annually in the Gaselle as soon as practicable after the 1st day of January of each year, a list of all persons registered under this Ordinance to whom an annual practising certificate has been issued for that year, and of all persons who are exempt from obtaining an annual practising certificate by virtue of section 26, showing the qualifications and the places of carrying on business of all such persons,”.

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section 13.

Section 13 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amend- the deletion from subsection (1) of the words "certificate of ment of registration issued under section 9,” and the substitution therefor of the following-

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"annual practising certificate issued under section 11, certificate of registration issued under section where no annual practising certificate has yet been issued, in either case".

8. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and Repeal and replaced by the following section-

"Diaci- plinary Inquiries by the Board.

17. (1) If, after due inquiry, the Board is salis- fied that any registered dentist--

(4) has been convicted in the Colony or elsewhere of any offence punishable with imprisonment; (b) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct; (c) has obtained registration by fraud or mis

representation; or

(d) was not at the time of his registration entitled

to be registered,

the Board may, in its discretion-

(i) order the name of the registered dentist to

be erased from the register; or

(ii) order the name of the registered dentist to be removed from the register for such period as it may think fit; or

(iii) order the registered dentist to be reprimanded :

or

(iv) postpone judgment on the case for a period, or periods in the aggregate, not exceeding two years,

and may, in any case, make such order as the Board thinks fit with regard to the payment of the costs of the Registrar and of the complainant or of the registered dentist, and any costs awarded may be recovered summarily as a civil debt in accordance with the provisions of sections 65 and 66 of the (Cap. 227). Magistrates Ordinance.

replace- ment of section 17.