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Meetings of

the Council.

Registrar of Dentists.

Keeping of register.

Persons who ore qualified to be

registered,

5. (1) The Council shall meet at such times and such places as the President may appoint, and the Council shall also meet at the request in writing of at least four members, addressed to the President.

(2) At any meeting of the Council four members, including not less than one member appointed under paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section 4, shall be a quorum.

(3) The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment of a member thereof.

(4) All questions coming or arising before a meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the members of the Council present and voting thereon.

(5) The Chairman at any meeting of the Council shall have an original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote except in an inquiry under section 9 or section 18 at which be shall have only an original vote.

6. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, there shall be a Registrar of Dentists, who shall perform such duties in conaction with the register of dentists as may be prescribed.

(2) The Director shall be the Registrar.

7. (1) The Registrar sball cause a register of dentists to be kept In the form prescribed and he shall be responsible for the maintenance and custody thereof.

(2) The register kept under section 6 of the repealed Ordinance existing immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall continue in existence and shall be deemed to have been kept under this section, and every person whose name appears thereon shall be deemed to have been registered under section 9.

(3) In respect of any person who is registered by virtue of paragraph (d) of section 8, the register shall indicate the paragraph of section 7 of the repealed Ordinance under which such person was first registered.

8. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the following persons and no others shall be qualified to be registered under this Ordinance-

(d) any person who holds a degree, diploma or other document of any examining body in the Commonwealth or in any foreign country which is recognized by the General Dental Council of the United Kingdom as registrable in the Dentists Register of the United Kingdom;

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(b) any person who holds a degree, diploma or other document of any examining body which may from time to time be recognized by the Council as qualifying the holder thereof to be registered under this Ordinance:

(c) any person who shall by reason of his academic qualification. professional experience and skill, satisfy the Council that he is a fit person to be registered under this Ordinance:

Provided that every person applying for registration under this paragraph sball furnish such evidence of good character as shall satisfy the Council;

(d) any person who was at any time registered under the repealed

Ordinance.

for

9. (1) Any person qualified to be registered may apply to the Application Registrar for registration. Every such application shall be made in registration. such manner and shall be accompanied by such documents, photo- graphs and particulars as may be prescribed.

(2) Where such person has complied with the provisions of sub- section (1) and with any regulations relating thereto, and bas paid the prescribed fee, he shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), be admitted by the Council to the register.

(3) If, after duc inquiry, the Council is satisfied that any applicant for registration—

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

punishable with imprisonment; or

(b) has been guilty of unprofessional conduct; or

(e) is the subject of an existing order made under paragraph (1) or (ii) of subsection (1) of section 17 of the repealed Ordinance,

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

(4) Such of the provisions of section 18 as are capable of applica- tion to an inquiry held for the purposes of this section shall apply to such inquiry, and any such provision may be construed with such modifications not affecting the substance as may be necessary to render il conveniently applicabic.