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(2) The roll kept in accordance with the provisions of the Mid- wives Ordinance repealed by this Ordinance shall be deemed to be the register required to be kept, and to have been kept, by virtue of this section and shall continue to be maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; and every woman whose name appears thereon at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed lo bave been registered as a midwife in accordance with section 8 of this Ordinance.
(3) The register or a copy thereof shall be open to inspection free of charge during usual business hours by any person upon application in writing addressed to the secretary.
(4) Each entry in the register shall include, with respect to the woman to whom the entry relates, an indication of the manner in which she became entitled to registration as a midwife.
(5) The Board shall cause to be published in the Gazette cach year as soon as may be-
(a) after the first day of January, a list containing the name, address and date of registration or re-registration, as the case may be, of every woman whose name appeared on the register oo such first day of January; and
(b) after the first day of July, a list containing the name, address and date of registration or re-registration, as the case may be, of every woman whose name has been added to or deleted from the register between the first day of January and such first day of July, both dates being inclusive.
(6) A copy of the Gazette containing either of the lists last publish- ed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) shall be prime facie evidence that all of the women specified therein are registered midwives; and the absence of the uame of any woman from the list last published under paragraph (a) or shown as baving been deleted from the register by any list published subsequently thereto under paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be prima facie evidence that such woman is not a registered midwife:
Provided that a certificate under the hand of the Director certifying that any woman is registered or that any woman is not registered shall
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be conclusive evidence that such woman is or is not a registered mid- wife, as the case may be.
(7) Any person who wilfully makes, or causes to be made, any falsification in any matter relating to the register, or the registration of any name therein, shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for three months,
register,
6. (1) The secretary may from time to time amend the register Correction as to the address or other relevant particulars relating to any woman of the whose name appears thereon upon his being satisfied that such amend- ment is necessary for the purpose of preserving the accuracy of the register.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 14, the secretary shall add to or delete from the register the name of any woman whose name the Board directs shall be added thereto or deleted therefrom, as the case may be
(3) The Board may direct that the name of any woman be removed from the register who-
(a) dies;
(6) has left the Colony without giving to the secretary notice of
intention to return;
(c) has not supplied the secretary with an address in the Colony
at which notices from the Board may be served upon ber:
Provided that--
(1) this paragraph shall not apply to any registered midwife in the service of the Government; and
(ii) any woman who fails to acknowledge within twelve months after the date of despatch the receipt of a registered letter or a telegram addressed to her at her last address as recorded in the register shall be deemed not to have supplied the secretary with an address under this paragraph.
7. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no woman Qualification shall be qualified to be registered under this Ordinance unless she has for registra-
tion. satisfied the Board that she-
(a) has attained the age of twenty-one years; and
(b) is a woman of good churacler;
and in addition thereto--
(c) has completed such training as may be prescribed and has passed such examinations as may be required by the Board;
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