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pemod obi Ro practise wibout ppctielna ceruicare.
Recovery of practialus feca.
(5) Any conditions imposed under subsection (3) as the same may have been amended or added to under subsection (4), shall be included in the certificate of provisional registration issued to the person to whom the conditions apply.
(6) Where any person to whom such conditions apply fails to comply with those conditions, the board may cancel that person's provisional registration and direct that his name and particulars be removed from the register.
(7) Section, 12(2) and section 13 shall apply to every application for provisional registration under this section.
(8) The names and particulars of persons to whom certificates of provisional registration are issued under this section shall appear in a separate part of the register.
16. (1) A person registered shall not practise a profession in Hong Kong unless he is the holder of a practising certificate which is then in force.
(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee, the secretary of the relevant board, on application made to him for that purpose by a person registered, shall issue to bim a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate, entitled to practise his profession.
(3) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of that year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force from the lime of its SAUC until the end of that year.
(4) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to ap application made during the course of a year in respect of the following year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force for a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July in that following year.
(5) If at any time during the currency of a practising certificate, the holder of the certificale ceases to be registered, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed cancelled.
(6) A person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate under this section shall be deemed to have obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the secretary of the board and paid the prescribed fee for the issue thereof.
(7) A person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate shall not be entitled to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action relating to the practice of his profession unless he was, at the time when the cause of action arose, the holder of a valid practising certificate.
17. (1) If any person registered contravenes section 16(1) the amount of the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 16(2) shall be recoverable as a civil debt by claim mude in the name of the secretary of the relevant board.
(2) In any proceedings under this section a certificate purporting to be under the band of the secretary of the board, that the person registered, has not paid the fee prescribed for the issue of a practising certificate shall, until the contrary is proved, be evidence of non-payment of the foc
(3) On recovery from a person of a prescribed fee under this section, the secretary of the relevant board shall, if the person is registered, isqué a practising certificate to bim
18. (1) A person registered shall keep displayed in a conspicuous Certifiente of position in any premises in which he practises his profession, his certificate uranion to of registration, or a certified copy of such certificate issued under section 1409).
(2) A person registered who fails to comply with subsection (1) com- mits an offence.
(3) A person who displays or causes or permits to be displayed in any premises, a certificate of registration or a certified copy of a certificate of registration bearing bis name or photograph, at a time when his name does not appear on the register kept for the profession to which that certificate relates, commits an offence."
PART IV
Control of PROFESSIONS
19. (D) No person registered shall practise his profession in premises which are considered by the relevant board to be unsuitable for such practice.
(2) A public officer with the authorization of the board, which shall be signed by the Chairman of the board, may at any reasonable time enter and inspect premises used or proposed to be used. for the practice of a profession and shall on demand, produce such authority.
(3) A person wilfully obstructing or resisting a public officer duly authorized by the board, in the inspection of premises used or proposed to be used for the practice of a profession, commits an offence.
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Premises to be
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20. (1) No company as defined in the Companies Ordinance may Commander dy carry on the business of practising a profession unless-
carry co professiona bagi
(a) all persons practising the profession who are employed by the way of wade
or bustossa. company are registered in respect of that profession;
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(8) it has among its objects the practice of that profession; and
(c) within 14 days after 1 July in each year, it transmits to the secretary of the relevant board a statement in the prescribed form containing--
(1) the names and addresses of all persons who are directors or managers of the company;
(i) the names, addresses, occupations and qualifications of all persons employed by the company in the practice of the profession and the duties performed by such persons; and
(i) such other particulars as may be prescribed.
(2) A company carrying on the business of practising a profession
ia contravention of subsection (1), and every director and manager thereof unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, shall be guilty of an offence.
ZE. (0) A person who practises a profession without being registered Prodesalons in respect of that profession commits an offence.
nelly to be practised by
(2) Any person who employs any other person to practise a profes- sion to which this Ordinance relates when the second-mentioned penon is not registered in respect of that profession commits an offence.
registered.
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