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of Ordinance No.1 of 1884.

5. One effect of the above change in the register will

be to make the persons in Part II of the register "medical

practitioners" and as such liable to take out and pay the

fees for annual certificates to practise under section 21(1)

of the Stamp Ordinance, No.8 of 1921. Persons whose whole

time is at the disposal of the Crown, professors of the

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hongkong, and

persons exempted by the Governor in Council on the ground

that their whole time is at the disposal of some charitable

institution, do not have to take out such certificates to

practise as they are exempted under section 21(3) of Ordi-

nance No.8 of 1921, as amended by No.26 of 1929 and this

new Ordinance does not affect that exemption.

6. Another effect of requiring registration in the case

of practitioners, who were not required to register under

Ordinance No.1 of 1884, is that it is made clear that these

persons are brought under the jurisdiction of the Medical

Board, which after due inquiry, in cases of conviction or

infamous conduct in any professional respect, may censure

a registered practitioner or direct that his name be struck

off the register.

7. In my opinion the Ordinance is not contrary to the

Governor's instructions and it is one to which His Excellency

the Officer Administering the Government may properly

assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.

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Attorney General.

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