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DENTISTS REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT)

Ord. No. 49/77

A201

exceeding 6 months without having obtained such a certifi- cate; or".

section 18.

8. Section 18(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "Registrar and of any 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 66 and 67 of the Magistrates Ordinance." and substituting the following-

(Cap. 227.)

"Secretary, a complainant, a counsel or solicitor present at the inquiry and the registered dentist or any one or more of them, and any costs awarded may be recovered summarily as a civil debt in accordance with the Magistrates Ordinance.".

Section 23 of the principal Ordinance is amended by adding after Amendment of subsection (3) the following new subsection-

9.

section 23.

"(4) In deciding any appeal under this section the Court of Appeal may make such order for costs as it considers reasonable.".

10. Section 26 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amendment of "issued" and substituting the following-

"is used".

11. Section 29 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof;

(b) by deleting subsection (1)(d) and substituting the following-

"(d) any fee required to be paid under this Ordinance;

(da) the disposal of any fee paid or recovered under this

Ordinance;";

(c) by inserting the following new subsection-

"(2) Any regulations made under subsection (1)d) may prescribe different fees to be payable by different categories of dentists.".

section 26.

Amendment of section 29.

1977.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 29th day of June,

L. TSE,

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.

L. TSE,

Clerk to the Legislative Council.