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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 28, 1937.

(3) A copy of the Gazette, containing the most recent copy of the register or a certificate under the hand of the registrar, shall be prima facie evidence in any proceedings that the persons therein specified are, or are not, registered pharmacists.

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6.--(1) If a registered pharmacist, or a person employ- Removal of ed by him in the carrying on of his business has been con- pharmacists victed of any such criminal offence, or been guilty of such restoration misconduct as, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, to register. renders him, or in the case of an employee, would if he were 23 & 24 Geo. 5, a registered pharmacist, render him, unfit to be on the c. 25, s. 7. register, the Governor in Council, after making inquiry into the case, may direct the registrar to remove the name of the pharmacist from the register.

(2) If the Governor in Council thinks fit in any case so to do, he may, either of his own motion or on the application of the person concerned, direct the registrar to restore to the register, either without fee or on payment of such fee, not exceeding the fee payable on registration as a pharmacist, as the Governor in Council may prescribe, any name or entry which has been removed from the register.

(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 5 with respect to the erasure from the register of names and entries in the cases to which that section relates.

7. Subject to the provisions of sections 5 and 6, every Qualifica- pharmacist shall, on payment of the fee prescribed by re- tions for

registration. gulations, be entitled to be registered under this Ordinance :

Provided that nothing in this section shall entitle any person to be registered who does not, by the proper evidence, satisfy the registrar that he is so entitled.

8.-(1) It shall be the duty of the registrar on the demand of a registered pharmacist to cause a certificate of registration to be issued to him without fee:

Issue of certificates

of registra- tion, and penalties

for failure or abuse of

to surrender

certificate.

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Provided that, where a certificate of registration has already been issued to the person making the demand, there shall be no obligation upon the registrar to cause a further certificate to be issued to him unless he satisfies the registrar Geo. 5, that the original certificate has been lost or destroyed and c. 25, s. 2. pays such fee, if any, in respect of the issue of the further certificate as may be prescribed by regulations.

(2) If a person to whom a certificate of registration has been issued ceases to be registered as a pharmacist, he shall, within fourteen days after so ceasing, transmit the certificate to the registrar for cancellation, and, if he fails so to do, he shall be liable on summary conviction, in respect of each offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and to a further fine not exceeding ten dollars for every day subsequent to the day on which he is convicted of the offence during which the default continues.

(3) If, with intent to deceive, a person—

(a) forges, or uses, or lends to or allows to be used by any other person a certificate of registration or any other certificate issued under any enactment, whether of this Colony or elsewhere, relating to pharmacy; or

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