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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

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Draft Bill.

No. S. 34. The following Bill is published for general information:—

Short title.

Amendment of Ordin-

ance No.

41 of 1935, s. 11.

Amendments

of Ordin-

ance No. 41 of 1935, s. 13.

Power of Medical Board to strike off the register, suspend,

censure, etc.

A BILL

INTITULED

[No. 1-4.1 41.—2.]

An Ordinance to amend the Medical Registration Ordinance,

1935.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:----

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Medical Regis- tration Amendment Ordinance, 1941.

2. Section 11 of the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1935, is amended by the insertion of the words "and possesses an adequate knowledge of the English language, both spoken and written after the words 'is of good character" at the end of the proviso thereto.

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3. Section 13 of the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1935, is amended-

(a) by the repeal of sub-section (1) thereof and by the substitution therefor of the following sub-section :-

(1) If any registered practitioner is convicted of any offence or after due inquiry is judged by the Medical Board to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, the Medical Board shall have power to make any such order as to removing from or striking off the register the name of the registered practitioner convicted of such offence or judged guilty of such conduct as aforesaid, as to suspending him from practice, as to censure, as to the payment of costs by any party attending the inquiry, and otherwise in relation to the case as the Medical Board may think fit.

(b) by the addition of the following sub-sections after sub-section (6) at the end thereof :-

(7) The Medical Board may, if it thinks fit, at any time direct that the name of a registered practitioner whose name has been removed from or struck off the register be replaced thereon.

(8) The notice of any decision and any order or direc- tion made by the Medical Board as aforesaid shall be signed by the Secretary of the Medical Board and may be filed with the Registrar of the Supreme Court and when so filed shall be enforceable in the same manner as a judgment or order of the Supreme Court to the like effect.

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