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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH S. 1940.

Prosecutions.

General penalty.

Regulations.

Exemptions

from sections 8, 9, 11 and 13.

Exemptions.

Ordinance No. 41 f 1935.

Amendment

es Ordin-

ances

Nos. 6 of 1887, s. 4 (5), 8

of 1921,

s. 21 (1), 7 of 1935. >. 3 (4)

(d) and

8 of 1937,

ss. 2 (xi) (c) and 20 (1)

(a).

23. A prosecution for an offence against this Ordinance may be instituted by the Board.

24. Any person guilty of an offence against this Ordin- ance for which no specific penalty is provided shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

to

25.-(1) The Governor in Council shall have

power make regulations for giving effect to the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by the last foregoing sub-section, regulations made under this section shall in particular prescribe-

(a) the procedure to be adopted at meetings of the Board:

(b) the duties of the Registrar;

(c) the form of the register and the mode in which it shall be kept;

(d) the fees to be paid in respect of proceedings, and in respect of certificates issued, under this Ordinance;

(e) the manner in which applications for registration shall be made;

(f) the procedure to be adopted at inquiries before the Board;

(g) the forms of any certificates or other documents required for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.

26. All dentists of His Majesty's Navy, Ariny or Air Force residing in the Colony and all dentists in the public service of the Colony who possess any of the qualifications mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of section 7 shall, while in the discharge of their duties, be registered under this Ordin- ance but shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 8, 9, 11 and 13.

27.-(1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall operate to prevent the practice of medicine or surgery by a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Ordin- ance, 1935.

(2) Nothing in this Ordinance shall operate to prevent the training of medical and dental students in the practice of dentistry under the supervision of a registered dentist in a hospital or dental school approved for the purposes of this sub-section by the Governor in Council.

28.---(1) Sub-section (5) of section 4 of the Jury Ordin- ance, 1887, is amended by the substitution of the words "duly registered as dentists under the Registration of Dentists Ordinance, 1939," for the words "duly registered as dental surgeons under the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914".

(2) Sub-section (1) of section 21 of the Stamp Ordinance, 1921, is amended by the substitution of the words "registered dentist" for the words "dentist (whether registered as a dental surgeon or an exempted person)".

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