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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Draft Bills.

No. S. 477.-The following Bills are published for general information:-

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Short title.

Amendment

of Ordin-

ance No.

22 of 1910, s. 4 (1).

Amendments

of Ordin-

ance No.

22 of 1910,

s. 4 (2).

[No. 26-26.9.40.-2.]

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Midwives Ordinance, 1910.

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 Midwives Amend- ment Ordinance, 1940.

2. Sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Midwives Ordin- ance, 1910, is amended by the substitution of the words eight other persons, two of whom shall be certified and enrolled midwives under this Ordinance, for the words six other persons".

3. Sub-section (2) of section 4 of the Midwives Ordin- ance, 1910, is amended--

(i) in paragraph (a) (iii) by inserting the following words after the word training

(including such training after enrolment, at such intervals. and for such periods as the Board may prescribe)";

(i) in paragraph (e) by inserting the following words after the word misconduct,'

or of any

midwife who, in the opinion of the Board is so inefficient, by reason of her not attaining the standard of proficiency required by any regulations for training after enrolment, that in the opinion of the Board it would be dangerous to allow her to continue to practice ".

Objects and Reasons.

1. Section 4 (1) of the principal Ordinance provides for the establishment of a Midwives Board consisting of the Director of Medical Services and six other persons appointed by the Governor.

2. All seven members of the present Board are fully qualified medical practitioners and it is not considered desir- able to reduce the number of members so qualified as it is from members of the Board that examiners for the certificate are drawn.