1508
No. 8 of 1921.
STAMP.
Certificates to practise.
*
Ordinance No. 39 of 1932.
Schedule.
21.-(1) Subject to any temporary regulations which may be made under this Ordinance, no architect, barrister, dentist (whether registered as a dental surgeon or an exempted person), medical practitioner, pharmaceutical chemist, auditor on the current authorized list published under section 131(3) of the Companies Ordinance, 1932; or solicitor, shall practise his profession or any part thereof in the Colony, whether wholly or in part on his own account or as an assistant or servant of any other person, unless he is in possession of a valid and current certificate to practise which shall be stamped in accordance with the provisions of heading No. 13 in the Schedule:
Provided that this sub-section shall not be deemed to require an additional certificate in respect of practice under a firm name where the names of the individual professional partners, assistants and servants of the firm appear on the said current authorized list.
(2) No person who is required under the provisions of this section to take out a certificate shall be entitled to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action unless either-
(a) he was in possession of a valid certificate to practise at the time when the cause of action arose, or
(b) he is at the time of judgment in possession of a duly stamped certificate to practise covering the time when the cause of action arose.
(2A) A person who is required under the provisions of this section to take out a certificate and who fails to take out the same shall be liable civilly to the Collector for the payment of the duty which but for such failure would have been payable.
(3) This section shall not apply to the following—
(a) any person the whole of whose time is at the disposal of the Crown;
(b) any professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong;
* As amended by No. 26 of 1929 [6.12.29], No. 29 of 1931 [1.1.32], No. 20 of 1935 [18.4.35] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
1508
No. 8 of 1921.
STAMP.
Certificates to practise.
*
Ordinance No. 39 of 1932.
Schedule.
21.-(1) Subject to any temporary regulations which may be made under this Ordinance, no architect, barrister, dentist (whether registered as a dental surgeon or an exempted person), medical practitioner, pharmaceutical chemist, auditor on the current authorized list published under section 131 (3) of the Companies Ordinance, 1932; or solicitor, shall practise his profession or any part thereof in the Colony, whether wholly or in part on his own account or as an assistant or servant of any other person, unless he is in possession of a valid and current certificate to practise which shall be stamped in accordance with the provisions of heading No. 13 in the Schedule:
Provided that this sub-section shall not be deemed to require an additional certificate in respect of practice under a firm name where the names of the individual professional partners, assist- ants and servants of the firm appear on the said current authorized list.
(2) No person who is required under the provisions of this section to take out a certificate shall be entitled to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action unless either-
(a) he was in possession of a valid certificate to practise at the time when the cause of action arose, or
(b) he is at the time of judgment in possession of a duly stamped certificate to practise covering the time when the cause of action arose.
(2A) A person who is required under the provisions of this section to take out a certificate and who fails to take out the same shall be liable civilly to the Collector for the payment of the duty which but for such failure would have been payable.
(3) This section shall not apply to the following—
(a) any person the whole of whose time is at the disposal of the Crown;
(b) any professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the Univer- sity of Hong Kong;
* As amended by No. 26 of 1929 [6.12.29], No. 29 of 1931 [1.1.32], No. 20
of 1935 (18.4.35] and Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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