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CAP. 156]

Dentists Registration

[1989 Ed.

(2) Subject to the payment of the prescribed fee for the issue of a practising certificate, the Secretary, on application made to him for that purpose by a person to whom this section applies, shall issue to him a certificate to the effect that he is, subject to any conditions and restrictions specified in the certificate,

(a) entitled to practise dentistry in Hong Kong; or

(b) in the case of a person deemed to be a registered dentist under section 30(3)(a), entitled to practise dentistry for the purpose of teaching or performing hospital work in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Hong Kong. (Amended 62 of 1987 s. 4) (3) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of that year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force from the time of its issue until the end of

that year.

(4) Where a practising certificate is issued pursuant to an application made during the course of a year in respect of the following year, the certificate shall, subject to subsection (5), be in force for a period of 12 months commencing on 1 January in that following year.

(5) If at any time during the currency of a practising certificate issued under this section, the holder of the certificate ceases to be registered, the certificate shall thereupon be deemed to be cancelled.

(6) Any person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate under this section shall be deemed to have obtained the certificate when he has duly applied to the Secretary and paid the prescribed fee for the issue of the practising certificate.

(7) Notwithstanding section 11(1) a person who is required under this section to be the holder of a practising certificate shall not be entitled to recover any fees, costs or other remuneration on any cause of action unless he was, at the time when the cause of action arose, the holder of a valid practising certificate.

(8) This section applies to-

(a) any person whose name appears on the register; and

(b) any person deemed to be a registered dentist by virtue of section

30(3)(a). (Replaced 62 of 1987 s. 4)

(Added 49 of 1977 s. 6)

IIB. Recovery of practising fees

(1) If any person to whom section 11A applies contravenes subsection (1) of that section, the amount of the prescribed fee payable by him under subsection (2) of that section shall be recoverable as a civil debt.

(2) In any proceedings under this section a certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Secretary to the effect that the person concerned had not