1964_MEDICAL_PRACTITIONERS_(REGISTRATION_AND_DISCIPLINARY_PROCEDURE)_REGULATIONS — Page 12

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CAP. 161]

[Subsidiary]

Postponement of judgment.

Medical Practitioners (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations

[1982 Ed.

and where such submission is made, a reply thereto may be made by the complainant in person or by his solicitor or counsel, or in their absence by the Secretary of the Council, and the defendant may answer such reply;

(c) if a submission is made under paragraph (b), the Council shall consider and determine whether the submission shall be upheld and---

(i) the Chairman shall announce the determination of the Council; and

(ii) if the Council uphold the submission in respect of any charge, the finding shall be recorded that the defend- ant is not guilty on that charge; and

(iii) if the Council reject the submission, the Chairman shall call upon the defendant to state his case;

(d) the defendant, in person or by his solicitor or his counsel, may then adduce evidence in support of his case and may address the Council:

Provided that only one address may be made under this paragraph, and where evidence has been adduced by or on behalf of the defendant such address may be made either before or after such evidence has been adduced:

(e) at the conclusion of the case of the defendant, the com- plainant, in person or by his solicitor or counsel, or in their absence the Secretary of the Council, may address the Council in reply, only if evidence has been adduced by or on behalf of the defendant other than by his own evidence, or with the special leave of the Council.

23. (1) At the conclusion of the proceedings under regulation 22, the Council shall consider and determine whether to postpone judgment.

(2) If the Council decide to postpone judgment, the judgment of the Council shall stand postponed until such future meeting of the Council as the Council may decide, and the Chairman of the Council shall announce the decision of the Council in such terms as the Council may approve.

(3) If the Council decide not to postpone judgment, the Council shall consider and determine whether the facts alleged in any charge before the Council have been proved to their satisfaction and whether the defendant is guilty of the offence charged.

(4) When the Council has come to its decision under para- graph (3) the Chairman shall announce the decision of the Council in such terms as the Council may approve.