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CAP. 161]

Medical Registration

[1987 Ed.

[cf. 1956 c. 76, s. 33(2).]

Powers of

Council in regard to obtaining of evidence and conduct at proceedings.

any record of the case in which such conviction was recorded and any other evidence which may be available and is relevant as showing the nature and gravity of the offence.

(4) In any inquiry under this section whether a person has been guilty of misconduct in any professional respect, any finding of fact which is shown to have been made in any matrimonial proceedings in a court of the Commonwealth having unlimited jurisdiction in civil matters, or on appeal from a decision in such proceedings, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact found. (Amended, 33 of 1971, s. 2)

(5) Within 1 month after the expiry of the time within which an appeal against an order under subsection (1) may be made under section 26 or, if such an appeal has been made, within 1 month after a decision affirming or varying such order, the Council-

(a) shall, in the case of an order made under subsection (1)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), publish the order or the order as varied on appeal in the Gazette; and

(b) may, in the case of an order made under subsection (1)(v), publish the order in the Gazette. (Replaced, 39 of 1974, s. 2)

(6) Where any order is published in the Gazette under subsection (5), the Council--

(a) shall publish with such order sufficient particulars to acquaint the public with the nature of the matter to which the order relates; and

(b) may publish with such order an account of the proceedings at the inquiry at which the order was made. (Added, 39 of 1974, s. 2)

22. (1) For the purposes of an inquiry under section 21 the Council shall have the following powers-

(a) to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath;

(b) to summon any person to attend the inquiry to give evidence or produce any document or other thing in his possession and to examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession, subject to all just exceptions;

(c) to admit or exclude the public or any member of the public from the inquiry;

(d) to admit or exclude the press from the inquiry;

(e) to award any person summoned to attend the inquiry such sum or sums as in the opinion of the Council may have been reasonably expended by him by reason of his attendance.

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