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Midwives Registration

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to have been kept, by virtue of this section and shall continue to be maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance; and every woman whose name appears thereon at the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to have been registered as a midwife in accordance with section 8 of this Ordinance.

(3) The register or a copy thereof shall be open to inspection free of charge during usual business hours by any person upon application in writing addressed to the secretary.

(4) Each entry in the register shall include, with respect to the woman to whom the entry relates, an indication of the manner in which she became entitled to registration as a midwife.

(5) The Board shall cause to be published in the Gazette in relation to successive periods, in such manner as the Board may think fit and at intervals of not more than 12 months, lists of all women whose names have been entered in, removed from or restored to the register during these periods. (Replaced, 38 of 1973, s. 2)

(6) A certificate purporting to be under the seal of the Board and signed by the chairman or secretary of the Board stating that a woman is or was at any date or is not or was not at any date duly registered shall be evidence in all courts of law of the facts stated in such certificate until the contrary is proved. (Replaced, 38 of 1973, s. 2)

(7) Any person who wilfully makes, or causes to be made, any falsification in any matter relating to the register, or the registration of any name therein, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

Correction of the register

6. (1) The secretary may from time to time amend the register as to the address or other relevant particulars relating to any woman whose name appears thereon upon his being satisfied that such amendment is necessary for the purpose of preserving the accuracy of the register.

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 14, the secretary shall add to or delete from the register the name of any woman whose name the Board directs shall be added thereto or deleted therefrom, as the case may be.

(3) The Board may direct that the name of any woman be removed from the register who-

(a) dies;

(b) has left Hong Kong without giving to the secretary notice of intention to return;

(c) has not supplied the secretary with an address in Hong Kong at which notices from the Board may be served upon her:

Provided that-

(i) this paragraph shall not apply to any registered midwife in the service of the Government; and

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