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(ii) order the name of the person registered to be removed from
the register for such period as it thinks fit;
(iii) order the person registered to be reprimanded; or
(iv) order that a warning letter in such terms as it considers
appropriate be served on the person registered.
(2) Within 1 month after the expiry of the time within which an appeal against an order made by a board under subsection (1) may be made to the Court of Appeal under section 25 or if such appeal has been made, within 1 month after the decision of the Court of Appeal affirming or varying such order, the board-
(a) shall, in the case of an order made under subsection (1)(i), (ii) or (iii), or the order as so varied, as the case may be, publish the order in the Gazette together with an account of the particulars and the nature of the matter to which such order relates; and
(b) may, in the case of an order made under subsection (1)(iv), or the order as so varied, as the case may be, publish the order in the Gazette together with an account of the particulars and the nature of the matter to which such order relates.
(3) In any inquiry held under this section, a board may make such order as it thinks fit for the payment of the costs of its secretary, a complainant, counsel or a solicitor present at the inquiry and the person registered or any one or more of them and any costs awarded may be recovered as a civil debt.
23. (1) For the purposes of an inquiry under section 13 or 22 or when it otherwise appears desirable to a board that any matter relating to the relevant profession should be inquired into, the board shall subject to subsection (4) have-
(a) to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath; and
(b) to summon a person to attend the inquiry to give evidence or produce a document or other thing in his possession and examine him as a witness or require him to produce a document or other thing in his possession.
(2) A summons under subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and signed by the secretary of the board.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person who-
(a) being summoned under subsection (1) to attend an inquiry to give evidence or to produce a document or other thing in his possession, refuses or neglects to do so; or
(b) being examined under subsection (1) as a witness by or before a board, refuses or neglects to answer a question put to him by or with the concurrence of the board, or to
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Powers of boards at inquiries.
CAP. 359] Supplementary Medical Professions
[1980 Ed.
(ii) order the name of the person registered to be removed from
the register for such period as it thinks fit;
(iii) order the person registered to be reprimanded; or
(iv) order that a warning letter in such terms as it considers
appropriate be served on the person registered.
(2) Within 1 month after the expiry of the time within which an appeal against an order made by a board under subsection (1) may be made to the Court of Appeal under section 25 or if such appeal has been made, within 1 month after the decision of the Court of Appeal affirming or varying such order, the board-
(a) shall, in the case of an order made under subsection (1)(i), (ii) or (iii), or the order as so varied, as the case may be, publish the order in the Gazette together with an account of the particulars and the nature of the matter to which such order relates; and
(b) may, in the case of an order made under subsection (1)(iv), or the order as so varied, as the case may be, publish the order in the Gazette together with an account of the particulars and the nature of the matter to which such order relates.
(3) In any inquiry held under this section, a board may make such order as it thinks fit for the payment of the costs of its secretary, a complainant, counsel or a solicitor present at the inquiry and the person registered or any one or more of them and any costs awarded may be recovered as a civil debt.
23. (1) For the purposes of an inquiry under section 13 or 22 or when it otherwise appears desirable to a board that any matter relating to the relevant profession should be inquired into, the board shall subject to subsection (4) have-
(a) to hear, receive and examine evidence on oath; and
(b) to summon a person to attend the inquiry to give evidence or produce a document or other thing in his possession and examine him as a witness or require him to produce a document or other thing in his possession.
(2) A summons under subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and signed by the secretary of the board.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), a person who-
(a) being summoned under subsection (1) to attend an inquiry to give evidence or to produce a document or other thing in his possession, refuses or neglects to do so; or
(b) being examined under subsection (1) as a witness by or before a board, refuses or neglects to answer a question put to him by or with the concurrence of the board, or to
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