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【法规编号】 82231 什么是编号？
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第7页 CAP 156 DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
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[接上页] Cap 156 s 19 Powers of Council with regard to obtaining evidence and the conduct of proceedings (1) For the purposes of an inquiry under section 9 or 18, 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. (2) Summonses to witnesses may be in the prescribed form and shall be signed by the Chairman. Cap 156 s 20 Penalty for failure to give evidence Any person who being summoned to attend as a witness or produce a book, document or any other thing at any inquiry under section 9 or 18 refuses or neglects to do so or to answer any question put to him by or with the concurrence of the Council commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months: (Amended 68 of 1986 s. 14; 80 of 1997 s. 91) Provided that no person shall be bound to incriminate himself and every witness shall, in respect of any evidence given by him before the Council, be entitled to the same privileges to which he would be entitled if giving evidence before a court of justice. Cap 156 s 21 Appearance of counsel, etc. The complainant in any inquiry under section 9 or 18 and the person whose conduct is the subject of such inquiry shall be entitled to be represented by counsel or a solicitor throughout the inquiry. Cap 156 s 22 Provisions relating to orders of the Council (1) The Registrar shall cause a copy of any order made under section 9(3) or 18(1) to be served forthwith upon the person concerned, either personally or by registered post addressed to his registered address. (2) The Registrar shall not remove the name of a registered dentist from the register before the expiry of 1 month after the date of service of an order of the Council made under section 18(1) on the person concerned and in the case of an appeal shall await the decision of the Court of Appeal. (3) Any person whose name has been removed from the register under the provisions of this Ordinance, or whose name prior to the commencement of this Ordinance had been removed or erased under the provisions of the repealed Ordinance from the register kept in accordance with the provisions of that Ordinance may apply to the Council for the restoration of his name to the register, and the Council, in its absolute discretion and after such inquiry and subject to such conditions as it may consider desirable, may either allow or refuse the application, and, if it allows the same, shall order the Registrar to restore the name of the applicant to the register, and thereupon the Registrar shall restore the name accordingly. (4) Any order made by the Council as aforesaid shall be signed by the Registrar. Cap 156 s 23 Appeals Remarks: Amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2 (1) Any person whose name has been ordered not to be entered upon the register under section 9(3) or any registered dentist who is aggrieved by any order made in respect of him under section 15 or 18 may appeal to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal may thereupon affirm, reverse or vary the order appealed against. (2) The decision of the Court of Appeal upon such appeal shall be final. (3) The practice in relation to any such appeal shall be subject to any rules of court made under the High Court Ordinance (Cap 4): (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2) Provided that the Court of Appeal shall not have power to hear any appeal against an order made under section 9 or 18 unless notice of such appeal was given within 1 month of the service of the order in accordance with section 22(1). (4) In deciding any appeal under this section the Court of Appeal may make such order for costs as it considers reasonable. (Added 49 of 1977 s. 9) Cap 156 s 24 Penalty for fraudulent registration Any person who fraudulently procures or attempts to procure himself or any other person to be registered under this Ordinance commits an offence and is liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended 68 of 1986 s. 15) Cap 156 s 25 Penalty for falsely pretending to be or taking or using the name or title of a dentist Any person who is neither a registered dentist nor deemed to be one under this Ordinance and who wilfully or falsely pretends to be or takes or uses the name or title of a dentist, dental surgeon, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry, surgeon dentist, or any name, title, addition or description implying, whether in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used, that such person is a dentist or that such person is qualified to heal or treat dental disorders or derangements, whether by dentistry or any other means of any kind or description whatsoever, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 6 and to imprisonment for 3 years. |
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