Section 17
Restriction on registration
If any person applying for registration has—
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(a)
at any time been found guilty of an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or an offence punishable with imprisonment (whether in itself only or in addition to or in lieu of a fine) for a term of two years or upward;
(b)
after due inquiry by the Council, been found by it to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect or to be otherwise not of good fame and character;
or
(c)
after due inquiry by a medical review panel, which shall consist of two medical practitioners and one dental surgeon appointed by the Council, been found to be unfit to perform his professional duties by reason of his mental or physical condition, the Council may direct the Registrar not to enter the name of such person upon the Register.
(2)
The Registrar shall forthwith give the person concerned notice in writing of such direction by the Council not to enter such persons’s name upon the Register.
(3)
Upon any inquiry under paragraph (1)(b), the applicant shall be entitled to appear before the Council and be heard personally or by advocate and solicitor.