Section 47
Notice to registered person to serve as a dental officer in the public services
(2)
A person served with a notice under subsection (1) shall comply with such notice and if he fails to do so he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(3)
Immediately upon a charge under subsection (2) or under section 48 being proved in court against any person, the registration of such person under section 12 shall be deemed to be revoked, and the Registrar shall strike off from the Register the name of such person.
(4)
Where the name of a person is struck off from the Register under subsection (3), it shall not be restored on the Register except upon a direction by the Minister, and the Minister may give such
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direction upon an application in writing being made to him by the person whose name has been struck off from the Register.
(5)
Any direction given by the Minister under subsection (4) in respect of any person may be made subject to the fulfilment of such terms and conditions as the Minister may deem fit to impose, and such terms and conditions may include terms and conditions requiring such person to serve as a dental officer to the satisfaction of the Director General for a continuous total period of not less than three years in such post in such one or more of the public services as may from time to time be determined by the Director General in his discretion.
(6)
While the person whose name is restored under subsection (4)
is fulfilling the terms and conditions imposed under subsection (5) he shall be deemed to be registered so far as is necessary to fulfil the terms and conditions imposed under subsection (5) and for such other purposes as the Minister may direct, but not further; and upon fulfilment of the terms and conditions imposed under subsection (5)
he shall be entitled to a certificate issued by the Director General as evidence of such fulfilment.
(7)
The decision of the Minister upon an application made to him under subsection (4) for the restoration of a name on the Register shall be final and shall not be questioned or reviewed in any court.
(8)
Where a notice under subsection (1) has been served on any person liable to be served therewith, the Director General may at any time cancel the notice and, if he thinks fit, cause to be served on him a further notice under subsection (1).