Hong Kong Ordinances

MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 15

Publication of General Register and evidence of registration, etc.

(1) As soon as may be after 1 January of every year, the Registrar shall
prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names, addresses,
qualifications and dates of the qualifications of all persons whose names
appear on Part I and Part III of the General Register on 1 January immediately
preceding the publication of the list in the Gazette. (Amended 70 of 1976 s.
9; 38 of 1992 s. 6; 87 of 1995 s. 15; 7 of 1996 s. 45)

(2) As soon as may be after 1 July of every year, the Registrar shall prepare
and publish in the Gazette a list of the names, addresses, qualifications and
dates of the qualifications of all persons whose names were added to Part I
and Part III of the General Register between 1 January and 1 July of such
year. (Amended 70 of 1976 s. 9; 38 of 1992 s. 6; 87 of 1995 s. 15; 7 of 1996
s. 45)

(3) The publication of a list referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be
prima facie evidence that each person named in such list is registered.

(4) The absence of the name of any person from the list last published under
subsection (1) and any list subsequently published under subsection (2) shall
be prima facie evidence that such person is not registered.

(5) A certificate under the hand of the Registrar stating that the name of a
person is or is not at any date or was or was not at any date registered in
Part I, III or IV of the General Register or provisionally  registered in Part
II of the General Register, as the case may be, shall be conclusive evidence
in all courts of law of the facts stated in such certificate. (Replaced 7 of
1996 s. 45)