Hong Kong Ordinances

CHIROPRACTORS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Offences and penalties

(Past version on 08/06/2001).

PART VII

OFFENCES AND EVIDENCE

Any person who-

   (a)  having been summoned by an inquiry committee to attend as a witness or
        to produce a document or other thing under section 19 without
        reasonable excuse refuses or fails to do so;

   (b)  attends as a witness before an inquiry committee and, without lawful
        excuse, refuses or fails to answer any question put to him by the
        inquiry committee;

   (c)  fraudulently obtains registration as a registered chiropractor for
        himself or any other person;

   (d)  obtains registration as a registered chiropractor for himself or any
        other person by means of any misleading, false or fraudulent
        representation or statement, either orally or in writing;

   (e)  makes or causes to be made any falsification in the register;

   (f)  impersonates or falsely represents himself as being the person
        referred to in any certificate or document presented to the Council or
        an inquiry committee in connection with its functions under this
        Ordinance;

   (g)  not having his name entered in the register, takes or uses any name,
        initials, title, addition or description falsely implying that his
        name is entered in the register;

   (h)  not having his name entered in the register, practises chiropractic;

   (i)  not being the holder of a practising certificate then in force,
        practises chiropractic;

   (j)  not having his name entered in the register, uses or knowingly permits
        the use in connection with his business or profession of-

        (i)	the description "registered chiropractor"; or


        (ii)   initials or abbreviations or words intended to cause, or which
               may reasonably cause, any person to believe that the person
               using them is a registered chiropractor; or

   (k)  not having his name entered in the register, advertises or represents
        himself as a registered chiropractor or knowingly permits himself to
        be so advertised or represented, commits an offence and is liable to a
        fine of $50000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Enacted 1993)