Hong Kong Regulations

DENTISTS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 28

Postponement of judgment

(1) At the conclusion of the proceedings under regulation 27, the Council
shall consider and determine whether to postpone judgment.

(2) If the Council decides to postpone judgment, the judgment of the Council
shall stand postponed until such future meeting of the Council as the Council
may decide, and the Chairman shall announce the decision of the Council in
such terms as the Council may approve.

(3) If the Council decides not to postpone judgment, the Council shall
consider and determine whether the facts alleged in any charge before the
Council have been proved to its satisfaction and whether the defendant is
guilty of the offence charged.

(4) When the Council has come to its decision under paragraph (3), the
Chairman shall announce the decision of the Council in such terms as the
Council may approve.