Hong Kong Regulations

CHIROPRACTORS (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) RULES - SECT 35

Address in mitigation

(1) At the meeting of the Inquiry Committee at which it is to make an order
under section 18 of the Ordinance, the Secretary may produce records of any
meeting of an Inquiry Committee at which an order was made against the
respondent under that section.

(2) Before the Inquiry Committee makes an order under section 18 of the
Ordinance, the chairman of the Inquiry Committee shall ask the respondent or
his legal representative whether the respondent wishes to address the
Inquiry Committee, and the respondent may, either himself or through his
legal representative-

   (a)  address the Inquiry Committee by way of mitigation; and

   (b)  adduce evidence as to-

        (i)    the circumstances leading to the commission of the disciplinary
               offence;

        (ii)   his character and antecedents; and

        (iii)  the circumstances leading to the making of a previous order
               mentioned in subsection (1) against him.

(3) The Inquiry Committee may then determine the order to be made under
section 18 of the Ordinance and the chairman of the Inquiry  Committee shall,
at a meeting of the Inquiry Committee, deliver the determination in such terms
as the Inquiry Committee may approve, and the determination, if delivered
verbally, shall be reduced into writing within 21 days after the verbal
delivery, and the determination so reduced into writing shall be signed by the
chairman of the Inquiry Committee.