Section 13, The Medical Practitioners, Dentists and Druggists Ordinance

(1) If any medical practitioner or dentist registered under Effect ofconviction on this Ordinance, shall- registration. (a) be convicted of any felony or misdemeanour, or (b) after due enquiry by a Board of Enquiry be deemed by the Governor in Council to have been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect, the Governor in Council may order the Registrar to strike out the name of such person from the register. (2) Any person whose name has been struck out from the Appli~ation register may make application for the restoration of his name !~:: :eto the register, and the Governor in Council may, after due register. enquiry by a Board of Enquiry, take the report of the Board into consideration and order, if he thinks fit, the restoration of the name to the register. (3) (a) The Board of Enquiry shall consist of the Director of ~oar~ of Medical Services and two other medical practitioners, either nqmry. registered or entitled to be registered locally, to be appointed from time to time by the Governor. (b) The Attorney General shall from time to time nominate a duly qualified member of the Crown Law Office to act as legal adviser to the Board and to act as a Judicial Assessor at any enquiry held by the Board. Such Judicial Assessor shall act in an advisory capacity on matters of law only and shall have neither voice nor vote in the decision of the Board. (c) Whenever an enquiry is held by the Board into the alleged offence or misconduct of any person the Governor may, at the request of the Board, appoint a barrister and solicitor practising in Sierra Leone, to present the case against such person. (d) The person against whom any offence or misconduct is alleged, shall upon any enquiry as aforesaid, be entitled to appear and be heard by counsel. Appeal. Time of appeal. Temporary registration. 28 of 1952. (4) Any person whose name may have been ordered to be struck out from the register may appeal to the Supreme Court which shall have power to annul or vary the order in respect of which such person appeals. (5) Every appeal under this section shall be made within eight days from the date of such order, and the Registrar shall not strike out any name as aforesaid before such period has expired and he has ascertained that no such appeal has been lodged.