Section 25, The Medical Practitioners, Dentists and Druggists Ordinance

(1} It shall be lawful for the Director of Medici;tl Servicesto grant a licence upon payment of the fee prescribed by section 28 to any person applying for the same who satisfies one of the following conditions, that is to say- (a) is a duly qualified pharmaceutical chemist or a chemist and druggist in the United Kingdom of Great Britain or in Ireland, and produces a certificate granted under the provisions of section 22; (b) produces a certificate granted under the provisions of section 22 of having passed a satisfactory examination as to his skill and competency to act as a druggist and is of good character and a fit and proper person to be licensed; (c) produces a certificate of having passed an examination of the kind specified in paragraph (b) hereof in the Gambia, Ghana or the Federation of Nigeria and is of good character and a fit and proper person to be licensed, and in the opinion of .the said Board competent to dispense and sell drugs and pmsons: Provided that, in the case of a dispenser who has been in the service of the Colonial Government for ten years, it shall be lawful for the Director of Medical Services, without requiring the payment of any fee, to grant a certificate entitling such dispenser to a druggist's licence, either without examination or after such special examination as to the Director of Medical Services shall seem expedient. (2} Such licence shall be in the form set out in Schedule D and shall expire on the 31st day yf December of the year in which the licence is granted, but may be renewed from time to time on payment of the fee prescribed by section 28 hereof. {3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) App~cation hi · h h D" f M d" l S . . for licence of t s sectiOn w enever t e 1rector o e ICa erviCes IS may be not satisfied that an applicant for a licence is a fit and proper referred to person to be granted a licence he shall refer the application to Board. a Board of Inquiry constituted as provided in sub-section (2) of section 27 and the Board shall inquire into the matter and, after giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard in support of his application, submit a report thereon to the Governor in Council. After consideration of the report of the Board the Governor in Council may prohibit the grant of a licence to the applicant or make such other order as he may think just.