Section 11

Every medical practitioner or dentist registered under this Act who desires his name to be retained on the register after the thirty-first day of December of any year shall, not later than the first day of December of that year make an application in the prescribed form and shall pay the prescribed fee, for retention of his name on the register during the ensuing year.

Upon such application and payment, the Board, if satisfied that the premises at and the conditions under

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Medical Practitioners and Dentists which the applicant practises medicine, surgery or dentistry are suitable for such practice, shall cause the Registrar to issue a certificate (to be styled "annual practising certi-ficate") authorising the applicant to practise medicine, surgery or dentistry during the year in respect of which it is issued.

The annual practising certificate shall be in force unless previously cancelled in the n1anner hereinafter pre-scribed in this Act until the thirty-first day of December of the year in respect of which it is issued.

( 4) The name of any registered medical practitioner or dentist who fails to obtain an annual practising certificate prior to the commencement of any year shall be removed from the register.

( 5) Any registered medical practitioner or dentist who has failed to apply in the manner and within the period laid down in subsection (1) of this section for retention of his name on the register may, on making an application and on payment of such additional fee as may be prescribed, be granted an annual practising certificate for the ensuing year if the application is made during the month of December of any year, or for the remainder of the year, if the application is made on or after the first day of January and before the month of December of any year and in both cases his name may be re-entered in the register.

( 6) Whenever it appears to the satisfaction of the

Board that a registered medical practitioner or dentist is practising medicine, surgery or dentistry in such premises or under such conditions as are deemed by the Board to be unsuitable for such practice, the Board may direct that the name of such person shall be removed from the register and that the annual practising certificate shall be cancelled.

If any person whose annual practising certificate has been cancelled under subsection ( 6) of this section

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makes application in such manner and pays such fee as may be prescribed, the Board may, after due consideration of the circumstances of the case, direct that the name of such person shall be re-entered in the register and that an annual practising certificate be issued.

Any person who practises medicine, surgery or dentistry in Brunei (other than a person exempted from registration under section 14) who has not having an annual practising certificate in force shall be guilty of an offence:

Penalty, imprisonment for 5 years or a fine of $20,000 or both.

Any person who practises dentistry in Brunei who-

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