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PART IV. General.

42. (1) No person shall teach in a school unless he is—
 * (a) a registered teacher; or
 * (b) a permitted teacher.

(2) No permitted teacher shall teach in a school otherwise than in accordance with the conditions or limitations specified in the permit to teach issued in respect of such teacher.

43. The Director may, before registering a person as a teacher or issuing a permit to teach in respect of any person, require such person to undergo a medical examination. Registration of teachers.

44. An application for registration as a teacher shall be—
 * (a) made to the Director in the prescribed form; and
 * (b) accompanied by the documents specified in such form.

45. (1) On receiving an application in accordance with section 44, the Director shall make such inquiry as he considers necessary and shall determine the application—
 * (a) by registering the applicant as a teacher; or
 * (b) by refusing under section 46 to register the applicant as a teacher.

(2) On registering an applicant as a teacher under subsection (1), the Director shall issue to the applicant a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.

46. The Director may refuse to register an applicant as a teacher if it appears to him that the applicant—
 * (a) is not a fit and proper person to be a teacher;
 * (b) has been convicted of an offence punishable with imprisonment;
 * (c) is a person in respect of whom a permit to teach has previously been cancelled;
 * (d) is medically unfit;
 * (e) does not possess the prescribed qualifications;
 * (f) has attained the age of seventy years; or