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register, and the Council, in its absolute discretion and after such inquiry as it may consider desirable, may either allow or refuse the application, and, if it allows the same, shall order the Registrar to restore the name of the applicant to the register, and thereupon the Registrar shall restore the name accordingly.

(4) Any order made by the Council as aforesaid shall be signed by the Chairman.

25. (1) Any registered medical practitioner who is aggrieved by any order made in respect of him under section 18 or under section 20 may appeal to the Full Court, and the Full Court may thereupon affirm, reverse or vary the order appealed against.

(2) The decision of the Full Court upon such appeal shall be final.

(3) The practice in relation to any such appeal shall be subject to any rules of court made under the Supreme Court Ordinance:

Provided that the Full Court shall not have power to hear any appeal against an order made under section 20 unless notice of such appeal was given within one month of the service of the order in accordance with subsection (1) of section 24.

26. Every person who fraudulently procures or attempts to procure himself or any other person to be registered by making or producing, or causing to be made or produced, any false or fraudulent representation or declarations, either oral or in writing, shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for two years.

27. Any person who wilfully and falsely pretends to be qualified, or takes or uses any name or title implying that he is qualified, to practise medicine or surgery or to be registered or, not being registered or provisionally registered or exempted from registration, practises or professes to practise or publishes his name as practising medicine or surgery shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.