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HONG KONG

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No. 25 of 1957.

An Ordinance to repeal, and to re-enact with amendment, the Medical Registration Ordinance, Chapter 161.

[1st June, 1957.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows—

PART I.
Citation, Commencement and Interpretation.

Short title and commencement. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Medical Registration Ordinance, 1957, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1957, save and except section 27 which shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.

Interpretation. 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“Colony diploma” means any degree of medicine and surgery granted by the University and any licence in medicine and surgery of the former Hong Kong College of Medicine;

“Commonwealth or foreign diploma” means such a diploma as is mentioned in section 18 of the [4 & 5 Eliz. 2, c. 76.]Medical Act, 1956, other than a Colony diploma;