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the Medical Profession and shall be liable to all penal- 

 ties imposed by law, upon any person practising Medi- 

 cine without being legally registered. 



Ill Every person, possessing or who shall obtain 

 a medical degree or diploma from any University, Col- 

 lege, or Medical School mentioned in article 3973 of the 

 Ivevised Statutes of the Province of Quebec, shall be 

 entitled to such license without examination, provided 

 such Diploma be obtained, only after at least, four 

 years of medical studies, from the date of admission to 

 study, and provided his examinations have been passed 

 in presence of the assessors, according to the require- 

 ments of the law. The Provincial Medical Board shall 

 have the power of extending the same privilege to the 

 holders of Medical and Surgical degrees and diplomas 

 from other British and Colonial Universities and Colle- 

 ges, or from those of France, provided they evidence 

 that such Medical and Surgical degrees or diplomas 

 have been obtained, after fulfilling, as regards the pre- 

 liminary examination, formalities at least equivalent 

 to those required by the present section. Nevertheless 

 the Medical Board shall always oblige foreign candida- 

 tes, to undergo the professional examination. 



IV. No one shall be entitled to the license of the 

 College on the mere presentation of a diploma, unless 

 he has been previously admitted to the study of Medi- 

 cine in accordance with the provisions of the law, or 

 unless he has passed, at least four years previously, an 

 equivalent preliminary examination, before a College, 

 a School or a Board authorized by law in His Majesty's 

 possessions, outside the Province of Quebec. 



The duration of the medical studies fixed at four 

 years, by this and the preceding article, shall be of five 



