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MEDICAL ACT. 
the General Council; and the expenses of 
the Branch Councils shall be defrayed, 
nnder the direction of those Councils re¬ 
spectively, out of the residue of the moneys 
so received as aforesaid. 
XIV. It shall be the duty of the re¬ 
gistrars to keep their respective registers 
correct in accordance with the provisions of 
this Act, and the orders and regulations 
of the General Council, and to erase the 
names of all registered persons who shall 
have died, and shall from time to time 
make the necessary alterations in the ad¬ 
dresses or qualifications of the persons re¬ 
gistered under this Act, and to enable the 
respective registrars duly to fulfil the duties 
imposed upon them, it shall be lawful for 
the registrar to write a letter to any re¬ 
gistered person, addressed to him according 
to his address on the register, to inquire 
whether he has ceased to practise, or has 
changed his residence; and if no answer 
shall be returned to such letter, within the 
period of six months from the sending of 
the letter, it shall be lawful to erase the 
name of such person from the register; 
provided always, that the same may be re¬ 
stored by direction of the General Council, 
should they think fit to make an order to 
that effect. 
XX. In case it appear to the General 
Council that the course of study and ex¬ 
aminations to be gone through in order to 
obtain any such qualification from any 
such college or body are not such as to se¬ 
cure the possession by persons obtaining 
such qualification of the requisite know¬ 
ledge and skill for the efficient practice of 
their profession, it shall be lawful for such 
General Council to represent the same to 
Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy 
Council. 
XXI. It shall be lawful for the Privy 
Council, upon any such representation as 
aforesaid, if it see fit, to order that any 
qualification granted by such college or 
body, after such time as may be mentioned 
in the order, shall not confer any right to 
be registered under this Act: provided al¬ 
ways, that it shall be lawful for Her Ma¬ 
jesty, with the advice of Her Privy Coun¬ 
cil, when it is made to appear to her, upon 
further representation from the General 
Council or otherwise, that such college or 
body has made effectual provision, to the 
satisfaction of such General Council, for 
the improvement of such course of study 
contributions of the Branch Councils, as 
w r ell as from all other sources, to be called 
the General Council Fund. 
Sect. XIV.—Insert the following after 
the words “ his residence ”:— 
And if any person registered shall notify 
to the registrar that he has ceased to prac¬ 
tise, and wishes to withdraw his name from 
the register, the registrar shall have power 
to erase his name. 
For Sect. XX.—Substitute a section to 
the following effect:— 
It shall be lawful for the General Coun¬ 
cil to lay down such regulations respecting 
the education and examination of practi¬ 
tioners in medicine, surgery, and pharmacy, 
as may appear to them fitted to ensure 
adequate knowledge and skill in the several 
departments of the profession; and the 
said General Council shall then submit 
said regulations to Her Majesty’s most 
Honourable Privy Council. And the said 
regulations, if sanctioned by the said Privy 
Council, shall then be obligatory upon all 
universities, colleges, and other bodies 
enumerated in Schedule (A) to this Act. 
For Sect. XXI.—Substitute the follow¬ 
ing:— 
And it shall be lawful for the Privy 
Council, upon its being represented to them, 
that any university, college, or other body 
enumerated in Schedule (A) does not com¬ 
ply with such regulations, to declare that 
any qualification granted by such univer¬ 
sity, college, or body, shall not confer any 
right to be registered under this Act. Pro¬ 
vided always, etc. 
