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be rendered and deemed incapable in future of receiving and 
holding any fresh certificate, unless the said party, so applying 
for a renewal of his certificate, shall faithfully promise and 
undertake and give good and sufficient security that he will 
not in future be guilty of the like offence/' 
Sections XIV. and XV. enacted, "that from and after the 
first day of August, 1815, it shall not be lawful for any person 
or persons (except persons already in practice as such,) to 
practise as an apothecary in any part of England or Wales, 
unless he or they shall have been examined by the court of 
Examiners, or the major part of them, and have received a 
certificate of his or their being duly qualified to practise as 
such, from the said Court of Examiners, or the major part of 
them as aforesaid, who are hereby authorized and required, 
to examine all persons in the science and practice of medicine, 
and his or their fitness and qualification to practise as an apo- 
thecary, * ** provided always, that no person shall be admitted 
to such examination, until he shall have attained the full age 
of twenty-two years. Provided always, * * * That no person 
shall be admitted to any such examination for a certificate to 
practise as an apothecary, unless he shall have served an 
apprenticeship of not less than five years to an apothecary, 
and unless he shall produce testimonials to the satisfaction of 
the said Court of Examiners, of a sufficient medical education, 
and of a good moral conduct." 
The act also provides for the appointmiCnt of a Court of 
Examiners, to act under an oath, specifies the qualifications 
necessary to render a man eligible to be appointed an exami- 
ner of drugs or candidates, and the manner in which all regu- 
lations shall be made, enacts penalties, points the application 
of these, and fees received on examination, and limits actions 
o six calendar months after the ofience, &c. Chemists and 
druggists are excepted from the operation of the act, and the 
rights and privileges of the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 
bridge, the Royal College of Physicians, and Royal College 
of Surgeons are preserved to them. 
This obnoxious act differs from the charter in nothing save 
