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Medical Practitioners Act 1995

XI: Miscellaneous Provisions
Offences and Penalties
142   Failure to comply with Act



   142. Failure to comply with Act---(1)  Every person commits an offence
 and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 who
 acts in contravention of, or fails to comply in any respect with, any of
 the following provisions of this Act, or with any requirement or order
 imposed under any such provision:
   (a) Section 9 (practice of medicine):
   (b) Section 70 (1) (confidentiality of information):
   (c) Section 76 (1) or section 76 (2) (notification of condition
         affecting fitness to practise medicine):
   (d) Section 106 (2) (hearings of Tribunal to be in public):
   (e) Section 120 (2) (publication of name or particulars).

   (2) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
 conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine
 not exceeding $10,000 who acts in contravention of section 10 of this
 Act (which relates to misleading descriptions).

   (3) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
 conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 who acts in contravention of,
 or fails to comply in any respect with, any of the following provisions
 of this Act, or with any requirement or order imposed under any such
 provision:
   (a) Section 48 (surrender of certificate of registration):
   (b) Section 59 (surrender of practising certificate).
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