Clause 8

The proper authority shall appoint medical boards for the purpose of determining the medical fitness of persons required to report for a fitness examination.

Every medical board shall consist of one or more members who shall be registered medical practitioners. In the case of a medical board consisting of more than one member the proper authority shall nominate one of the members to be chairman.

Where a medical board consists of more than one member it shall determine whether a person is medically fit or not by a majority vote. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman of the medical board shall have a second or casting vote.

Every medical board shall act for and on behalf of the proper authority and may subject a person required to report for a fitness examination to a medical examination.

A medical board may, for the purpose of conducting a medical examination, require that a person who is liable to report for a fitness examination shall be examined by a person who is not a member of the medical board.