Clause 3

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the following persons shall be entitled to be registered under this Act: —

any person who holds a degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery of the University of Singapore; or

any person who holds any other degree, diploma or licence in dentistry which was granted by any university, corporation, college or other body outside Singapore, included in the Schedule to this Act; or

any person who holds any other degree, diploma or licence granted by any university, corporation, college or other body outside Singapore which is not included in the Schedule to this Act whom the Minister may, after consulting the Board, by order declare to be entitled to be registered under this Act, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed in such order; or

any person who on the date of the coming into operation of this Act was entitled to be registered as a dentist under any of the following statutes: —

the Registration of Dentists (1936 Ed. Cap. 66) Ordinance;

the Registration of Dentists (Cap. 179) Enactment of the Federated Malay States;

the Registration of Dentists (No. 123) Enactment of the State of Johore;

the Registration of Dentists (6 of 1356) Enactment of the State of Kedah;

the Registration of Dentists (23 of 1365) Enactment of the State of Trengganu; or

any person who has been ordinarily resident in Singapore since February 1942, has been practising dentistry as his sole means of livelihood for not less than four years and is certified by the Board on the report of the Committee of Examiners as being a fit and proper person to practise dentistry in Singapore; or

any person who is resident in Singapore temporarily for the purposes of teaching or research in an institution accepted for that purpose by the Board and who possesses qualifications in dentistry which in the opinion of the Board are adequate: Provided that such person is exclusively employed in teaching or research and that his registration shall be cancelled forthwith if he engages in any form of private practice.(1A) Before advising the Minister under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section the Board may satisfy itself, by such evidence as it may require, that the person holds a degree, diploma or licence in dentistry that is not lower in standard than that required of a person who holds a degree in dental surgery of the University of Singapore and, if the Board is not so satisfied, it may require the person to undergo and to pass an examination conducted or arranged by the Board or by such other person or persons as it may for this purpose appoint.”; and

by inserting immediately after subsection (6) thereof the following new subsection: —“(7) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, after consulting the Board, vary or amend the Schedule to this Act to include therein any dental qualification granted by any university, corporation, college or other body which he has decided should be recognised as entitling the holder to be registered under this Act.”.