Singapore legislation

Section 18

of Dentists Act

Section 18

Appeal against removal from register or refusal to register

(1)

Any person aggrieved by the removal of his name from the register or by any refusal or failure of the Board to register or re-enter his name in the register may (except where the removal, refusal or failure is in consequence of that person’s failure to obtain an annual practising certificate or of the cancellation of the certificate) within one month of the notice given under section 17(2) or within 6 months of the date on which he applied to be so registered, as the case may be, appeal against the removal, or the refusal or the failure, as the case may be, to the High Court and on any such appeal the High Court may give such directions in the matter as it thinks proper, including any directions as to the costs of the appeal.

(2)

No appeal shall lie from any order of the High Court made under this section.

(3)

Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Board to issue to such person an annual practising certificate or by the cancellation of his annual practising certificate may appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final, and no action or proceeding shall be maintainable in any court of law in respect of the refusal or cancellation.[16