Medical Registration Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Privileges of Medical Practitioners
17. Unauthorised person acting as medical practitioner
Feedback & supportAny unauthorised person who —
practises medicine;
wilfully and falsely pretends to be a duly qualified medical practitioner;
practises medicine or any branch of medicine, under the style or title of a physician, surgeon, doctor, licentiate in medicine or surgery, bachelor of medicine, or medical practitioner, or under any name, title, addition or description implying that he holds any diploma or degree in medicine or surgery or in any branch of medicine;
advertises or holds himself out as a medical practitioner; or
contravenes section 13 or 14,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.
It is a defence to a prosecution under subsection (1) if the defendant proves that —
he practised a system of therapeutics according to Malay, Chinese or Indian method; and
he did not in any way represent himself as a duly qualified or registered medical practitioner.