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162 PDFTitle:MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ORDINANCEGazette Number:L.N. 247 of 1999
Section:17Heading:Penalty for assumption of title of registered midwifeVersion Date:30/09/1999

(1) A person who, not being a registered midwife-

        (a) uses the name or title of midwife, either alone or in combination with any other expression; or
        (b) uses any name, title, description, uniform or badge,
implying that the person is a registered midwife or is a person specially qualified to practise midwifery or is recognized by law as a midwife, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(2) A person who makes use of any certificate of registration with intent to deceive commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) A person who, knowing that another person is not a registered midwife, makes a statement, or does any other act, that suggests that the other person is a registered midwife commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Replaced 61 of 1997 s. 17)