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title, addition or description other than he actually possesses and
is legally entitled to, or shall use any name, title, addition or de-
scription implying or calculated to lead people to infer or believe
him to be a duly qualified licentiate of dentistry, he shall be
liable, upon conviction in a summary manner before any justice
of the peace having jurisdiction where the offense is committed,,
to a -penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars and not less
than fifty dollars for the first offense, and for each and every sub-
sequent offense to a penalty of four hundred dollars.
27a. Provided that this section shall not prevent any duly
indentured and registered student of dentistry from receiving clin-
ical instruction and practice under the personal supervision of a
member of the said Association.
28. All prosecutions under the provisions hereof may be
brought and heard before any justice of the peace having jurisdic-
tion where the offense is committed, and such justice of the peace
shall have power, in addition to the aforesaid penalty, to award
payment of costs, and in case such penalty and costs be not paid
forthwith- after conviction, he shall have power to issue a war-
rant of distress therefor against the goods and chattels of the
party so convicted, or in default of distress, to imprisonment for
any period not exceeding six months.
29. In any such prosecution and trial, the onus of proof as to
being a legally qualified licentiate of dentistry and a duly regis-
tered member of said Association is upon the person charged.
30. Any penalties imposed by this Act may be also pro-
ceeded for or recovered by suit in any court of law having juris-
diction, and one-half of all penalties recovered shall go to the
prosecutor, and the remainder shall be paid to the Treasurer of
the Association, and form part of the funds of the Association.
Any person may be complainant or prosecutor, provided always
that every such prosecution shall be commenced within six
months of the alleged offense.

31. No person shall be entitled to recover in any court of law
for any professional services rendered or materials provided by
him in the exercise of the profession of a dentist unless he be a
duly and legally qualified licentiate of dentistry and duly regis-
tered under the provisions of this Act.
32. Within two months after the coming into force of this
Act there shall be an election of a new Board of Directors to be