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REVIEW OF DENTISTRY. 269

such prosecution as hereinafter mentioned to a fine not exceeding
twenty pounds.
A prosecution for any of the offences above in this Act men-
tioned [shall not be instituted by a private person, except with
the consent of the General Council, or of a branch council, but]*
may be instituted by the General Council, by a branch council,
or by a medical authority, if such Council or authority think fit,
or by a private person.
5. A person registered under this Act shall be entitled to
practice dentistry and dental surgery in any part of Her Majesty's
dominions, subject to any local law in force in thatpart, and from and
after the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nine a person shall not be entitled to recover any fee or
charge in any court, for the performance of any dental operation
or for any dental attendance or advice, unless he is registered
under this Act, or is a legally qualified medical practitioner.
6. Any person who—
(a.) Is a licentiate in dental surgery or dentistry of any of
the medical authorities; or
(b.) Is entitled as hereinafter mentioned to be registered as
a foreign or colonial dentist; or
(c.) Is at the passing of this Act bona fide engaged in the
practice of dentistry or dental surgery, either separately
or in conjunction with the practice of medicine, sur-
gery, or pharmacy,
shall be entitled to be registered under this Act.
Where a person entitled to be registered under this Act
7.
produces or sends to the general registrar the document confer-
ring or evidencing his licence or qualification, with a statement
of his name and address, and the other particulars, if any, re-
quired for registration, and pays the registration fee, he shall be
registered in the dentists' register.
Provided that a person shall not be registered under this Act
as having been at the passing thereof engaged in the practice of
dentistry unless he produces or transmits to the registrar, before
the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine, information of his name and address, and a declaration
signed by him in the form in the schedule to this Act or to the

* All the words included between brackets have been repealed by the Medical Act,
1886, section 26. in which it is enacted that "a prosecution for any such offences may be insti-
tuted by a private person accordingly."