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and who has been continuously and wholly engaged
during that period in the practice of dentistry, and
shall have obtained a license under the 14th and 15th
sections of this Act;
shall be entitled to be registered under this Act.
6. The certificate granted in a British possession or in any
foreign country, which is to be deemed such a recognized certifi-
cate as is required for the purposes of this Act, shall be such
certificate, diploma, membership degree, license, letters testi-
monial, or other title, status, or document as may be recognized
by the Board of Examiners as furnishing a sufficient guarantee
of the possession of the requisite knowledge and skill for the
efficient practice of dentistry or dental surgery.
7. Any person who has been articled as a pupil to a dental
practitioner entitled to be registered under this Act, in considera-
tion of receiving from such practitioner a complete dental educa-
tion, shall, if his articles expire before the first day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, be entitled to be
registered under this Act as though he had been in bona fide
practice before the passing of this Act. Moreover, it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, by special order, to dispense
with such of the certificates, examinations, or other conditions
for registration in the Dentists' Register required under the pro-
visions of this Act, or under any regulations made by its author-
ity, as to him may seem fit, in favor of any dental students or ap-
prentices who have commenced their professional education or
apprenticeship before the commencement of this Act.
8. If any person is refused registration the Board of Ex-
aminers shall, if required by him, state in writing the reason for
such refusal; and if such reason be that the certificate held or
obtained by him is not such a recognized certificate as before
defined, such person may appeal to the Governor in Council, and
the Governor in Council may, after hearing the Board of Ex-
aminers, order the said Board to recognize such certificate or
otherwise, and such order shall be duly obeyed.
9. When a person entitled to be registered under this Act
produces or sends to the Registrar the document conferring or
evidencing his qualification, with a statement of his name and
address and other particulars, if any, required for registration,
and pays the registration fee, he shall be registered in the Dent-
ists' Register: Provided that a person shall not be registered