Examinations

(1) Every applicant shall be required to submit to an examination prepared and administered by the Medical Council in order to be registered. (2) Where, in respect of an application as a medical (a) the Council is of the opinion that any qualification referred to in section 9(2) which the applicant holds is not evidence of satisfactory medical training; or (b) a question has arisen with respect to the evidence presented by the applicant as to his training the Medical Council may require the applicant to submit to an examination in such subjects as it considers necessary to establish that he possesses satisfactory medical training. (3) The Council shall fix a time and place for the holding of the examination referred to in this section and the Secretary shall send written notice to the applicant of that time and place and the subject or subjects in which the applicant has to submit to (4) The applicant shall pay, to the account of the Medical Council, such examination fee as may be determined by the 22 Medical Practice Act (5) If, as a result of the examination, the Medical Council determines that the applicant is sufficiently qualified, he shall be treated for all purposes as qualified to be registered as a medical practitioner under section 9(1) and (2). (6) Where the Medical Council finds that the applicant has been unsuccessful in the examination, he shall not, unless the Medical Council so recommends, be permitted to present himself for further examination until the expiration of one year from the date of the examination in which he was unsuccessful, but in such a case he may be granted provisional registration in accordance with the provisions of section 9(8). (7) If an applicant fails to pass the examination after three attempts, he shall not be allowed to sit further examination without the special permission of the Medical Council.