Offences

(1) Any person, (a) who fraudulently procures or attempts to procure himself or any other person to be registered under this Act, or who aids or abets in such fraudulent procurement or attempt; or (b) who, not being registered under this Act, holds himself out or pretends to be, or uses or takes the name or title of optometrist, optician, or Doctor or Professor of Optometry or any name, title or addition implying such qualification or that he is a person specially qualified to practice optometry; or (c) who whether registered under this Act or not and not being a medical practitioner, assumes the title of oculist or eyesight specialist, or uses or causes to be used in connection with his business, trade, calling or profession, any written words, titles, initials or abbreviation of words, titles, or initials which are intended or may reasonably cause any person to believe that he is qualified to practice medical or surgical treatment of the eye; or (d) who whether registered under this Act or not and not being a medical practitioner or acting under the instructions of a registered medical practitioner, administers any drug for the purpose of paralysing the 9 accommodation of the eye or otherwise for facilitating the measurement of the powers of vision, or treats any disease of the eye by the use of drugs, commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months. (2) A person shall not be guilty of any offence under paragraph (b) of this subsection, if he shows that he has been registered and continues to be entitled to be registered under this Act, but that his name has been erased on the ground only that he ceased to practice in Belize.