Censure, suspension and striking off

(1) Where any person registered under this Act is found upon enquiry by the Board, (a) to be suffering from any physical or mental condition, or from any habit, which renders him unfit to practice as a veterinary surgeon, veterinary specialist or, as the case may be, to perform satisfactorily his functions as an (b) to have procured his registration under this Act as a result of any misleading, false or fraudulent representations; (c) to have been convicted of a criminal offence; or (d) to be guilty of dishonesty, negligence, or incompetence in the performance of his functions as a veterinary surgeon, veterinary specialist, or as the case may be, an animal health assistant, or of conduct that is, in the opinion of the Board, unprofessional or disgraceful or discreditable to the profession, the Board may, if it thinks fit, (i) in the case of the matters specified in paragraph (c) or (d) of this subsection, censure him; or (ii) in the case of the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection, suspend his registration for a period not exceeding two years, or direct the Registrar in writing to 26 remove his name from the Register, as the case may be. (2) The Board may at any time, if it thinks just, and, upon reasonable cause, direct the Registrar to restore to the Register any name removed therefrom under subsection (1) of this section. (3) The Board shall, as soon as practicable after , (a) the registration of any person has been suspended; (b) the name of any person has been removed from the Register; (c) the name of any person which was so removed is restored to the Register, cause a notice of the appropriate fact to be published in the Gazette. (4) Where the name of a person has been removed from the Register, the Board may in writing require that person to return to the Registrar his certificate of enrolment, and that person shall comply with that requirement.