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Prohibition of practice of dentistry by bodies corporate.
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46.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, it shall not be lawful for any body corporate to engage in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery.
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(2) The provisions of the foregoing sub-section shall not operate to prohibit the practice of dentistry or dental surgery—
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(a) during a period of two years from the date of the passing of this Act by any body corporate which was on the 30th day of April, 1927 entitled under any statute to engage and was on that date actually engaged in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery, or
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(b) by any hospital or by any dental school which is authorised by the Board to engage in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery, or
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(c) by any two or more registered dentists in partnership.
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(3) Every body corporate which engages in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof in respect of each such offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds and not less than fifty pounds.
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(4) The manager and also every director of a body corporate which engages in the practice of dentistry or dental surgery in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds and not less than fifty pounds.
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