3. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 2, and shall have effect as section 2A, of the principal enactment :
2A.
| | (1) It shall be the duty of every medical graduate of the University of Ceylon or any other university established in Sri Lanka to acquire the experience that is required to obtain from the Ceylon Medical Council a certificate under section 82 of the Medical Ordinance and for that purpose to engage in employment in a resident medical capacity for the period prescribed under that Ordinance in a hospital as may be required of him by the Director of Health Services on such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the Director. | | |
| | (2) A medical graduate who is engaged in employment in a resident medical capacity For the purpose of acquiring the experience required to obtain the certificate under section 32 of the Medical Ordinance (such graduate hereafter referred to in this Act as an " intern medical officer ") shall not leave that employment during the period of that employment.'. | | |
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