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| | (a) not being a person duly registered under this Act, uses the title " Registered Nurse " or its equivalent in any other language, either alone, or in combination with any other word or letter or uses any name, title, addition, description, uniform or badge implying that he or she is registered under this Act or is recognized by law as a registered nurse or uses any title, uniform or badge prescribed for Use of nurses registered under this Act; or | | |
| | (b) with intent to deceive, make use of any certificate of registration as a nurse issued under this Act to him or her or to any other person, | | |
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| (2) Any person who willfully makes or causes to be made any falsification in any matter relating to the register shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (3) Any person who employs another person as nurse to work in a medical institution shall, if that other person is not registered, under the Act, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction after a summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (4) Any person who, not being a registered nurse, practices nursing for gain shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction after a summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding five thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment. |
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| (5) Nothing in subsections (3) or (4) shall apply for a period of five years from the appointed date, to
| | (a) Any person who employs a person who is not a registered nurse, as a nurse to work in a nursing home registered under the Nursing Homes (Regulation) Act; or | | |
| | (b) Any person, who not being a registered nurse, practices nursing for gain in a nursing home registered under the Nursing Homes (Regulation) Act. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts