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| (1) Where a registered veterinary surgeon or a registered veterinary practitioner fails to pay the renewal fee before the expiry of the period of validity of his registration, his name shall be expunged from the register. |
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| (2) Where the registration of a person as a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner is not renewed by reason of his failure to pay the renewal fee within the time allowed therefor by section 6 (1), the Council or, if the Council is not in existence, the Minister may, if satisfied that the failure of that person to pay the renewal fee was due to inadvertence or a cause beyond his control, order him to be registered as a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary practitioner according to his qualifications under section 2 upon payment of the fee specified in section 4. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts