Dental Act 1971 s 39

s 39 Penalty for registered dentists falsely describing vocation

A dentist registered or deemed to be registered under section 13 shall not make use, in describing his vocation, of any term other than that of “registered dentist”. Any such registered dentist who wilfully or falsely pretends to be or takes or uses the name or title of a dental surgeon, surgeon dentist, qualified dentist, doctor of dental surgery, professor of dentistry or any name, title or description implying in itself or in the circumstances in which it is used that such registered dentist possesses or holds any qualification to practise other than that he is registered as a registered dentist shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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