Section 17. Alteration or entry or removed of name from the register by Council

(1) The Council may, if it deems fit, and after giving notice to the person concerned and enquiring into his objections if any order that any entry in the register which is provided to have been fraudulently or incorrectly made or brought about, be cancelled or corrected. (2) The Council may direct the removal, permanently or temporarily for any specific period, from the register the name of any registered practitioner who has been convicted of any such offence involving moral turpitude or who, after an enquiry at which opportunity to be heard has been given to him or his Advocate, is held by the Council to be guilty of professional misconduct. The Council may also direct that any name so removed shall be restored.