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The InJormation Communication Technology Practitioners
Bill, 2016
(a) has been convicted of an offence under this Act or
under any other law punishable by imprisonment,
the commission of which in the opinion of the
Council has brought the profession to disrepute;
(b) has committed an act of negligence or malpractice
in respect of his or her profession or
(c)
has committed an act of impropriety
or
misconduct in respect of his or her profession, the
Council may, subject to subsection (10)-
(i)
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remove such person's name from the register;
suspend such person's licence or registration
a period not exceeding twelve months; or
for
(iii)
cancel such person's licence.
(4) For the purpose of proceedings at an inquiry held
under this section, the Council may administer oaths and
may, subject to the provisions of regulations made under
this Act, enforce the attendance of persons as witnesses and
the production of books and documents as evidence.
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(5) Any person whose name has been removed from a
register or whose license has been cancelled or suspended
shall forthwith surrender to the Council his or her
certificate of registration or license, and any person who
fails to do so commits an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand shillings
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
both.
(6) Subject to the provisions of this section and to
rules as to procedure made under this Act, the Council may
regulate its own procedure in disciplinary proceedings.
(7) The power to direct the removal of the name of a
person from the register or to cancel the licence of a person
shall include a power exercisable in the same manner to
direct that during such period as may be specified in the
order, the registration of a person's name in the register or
the licence granted to him or her shall not have effect.
(8) The provisions of this section, in so far as they
relate to the cancellation or suspension of licenses, shall be
in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of
section 18.
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