S.L. 458.19 Art. 9Abstention or challenge. Cap. 12.

(1) Any member of the Council and the Registrar shall abstain from taking part in any inquiry or may be challenged in any of the circumstances in which a judge would abstain or may be challenged in accordance with the provisions of article 734 of the

Code of Organization and Civil Procedure.

(2) Any such challenge shall be made before the reading out by the Registrar of the charge to the practitioner, unless the cause of the challenge arose or came to the knowledge of the party later.

(3) The Council shall decide the objection previously to the reading of the said charge, or as the case may be, and its decision shall be final.