(1) A certificate of registration issued under section 17 may be cancelled or suspended for such period as the Council may determine where disciplinary enquiry conducted by the Council confirms that the registered pharmacist-

(a) has been convicted of an offence under this Act; or

(b) has been convicted of an offence related to pharmacy under any other enactment and sentenced to imprisonment; or

(c) is guilty of professional misconduct.

(2) A person aggrieved by the cancellation or suspension of his certificate of registration may appeal against the decision to the High Court.

(3) Where a certificate of registration is to be cancelled or suspended, the Registrar shall-

(a) serve on the pharmacist a notice informing him of the order and requiring him to deliver the certificate within twenty-one days of the date of the service;

(b) publish in the Gazette a notice of the cancellation or suspension; and

(c) in the case of cancellation delete the name of the pharmacist from the Register of Pharmacists.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), of this section, where a pharmacist appeals against a cancellation or suspension, the Registrar shall only act in accordance with subsection (3) on the expiration of the period of notice of appeal or after the disposal of the appeal.

(5) The Registrar, shall at the expiration of a suspension period return the certificate to the pharmacist, and cause notice of the expiration of the suspension to be published in the Gazette.