157. Within ten days of the decision of the committee on discipline dismissing the complaint or imposing the penalty, as the case may be, and, where applicable, ordering publication of the notice required under the fifth paragraph of section 156, the secretary shall cause such decision to be served on the parties in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure.
However, where such decision is rendered in the presence of one of the parties, it is deemed to be served on such party in accordance with the first paragraph on being so rendered. The secretary shall indicate in the register referred to in section 153 whether the parties are present when the committee renders such decision.
1973, c. 43, s. 154; 1975, c. 80, s. 20; 1994, c. 40, s. 135.