"medical practitioner"
means—
| (a) | at a place in the Republic, a person registered as such under the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act 56 of 1974; or |
| (b) | at a place outside the Republic, a person who is entitled to practise as such under the law in force in that place; |
[Definition substituted by section 1(e) of Act No. 5 of 1976]