Employment of unregistered architect prohibited
12.—(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall employ as an architect any person who neither is a registered architect nor has in force a practising certificate.
(2)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 and, for a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.