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Formal Consolidation |  2000 RevEd
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.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 20 of 2017
Employment or engagement of unregistered architect prohibited
12.—(1)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, no person shall employ as an architect any other person unless the other person is a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate.
[Act 20 of 2017 wef 06/10/2017]
(1A)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not engage the architectural services of any other person in relation to any building works unless the other person —
(a)is a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate; or
(b)is a registered architect who, if he is not required to obtain a practising certificate, is supplying the architectural services in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or condition of his registration.
[Act 20 of 2017 wef 06/10/2017]
(2)  Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (1A) 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.
[Act 20 of 2017 wef 06/10/2017]
[Act 20 of 2017 wef 06/10/2017]