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]