Revocation of licence
26A.—(1)  Subject to subsection (3), the Board may by order revoke any licence it has granted to a corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership if, in the opinion of the Board —
(a)the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership has failed to comply with any condition imposed by the Board under section 21;
(b)the memorandum or articles of association of the corporation have been so altered that they no longer include the restrictions, limitations or prohibitions of the kind specified in section 20(1) or (2), whichever applies;
(c)a person who is neither —
(i)a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate; nor
(ii)an allied professional who has in force a practicing certificate,
has a beneficial interest in the capital assets and profits of the partnership;
(d)the limited liability partnership no longer satisfies the requirements of section 20(4);
(e)the licence had been obtained by fraud or misrepresentation;
(f)the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership has stopped supplying architectural services in Singapore;
(g)the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership has contravened any provision of the prescribed code of professional conduct and ethics;
(h)the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership has contravened section 22, 23 or 24 or failed to comply with any condition imposed under section 21, or has been convicted of an offence under this Act;
(i)the conduct of any director, manager or employee of the corporation, or any partner or employee of the partnership or limited liability partnership, provides grounds for believing that the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership (as the case may be) will not supply architectural services in Singapore in accordance with any written law and with honesty and integrity; or
(j)the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership has refused or failed to comply with an order of the Board made under subsection (2).
[28/2005; 20/2017]
(2)  The Board may, in any case in which it considers that no cause of sufficient gravity for revoking a licence exists —
(a)by order impose on the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned a penalty not exceeding $100,000 and every such penalty is recoverable as a debt due to the Board; or
(b)by writing censure the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership.
[20/2017]
(3)  The Board must not exercise its powers under subsection (1) or (2) unless an opportunity of being heard by a representative in writing or by counsel has been given to the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership against which the Board intends to exercise its powers.
[28/2005]
(4)  Where the Board has revoked a licence under this section, the Registrar must serve on the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned a notice of the order made by the Board.
[28/2005]
(5)  Any order by the Board revoking a licence or imposing a pecuniary penalty does not take effect until the expiry of 30 days after the Board has served the order on the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned.
[28/2005]
(6)  Where an order of revocation becomes effective —
(a)the Registrar must cause notice of the revocation to be published in the Gazette and remove from the register of licensees the name and other particulars of the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned; and
(b)the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership concerned must, from the date of the notice, stop supplying architectural services in Singapore except as may be approved by the Board for the purpose of winding up its business.
[28/2005]
(7)  Subsection (6)(b) does not prejudice the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership or by the corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership of any right or claim against any person.
[28/2005]