17C.—(1) Any person whose name and particulars have been removed from the register of professional engineers under section 31G(2)(a) shall, if his appeal to the High Court under section 31H is allowed, be immediately reinstated without payment of any fee.
(2) The Board may, in its discretion, after the expiration of not less than 3 years from the removal from the register of professional engineers of the name and particulars of any person, consider any fresh application for registration by that person in accordance with the provisions of Part IV.
(3) Despite subsection (2), any person whose name and particulars have been removed from the register of professional engineers under section 17B(1), may make a fresh application for registration at any time in accordance with the provisions of Part IV, and the Board may consider the application.