Architects (Amendment) Act 1995 - Singapore Statutes Online

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 5]

Friday, March 17

[1995

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 23rd January 1995 and assented to by the President on 28th February 1995:—

Architects (Amendment) Act 1995

(No. 3 of 1995)

I assent.

ONG TENG CHEONG

President.

28th February 1995.

Date of Commencement: 1st April 1995

An Act to amend the Architects Act (Chapter 12 of the 1992 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Architects (Amendment) Act 1995 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 10

2. Section 10 of the Architects Act is amended by deleting the words “at the time of so doing” wherever they appear in subsections (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).

Amendment of section 20

3. Section 20 of the Architects Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (c\) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(c)	the articles of association of the corporation provide that the chairman and at least two-thirds of the directors of the corporation shall be registered architects or allied professionals;”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (d\) of subsection (1);

(c)

by inserting, at the end of sub-paragraph (i) of subsection (1)(e), the word “and”;

(d)

by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) of subsection (1)(e);

(e)

by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a)

the memorandum of association of the corporation provides that a primary object of the corporation is to supply architectural services;

(b)

the articles of association of the corporation provide that —

(i)

no person shall be a director of the corporation unless he is a registered architect or an allied professional; and

(ii)

no person shall be registered as a member of that corporation —

(A)	unless he is a registered architect or an allied professional and a director, a manager or an employee of the corporation; or
(B)	if he is a nominee of a person who is not a registered architect or an allied professional; and”;

(f)

by deleting the words “subsections (1)(c) and (2)(b) and (c)” in subsection (4)(a) and substituting the words “subsection (2)(b) and (c)”; and

(g)

by deleting “(d)(ii),” in subsection (4)(b).

Amendment of section 21

4. Section 21 of the Architects Act is amended by deleting subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:

“(1) It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any corporation or partnership that the corporation or partnership shall supply architectural services in Singapore only under the control and management of a registered architect who —

(a)	is ordinarily resident in Singapore; and
(b)	has in force a practising certificate,

and who is —

(i)	in the case of a corporation other than an unlimited corporation, a director of the corporation;
(ii)	in the case of an unlimited corporation which has a share capital, a director and registered owner of at least one share of the corporation;
(iii)	in the case of an unlimited corporation which does not have any share capital, a director and member of the corporation; or
(iv)	in the case of a partnership, a partner thereof.

(2) It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any corporation, other than an unlimited corporation, that the corporation shall not supply architectural services in Singapore unless the corporation is insured in respect of professional liability in accordance with section 24 and the rules.”.

Search within Legislation