Architects Bill - Singapore Statutes Online

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Establishment of Board of Architects

4 Common seal of the Board

5 Functions of the Board

7 Appointment and duties of Registrar

8 Qualifications for registration

9 Application for registration

10 Certificates of registration

11 Notification of change of address

12 Cancellation of registration or suspension from practice

13 Appeal against cancellation of registration or suspension

14 Removal from register

16 Penalty for wilful falsification of register and for wrongfully procuring registration

17 Penalty when unregistered person practises as an architect

18 Employment of architect

19 Application of fees received by the Board

22 Exemption and saving as to right of Government

23 Transfer of assets and property

24 Naval and landscape architects

25 Professional engineers registered as architects

26 Repeal and transitional provisions

Architects Bill

Bill No. 11/1976

Read the first time on 23rd July 1976.

An Act to provide for the registration of architects and to regulate the qualifications and practice of architects; and to repeal the Architects Act (Chapter 213 of the Revised Edition).

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

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Architects Act, 1976, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Board” means the Board of Architects established under section 3;

“building authority” means the Assistant Director (Building Control) of the Public Works Department and any other person required under the provisions of any written law to approve building plans;

“registered architect” means a person registered as an architect under this Act;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of the Board.

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