Section 15: Withdrawal of recognition. When, upon report by an inspector, it appears to the Council

15. Withdrawal of recognition. When, upon report by an inspector, it appears to the Council that the courses of study and examination to be gone through in any institution in Pakistan in order to obtain a recognised architectural or town planning qualification or the standards of proficiency required from candidates in any examination held for the purpose of granting such qualification are not such as to secure to persons holding such qualification the knowledge and skill requisite for the efficient practice of architecture or town planning, the Council shall forward the report to the institution concerned with an intimation of the period within which it may submit its explanation to the Council. (2) On receipt of the explanation or, where no explanation is submitted within the specified period, on the expiry of that period, the Council, after making such further inquiry, if any, as it may think fit, may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that an entry shall be made in the First Schedule against the architectural or, as the case may be, town planning qualification to which the explanation relates declaring that it shall be a recognised architectural or town planning qualification only when granted before a specified date 1[:] 2[Provided that, before issuing a direction as aforesaid, the Council shall give the institution concerned an opportunity of being heard.]

Effective date: 1983-01-01

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