Section 17: Registration — Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance, 1983

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17. Registration.—(1) Every application for registration shall be considered by an Enrolment Committee consisting of the Chairman and ViceChairmen and three other members, being architects or town planners of not less than ten years' standing, nominated by the Executive Committee. (2)The Enrolment Committee may either permit or refuse to permit the registration of any person: Provided that the Enrolment Committee shall not refuse permission for registration unless (a) the applicant has been convicted of any such offence as implies in its opinion defect of character; or (b) it has reason to believe that the applicant has been guilty of infamous conduct in any professional respect; or (c) the applicant is unfit to practise on any other ground, including mental ill health.

Effective date: 1983-01-01

Related sections

Section 16: Maintenance of Register, etc Section 18: Appeal against refusal to permit registration . Any person aggrieved by an order under Section 15: Withdrawal of recognition. When, upon report by an inspector, it appears to the Council Section 19: Revision of register Section 14: Inspection of examination Section 20: Complaints against architects or town planners

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