Section 8: Disabilities. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 a person shall not be

8. Disabilities. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 4 a person shall not be entitled to have his name entered in or borne on the Register if he__ (i) has not attained the age of twenty­one years at the time of his application for the entry of his name in the Register; or (ii) is of unsound mind and stands so adjudged by a competent court; or (iii) is an undischarged insolvent; or (iv) having been discharged of insolvency, has not obtained from the court a certificate stating that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part; or (v) has been convicted by a competent court, whether within or without Pakistan, of an offence involving moral turpitude and punishable with 2* * imprisonment, or of an offence, not of a technical nature, committed by him in his professional capacity unless in respect of the offence committed he has either been granted a pardon, or, on an application made by him in this behalf, the 3[Federal Government] has, by an order in writing, removed the disability; or (vi) has been removed from the membership of the Institute on being found on inquiry to have been guilty of professional or other misconduct: Provided that a person who has been removed from membership for a specified period shall not be entitled to have his name entered in the Register until the expiry of such period. CHAPTER III COUNCIL OF INSTITUTE

Effective date: 1966-01-01

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