Section 3: Constitution and incorporation of the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town

3. Constitution and incorporation of the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners. (1) There shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance a Council to be known as the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to acquire, hold and dispose of land and property, both movable and immovable, and enter into contract, and shall by the name by which it is known sue and be sued. (3) The membership of the Council shall be open to the town planners 1[till a separate council of town planners is constituted]. (4) The Council shall be composed of all persons whose names may hereafter be entered in the Register, so long as they continue to have their names borne on the Register. 1 Subs. by Act No. IX of 1994, s. 2, (w.e.f. 07­03­1993). (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub­section (4), the Council shall, upon its first constitution, be composed of— (i) a Chairman, being an architect with not less than fifteen years' experience, to be nominated by the Federal Government; (ii) two Vice­Chairmen, one being an architect and the other being a town planner with not less than fifteen years' experience, to be nominated by the Federal Government; (iii) ten members, six being architects and four being town planners with not less than five years' experience, to be nominated by the Federal Government; and (iv) two members, one being architect and one being a town planner, to be nominated by the Federal Government to represent architectural and town planning institutions in Pakistan. (6) The tenure of the members of the Council upon its first constitution shall be 1[two years]. (7) The seal of the Council shall be authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed, and any document purporting to be sealed with the seal so authenticated shall be receivable as evidence of the particulars stated in the document. (8) The headquarters of the Council shall be at such place as the Council may decide.

Effective date: 1983-01-01

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