Clause 11

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not draw or prepare any architectural plan, drawing, tracing, design, specification or other document intended to govern the construction, enlargement or alteration of any building or part of a building in Singapore unless the person —

is a registered architect —

who has in force a practising certificate; or

who, if he is not required to obtain a practising certificate, is doing so in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or condition of his registration;

is doing so under the direction or supervision of a person mentioned in paragraph (a); or

is exempt under section 36 from this section.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “registered architect” in subsection (3)(a), the words “who has in force a practising certificate”;

by deleting the word “or” at the end of subsection (3)(a);

by deleting paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:“(b)advertise or hold himself out, or conduct himself in any way or by any means, as a person who is authorised to supply architectural services in Singapore, unless the person is —

a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate; or

an architectural practice;

use the word “architect” or any of its derivatives as part of the name of an architectural practice unless the person is authorised under this Act to supply architectural services; or

use verbally or otherwise the word “architect” or the abbreviation “Ar.” as a title before his name unless he is a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate.”;

by deleting subsection (5) and substituting the following subsection:“(5) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not —

supply architectural services in Singapore unless the person is —

a registered architect who has in force a practising certificate and is doing so on the person’s own account or under, or as an employee of, an architectural practice;

a registered architect who, if he is not required to obtain a practising certificate, is doing so in accordance with any prohibition, restriction or condition of his registration; or

a licensed corporation or licensed limited liability partnership; or

offer to supply architectural services in Singapore unless the person is —

a person mentioned in paragraph (a); or

an allied professional who is doing so only by reason of being a partner in a licensed partnership or licensed limited liability partnership.”;

by deleting the words “subsection (5)(i), (ii) or (iii)” in subsection (5A) and substituting the words “subsection (5)(a)(i) or (iii)”; and

by deleting subsection (6) and substituting the following subsections:“(6) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2), (3) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

in the case of a natural person —

to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

if the person is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both; and

in the case of a body corporate —

to a fine not exceeding $5,000; and

if the body corporate is a repeat offender, to a fine not exceeding $10,000.(7) In this section, a person is a repeat offender if the person who is convicted, or found guilty, of an offence under subsection (6) has (whether before, on or after the date of commencement of section 11(g) of the Architects (Amendment) Act 2017) been convicted or found guilty on at least one other earlier occasion of —

an offence under subsection (6) for contravening subsection (1), (2), (3) or (5); or

an offence under subsection (6) as in force immediately before that date for contravening subsection (1), (2), (3) or (5) as in force immediately before that same date.”.