Singapore legislation

Clause 19

of Architects (Amendment) Bill

Clause 19

Amendment of section 20

Section 20 of the Architects Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)the articles of association of the corporation provide that —

(i)

at least a prescribed number or prescribed proportion of the directors of the corporation must be registered architects or allied professionals, each of whom must have in force a practising certificate;

(ii)

any person whose name and particulars have been removed from any of the following registers other than upon an application by that person, must not be a director unless his name and particulars have been reinstated:

(A)

the register of architects;

(B)

the register of registered professional engineers kept and maintained by the Professional Engineers Board under section 8 of the Professional Engineers Act (Cap. 253);

(C)

the register of surveyors kept and maintained by the Land Surveyors Board under section 9 of the Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 156); and

(iii)

any person who has been suspended from practice as a registered architect under this Act, or as a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act, or as a registered surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act, must not be a director for so long as he remains suspended;”;

(b)

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(b)(ii); and

(c)

by inserting, immediately after sub‑paragraph (iii) of subsection (2)(b), the following sub‑paragraphs:“(iv)any person whose name and particulars have been removed from any of the following registers other than upon an application by that person, must not be a director unless his name and particulars have been reinstated:

(A)

the register of architects;

(B)

the register of registered professional engineers kept and maintained by the Professional Engineers Board under section 8 of the Professional Engineers Act;

(C)

the register of surveyors kept and maintained by the Land Surveyors Board under section 9 of the Land Surveyors Act; and

(v)

any person who has been suspended from practice as a registered architect under this Act, or as a registered professional engineer under the Professional Engineers Act, or as a registered surveyor under the Land Surveyors Act, must not be a director for so long as he remains suspended;”.