Singapore legislation
Clause 19
Clause 19
Amendment of section 20
Section 20 of the Architects Act is amended —
by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraph:“(c)the articles of association of the corporation provide that —
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;
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:
the register of architects;
the register of registered professional engineers kept and maintained by the Professional Engineers Board under section 8 of the Professional Engineers Act (Cap. 253);
the register of surveyors kept and maintained by the Land Surveyors Board under section 9 of the Land Surveyors Act (Cap. 156); and
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;”;
by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (2)(b)(ii); and
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:
the register of architects;
the register of registered professional engineers kept and maintained by the Professional Engineers Board under section 8 of the Professional Engineers Act;
the register of surveyors kept and maintained by the Land Surveyors Board under section 9 of the Land Surveyors Act; and
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;”.