Section 9
Appointment and duties of Registrar
of Architects, Professional Engineers and Quantity Surveyors Act
(1)
The Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and
Yang Di-Pertuan, may appoint a Registrar of the Board for the purposes of this Act.
(2)
The Registrar shall —
(a)
be under the general direction of the Board;
(b)
sign all certificates of registration, practising certificates and licences; and
(c)
record all entries of registration, cancellation and reinstatement in the register of architects, the register of professional engineers, the register of quantity surveyors, the register of architectural, professional engineering and quantity surveying practitioners or the register of licensees.
(3)
The Registrar shall attend all meetings of the Board and record the proceedings thereof, and shall conduct the correspondence and deal with such matters as may be assigned to him by the Chairman or the Board.
(4)
The Registrar shall —
(a)
as soon as practicable after 1st January each year, prepare and publish in the Gazette a list containing the names, qualifications and addresses of all registered architects, registered professional engineers (in the case of professional engineers, including the branch or branches of professional engineering to which the qualifications relate) and registered quantity surveyors who have in force practising certificates; and
(b)
publish in the Gazette the names, qualifications and addresses of architects, professional engineers and quantity surveyors added to, removed from or reinstated into the register of architectural, professional engineering and quantity surveying practitioners.
(5)
In any proceedings, a list published under subsection (4) shall be sufficient evidence that the persons whose names appear therein are registered architects, registered professional engineers and registered quantity surveyors who have in force practising certificates.
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(6)
The Registrar may offer for sale copies of the Registers.