    <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              ARCHITECTS DECREE, 1969 (NLCD 357)</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              As amended </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS</span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;THE ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION 
                                              COUNCIL</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#1><u>1. Establishment of the Council</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#2><u>2. Incorporation of the Council</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#3><u>3. Membership of the Council</u></a></span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#4><u>4. Term of office of members of 
                                              the Council</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#5><u>5. Functions of Council</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              <a href=#6><u>6. Power of Council to make 
                                              Bye-laws</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#7><u>7. Officers of the Council</u></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#8><u>8. Funds of the Council</u></a></span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#9><u>9. Meetings of the Council</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART II&#8212;QUALIFICATIONS AND 
                                              RESTRICTIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#10><u>10. Qualifications</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#11><u>11. General disqualifications</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#12><u>12. Registration</u></a></span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#13><u>13. Striking off and cancellation 
                                              of registration</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#14><u>14. Inquiries by disciplinary 
                                              Committees</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              <a href=#15><u>15. Suspension</u></a></span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#16><u>16. Appeals to the High Court</u></a></span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#17><u>17. Meaning of &quot;professional 
                                              misconduct&quot;</u></a></span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#18><u>18. Restriction as to the use of 
                                              titles conferred under this 
                                              Decree.</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#19><u>19. Offences and penalties</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#20><u>20. Improper use of terms implying 
                                              registration under this Decree.</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#21><u>21. Powers of personal 
                                              representative of deceased 
                                              Architect</u></a></span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#22><u>22. Architects to have annual 
                                              practising certificates</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#23><u>23. Regulations</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              <a href=#24><u>24. Amendment of schedules</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#25><u>25. Interpretation</u></a></span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a href=#26><u>26. Commencement</u></a></span></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SCHEDULES</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              First Schedule</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Second Schedule</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ARCHITECTS DECREE, 1969</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              IN pursuance of the Proclamation 
                                              entitled &quot;Proclamation for the 
                                              constitution of a National 
                                              Liberation Council for the 
                                              administration of Ghana and for 
                                              other matters connected 
                                              therewith&quot;, published in Gazette 
                                              No. 11 of Monday, 28th February, 
                                              1966, this Decree is hereby made:&#8212;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART I&#8212;THE ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION 
                                              COUNCIL</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=1></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 1&#8212;Establishment of the 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              There shall be established in 
                                              accordance with the provisions of 
                                              this Decree an Architects 
                                              Registration Council (in this 
                                              Decree referred to as &quot;the 
                                              Council&quot;) to perform the functions 
                                              assigned to it by this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=2></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 2&#8212;Incorporation of the 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>

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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Council shall be a body 
                                              corporate having perpetual 
                                              succession and a common seal and 
                                              may sue or be sued in its 
                                              corporate name.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council may hold, acquire 
                                              or dispose of any property, 
                                              movable or immovable for the 
                                              purposes of this Decree and may do 
                                              such things as appear to it to be 
                                              necessary for the performance of 
                                              its functions under this Decree.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (3) The common seal of the Council 
                                              shall be kept in such custody as 
                                              the Council may from time to time 
                                              determine, and shall not be 
                                              affixed to any document or 
                                              instrument except by order of the 
                                              Council, and in the presence of 
                                              two members of the Council who 
                                              shall sign any such document or 
                                              instrument independently of the 
                                              signatures of any person who may 
                                              have signed the document or 
                                              instrument as a witness.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <a name=3></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 3&#8212;Membership of the 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) The Architects Registration 
                                              Council shall consist of 10 
                                              members as follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) one member nominated by the 
                                              Ministry responsible for Works and 
                                              Housing or in the event of 
                                              separation, the Ministry 
                                              responsible for Works, and who 
                                              shall be a registered architect;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) five members nominated by the 
                                              Ghana Institute of Architects;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) one member nominated by the 
                                              Faculty of Architecture of 
                                              University of Science and 
                                              Technology;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) one member nominated by the 
                                              Academy of Science;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) a legal advisor nominated by 
                                              the Attorney-General; and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) the Registrar of the Council 
                                              nominated by the Ghana Institute 
                                              of Architects.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council shall elect a 
                                              registered architect as Chairman 
                                              from amongst its members.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=4></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 4&#8212;Term of Office of 
                                              Members of the Council.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Every member of the Council 
                                              shall, unless he earlier vacates 
                                              his office, hold office for a 
                                              period of five years from the&nbsp; 
                                              date of his appointment.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) A member of the Council shall 
                                              vacate his office by writing under 
                                              his hand addressed to the Chairman 
                                              of the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) In the event of death of, or 
                                              vacation of office by a member of 
                                              the Council, the body which 
                                              nominated him shall appoint 
                                              another person.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (4) Any member of Council who 
                                              vacates office by effluxion of 
                                              time shall be eligible for 
                                              re-appointment as a member.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=5></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 5&#8212;Functions of Council.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) The Council shall be concerned 
                                              with the architectural profession 
                                              and shall be charged with the 
                                              responsibility of securing the 
                                              highest practicable standards in 
                                              the practice of architecture in 
                                              Ghana.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) It shall be the duty of the 
                                              Council&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) to prescribe or approve 
                                              courses of study for, and the 
                                              conduct and standards of 
                                              qualifying examinations for 
                                              registration as a registered 
                                              architect under this Decree;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) to maintain and publish a 
                                              register of architects;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) to prescribe and uphold 
                                              standards of professional conduct 
                                              and ethics, and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (d) to control the practice of 
                                              architecture.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=6></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 6&#8212;Power of Council to 
                                              make Bye-Laws.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              The Council may from time to time 
                                              make bye-laws for all or any of 
                                              the following purposes:</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) for the management and duties 
                                              of the Council, the holding of 
                                              meetings by the Council, and the 
                                              issue of notices calling such 
                                              meetings;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) for the duties of officers of 
                                              the Council;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) for the appointment of 
                                              committees and the powers, duties 
                                              and proceedings of such 
                                              committees;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) for the administration, 
                                              investment and expenditure of the 
                                              property and funds of the Council 
                                              from whatever source and for 
                                              whatever purposes received;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) for the definition of 
                                              unprofessional conduct and for 
                                              determining the mode of inquiry 
                                              into and the method of dealing 
                                              with such conduct and the 
                                              penalties which may be imposed 
                                              upon any member found guilty of 
                                              such conduct;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) for the scale of fees to be 
                                              charged by architects for 
                                              professional advice, services 
                                              rendered and work done;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) for the fees to be paid for 
                                              initial and annual registration;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) for prescribing the procedure 
                                              to be followed by persons applying 
                                              for registration, and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              for instructions and orders 
                                              conducive to the maintenance and 
                                              improvement of the status of 
                                              architects in Ghana.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a name=7></a>

                                              Paragraph 7&#8212;Officers of the 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Council may appoint a 
                                              secretary and such other officers 
                                              and employees as it may deem 
                                              necessary.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a name=8></a>

                                              Paragraph 8&#8212;Funds of the Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Council shall establish 
                                              and maintain a fund under its 
                                              management and control into which 
                                              shall be paid all moneys received 
                                              by the Council by way of 
                                              grants-in-aid from the Government 
                                              or otherwise, and out of which 
                                              shall be met all expenses and 
                                              liabilities incurred by the 
                                              Council in carrying out its 
                                              functions under this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council may invest moneys 
                                              in the fund in any securities of 
                                              the Government or in any other 
                                              securities approved by the 
                                              Council.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Council may from time to 
                                              time borrow money for the purposes 
                                              of the Council and may pay 
                                              interest thereon out of the funds 
                                              of the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) The annual accounts of the 
                                              Council shall be subject to audit 
                                              by a chartered accountant who 
                                              shall be appointed by the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (5) The accounts for the preceding 
                                              year as audited shall be approved 
                                              by the members at the annual 
                                              general meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=9></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 9&#8212;Meetings of the 
                                              Council.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (1) The Council shall meet at such 
                                              times and place as it may agree, 
                                              provided that the intervals 
                                              between meetings shall not exceed 
                                              three months.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Six members of the Council 
                                              shall form a quorum at any meeting 
                                              of the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Seven days notice of a meeting 
                                              of the Council, or not less than 
                                              twenty-four hours in the case of 
                                              emergency, shall be delivered or 
                                              sent by the Secretary to each 
                                              member of the Council; such notice 
                                              to state the place, the day and 
                                              the hour of the meeting and in 
                                              case of special business, the 
                                              general nature of the business.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Accidental omission to send or 
                                              non-receipt of notice referred to 
                                              in sub-paragraph (3) of this 
                                              paragraph by any member shall not 
                                              invalidate the proceedings of any 
                                              meeting.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) The Chairman or two members of 
                                              the Council may require the 
                                              Secretary at the time to summon a 
                                              meeting of the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (6)&nbsp; In the absence of the 
                                              Chairman from any meeting of the 
                                              Council the members present shall 
                                              elect one of their members to act 
                                              as Chairman.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (7) Questions arising at any 
                                              meeting of the Council shall be 
                                              determined by the simple majority 
                                              of votes cast and in the case of 
                                              equality of votes, the Chairman 
                                              shall have a second or casting 
                                              vote.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              this Decree, the Chairman at any 
                                              meeting of the Council may, with 
                                              the consent of the members 
                                              present, adjourn the meeting from 
                                              time to time or place to place, 
                                              but no business shall be 
                                              transacted at any adjourned 
                                              meeting other than the business 
                                              left unfinished at the meeting 
                                              from which the adjournment took 
                                              place.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) No notice may be given of an 
                                              adjourned meeting unless it is so 
                                              directed in the resolution for the 
                                              adjournment.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (10) Proper minutes shall be 
                                              recorded of all resolutions and 
                                              proceedings of meetings of the 
                                              Council and of any committees 
                                              thereof; and every minute signed 
                                              by the Chairman of the meeting to 
                                              which it relates, shall be 
                                              conclusive evidence of the facts 
                                              therein.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              PART II&#8212;QUALIFICATIONS AND 
                                              RESTRICTIONS</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=10></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 10&#8212;Qualifications.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Subject to the provisions of 
                                              paragraph 11 of this Decree, any 
                                              person is entitled to be 
                                              registered as an architect on 
                                              payment of the prescribed fee, if 
                                              he is a member of the Ghana 
                                              Institute of Architects and is&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) a person who has passed the 
                                              qualifying examinations of the 
                                              courses prescribed or approved by 
                                              the Council under this Decree, and 
                                              completes practical training of 
                                              such description and for such 
                                              period as may be prescribed by the 
                                              Council; or</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) a person who has passed the 
                                              qualifying examinations of any 
                                              society or institute of architects 
                                              by whatever name called, approved 
                                              by the Council as being in the 
                                              opinion of the Council an 
                                              association of equivalent status 
                                              to the Ghana Institute of 
                                              Architects; or</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) a person who was a member of 
                                              the Ghana Institute of Architects 
                                              immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=11></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 11&#8212;General 
                                              Disqualifications.</span></b></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No person shall be registered 
                                              as an architect,</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) unless he has&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              become resident in Ghana,</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) attained the age of 
                                              twenty-one years, and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) paid the prescribed fees; or</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (b) if he has been&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              adjudged by a court of competent 
                                              jurisdiction to be of unsound 
                                              mind;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) convicted by a court of 
                                              competent jurisdiction, whether in 
                                              Ghana or elsewhere, of any offence 
                                              involving fraud or dishonesty; or</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) if, having been adjudged an 
                                              insolvent or bankrupt, has not 
                                              been granted by a court of 
                                              competent jurisdiction, a 
                                              certificate to the effect that his 
                                              insolvency or bankruptcy has risen 
                                              wholly or partly from unavoidable 
                                              losses or misfortunes.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Notwithstanding anything in 
                                              this paragraph a non-resident 
                                              being otherwise qualified may make 
                                              a special application for 
                                              temporary registration for the 
                                              purposes of executing a specific 
                                              project.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a name=12></a>

                                              Paragraph 12&#8212;Registration.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Council shall keep a register 
                                              of architects in which the name of 
                                              every person immediately on his 
                                              being accepted for registration by 
                                              the Council, shall be registered 
                                              showing against his name such 
                                              particulars as the Council from 
                                              time to time deem necessary.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              <a name=13></a>

                                              Paragraph 13&#8212;Striking off and 
                                              Cancellation of Registration.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to the provisions of 
                                              paragraph 14 of this Decree, the 
                                              Council may strike off the 
                                              register of architects the name of 
                                              an architect if satisfied that he 
                                              is unfit to practise the 
                                              profession of architecture by 
                                              reason that he has been guilty of 
                                              professional misconduct or has 
                                              become subject to any 
                                              disqualification mentioned in 
                                              sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of 
                                              paragraph 11 of this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Council may strike off the 
                                              register of architects the name of 
                                              an architect if the prescribed 
                                              fees remain unpaid for a period 
                                              exceeding six months.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A person whose name has been 
                                              struck off the register of 
                                              architects under sub-paragraph (1) 
                                              of this paragraph may have his 
                                              name restored if the Council is 
                                              satisfied that he has become 
                                              subsequently a fit and proper 
                                              person to practise the profession 
                                              of architecture, on the settlement 
                                              of such penalties which may be 
                                              decided by the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=14></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 14&#8212;Inquiries by 
                                              Disciplinary Committees.</span></b></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The name of a person shall not 
                                              be struck off the register unless 
                                              a disciplinary committee has, 
                                              after due inquiry, made a report 
                                              to the Council that the person 
                                              concerned has been guilty of 
                                              professional misconduct or is 
                                              otherwise disqualified under the 
                                              provisions of paragraph 11 of this 
                                              Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the Council has 
                                              reasonable cause to believe, 
                                              whether upon complaint made to it 
                                              or otherwise, that any person who 
                                              is a registered architect has been 
                                              guilty of professional misconduct, 
                                              the Council may appoint a 
                                              disciplinary committee for the 
                                              purpose of holding an inquiry into 
                                              the conduct of that person.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The provisions of the First 
                                              Schedule to this Decree shall 
                                              apply in relation to the 
                                              constitution of, and the procedure 
                                              to be followed by, disciplinary 
                                              committees appointed under this 
                                              paragraph, the proceedings at 
                                              inquiries held by such committees 
                                              and the powers exercisable by such 
                                              committees.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=15></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 15&#8212;Suspension.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Council may, in lieu of 
                                              exercising its powers under 
                                              paragraph 13 of this Decree, 
                                              suspend the person concerned from 
                                              membership of the Institute for 
                                              such period as the Council may 
                                              deem fit.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=16></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 16&#8212;Appeals to the High 
                                              Court.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Any person aggrieved by a 
                                              decision of the Council under 
                                              paragraph 11 or paragraph 13 or 
                                              paragraph 15 of this Decree may 
                                              appeal against that decision to 
                                              the High Court.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every appeal under 
                                              sub-paragraph (1) of this 
                                              paragraph against a decision shall 
                                              be&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) made by petition, in writing, 
                                              bearing a stamp of N¢2.10;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) lodged within three months 
                                              after the date of that decision; 
                                              and</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) heard and decided by a Judge 
                                              of the High Court after such 
                                              summary inquiry as that Judge may 
                                              deem requisite.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=17></a>

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 17&#8212;Meaning of 
                                              &quot;Professional Misconduct&quot;.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              For the purposes of this Decree, 
                                              &quot;professional misconduct&quot; means 
                                              any act or omission which is for 
                                              the time being specified in the 
                                              Second Schedule to this Decree.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=18></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 18&#8212;Restriction as to the 
                                              use of Titles Conferred under this 
                                              Decree.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No person whose name is not 
                                              for the time being entered in the 
                                              Register of Architects may take or 
                                              use the title of &quot;Architect&quot;, or 
                                              practise under any name, title or 
                                              style containing the word 
                                              &quot;Architect&quot;, &quot;Architecture&quot;, and 
                                              &quot;Architectural&quot;.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Notwithstanding anything 
                                              contained in sub-paragraph (1) of 
                                              this paragraph any firm of 
                                              architects, one of the partners of 
                                              which is a registered architect 
                                              may take and use the title 
                                              &quot;Architects&quot; or practise under any 
                                              name, title or style containing 
                                              the word &quot;Architects&quot;, 
                                              &quot;Architecture&quot;, or 
                                              &quot;Architectural&quot;.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=19></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 19&#8212;Offences and 
                                              Penalties.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who contravenes any 
                                              provision of this Decree, commits 
                                              an offence and shall be liable to 
                                              a fine not exceeding two hundred 
                                              new cedis, or to imprisonment for 
                                              a term not exceeding one year or 
                                              to both such fine and 
                                              imprisonment.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=20></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 20&#8212;Improper use of Terms 
                                              Implying Registration under this 
                                              Decree.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Subject to paragraph 18, 
                                              sub-paragraph (2) of this 
                                              paragraph and to paragraph 22 of 
                                              this Decree, every person commits 
                                              an offence, who being a person 
                                              carrying on business in Ghana and 
                                              not being an architect registered 
                                              under this Decree, uses or causes 
                                              or permits to be used in 
                                              connection with his name under 
                                              which he carries on business the 
                                              word &quot;architect&quot;, or 
                                              &quot;architecture&quot;, or &quot;architectural&quot; 
                                              or any words, initials, or 
                                              abbreviation of words intended to 
                                              cause or which may reasonably 
                                              cause any person to believe that 
                                              the person using the same is an 
                                              architect.[As amended by the 
                                              Architects (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1972 (NRCD 75), s(a)].</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Nothing in sub-paragraph (1) 
                                              of this paragraph shall apply to 
                                              the use of the term &quot;naval 
                                              architect&quot; or the term &quot;landscape 
                                              architect&quot; by any person in 
                                              connection with the profession or 
                                              calling so described.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=21></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 21&#8212;Powers of Personal 
                                              Representative of Deceased 
                                              Architect.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Notwithstanding any provision 
                                              of this Decree, on the death 
                                              (whether before or after the 
                                              commencement of this Decree) of 
                                              any architect who was at the time 
                                              of his death actually carrying on 
                                              practice as an architect, it shall 
                                              be lawful for his personal 
                                              representative (with a view to the 
                                              disposal of goodwill) to continue 
                                              the practice under the management 
                                              of a registered architect for not 
                                              more than five (5) years from the 
                                              date of death.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The personal representative 
                                              shall keep the Council informed of 
                                              the registered architect who is 
                                              managing such practice.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Council shall keep a 
                                              register of the practices of 
                                              deceased architects in which shall 
                                              be recorded the names of the 
                                              managers of those practices.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=22></a>

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 22&#8212;Architects to have 
                                              Annual Practising Certificates.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) No registered architect shall 
                                              be entitled to practise as an 
                                              architect unless he is a holder of 
                                              an Annual Practising Certificate 
                                              which is for the time being in 
                                              force.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (2) A practising certificate shall 
                                              be issued by the Council upon 
                                              application to it by a registered 
                                              architect and upon payment of the 
                                              prescribed annual fee.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Every certificate to practise 
                                              shall be valid until the 31st day 
                                              of December of the year of issue 
                                              of that certificate, and may from 
                                              time to time be renewed upon 
                                              payment of the prescribed annual 
                                              subscription, provided that if at 
                                              any time during the currency of 
                                              any such certificate, the holder 
                                              thereof ceases to be registered 
                                              under this Decree or has his 
                                              registration suspended, the 
                                              certificate shall cease to be 
                                              valid.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Every person who practises or 
                                              undertakes to practise in breach 
                                              of this paragraph, commits an 
                                              offence and shall, upon summary 
                                              conviction, be liable to a fine 
                                              not exceeding ten new cedis 
                                              (N¢10.00) for every day that the 
                                              offence continues.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=23></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 23&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Ministry may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, upon the 
                                              recommendations of the Council, 
                                              make Regulations for or in respect 
                                              of any matter relating to or 
                                              connected with the functions of 
                                              the Council under this Decree or 
                                              the proper exercise, discharge or 
                                              performance thereof.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=24></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 24&#8212;Amendment of 
                                              Schedules.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Ministry may, upon the 
                                              recommendation of the Council, by 
                                              legislative instrument, amend, 
                                              alter or add to or revoke any or 
                                              all of the provisions of the 
                                              Schedules of this Decree.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=25></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 25&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Decree unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Council&quot; means the Architects 
                                              Registration Council established 
                                              under paragraph 1 of this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Ministry&quot; means the Ministry 
                                              responsible for Works and Housing, 
                                              or in the event of separation, the 
                                              Ministry of Works.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;Chairman&quot; means the Chairman of 
                                              the Council.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <a name=26></a>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Paragraph 26&#8212;Commencement.</span></b></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              This Decree shall come into force 
                                              on a day to be appointed by the 
                                              Commissioner responsible for Works 
                                              and Housing, by legislative 
                                              instrument.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              FIRST SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (Paragraph 14)</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1.&nbsp; For the purposes of any 
                                              inquiry to be held under paragraph 
                                              14 of the Decree, the Council 
                                              shall appoint six persons, 
                                              including the Chairman, the Legal 
                                              Advisor and the Secretary from 
                                              among its members, to constitute a 
                                              disciplinary committee and shall 
                                              appoint one of them to be Chairman 
                                              of the committee.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              2. (1) The Council shall cause a 
                                              statement to be prepared setting 
                                              out the charges to be investigated 
                                              by the disciplinary committee, and 
                                              the Secretary of the Council shall 
                                              transmit a copy of the statement 
                                              to each member of the committee 
                                              and to the person whose conduct is 
                                              the subject of the investigation.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Where the inquiry is to be 
                                              held in consequence of a petition 
                                              or complaint by any person 
                                              alleging misconduct, the Secretary 
                                              of the Council shall, in addition 
                                              to the said statement transmit a 
                                              copy of that petition or complaint 
                                              to each of the members of the 
                                              disciplinary committee.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              3. (1) The Secretary of the 
                                              Council shall give notice of the 
                                              first date fixed for the inquiry 
                                              to the person whose conduct is the 
                                              subject of the investigation.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every such notice shall, at 
                                              least fourteen days before the 
                                              date fixed for the inquiry, be 
                                              delivered by hand at, or sent 
                                              through the post by registered 
                                              letter addressed to, the last 
                                              known address of that person.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) Where any person to whom a 
                                              notice has been given under 
                                              sub-paragraph (1) of this 
                                              paragraph fails to appear in 
                                              person or is not represented by 
                                              counsel, the inquiry may be held 
                                              by the disciplinary committee in 
                                              his absence.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) Notice of any date to which 
                                              the inquiry may be adjourned shall 
                                              be given by the Chairman of the 
                                              committee personally to the person 
                                              whose conduct is the subject of 
                                              inquiry or be given in manner 
                                              provided in sub-paragraph (2) of 
                                              this paragraph.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              4.&nbsp; (1) If the Council is of the 
                                              opinion that the evidence of any 
                                              person, or the production by any 
                                              person of any document is 
                                              necessary to enable any matter to 
                                              be investigated by a disciplinary 
                                              committee, the Council shall 
                                              direct the secretary of the 
                                              Council to require the attendance 
                                              of that person, or the production 
                                              by that person of such document, 
                                              at such time and place as may be 
                                              specified in a notice which shall 
                                              be delivered by hand at, or sent 
                                              through the post by registered 
                                              letter addressed to, the last 
                                              known place of residence of that 
                                              person.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any person who having been 
                                              served with a notice under 
                                              sub-paragraph (1) of this 
                                              paragraph fails, without 
                                              reasonable cause, to attend or to 
                                              produce any document, as the case 
                                              may be, at the time and place 
                                              specified in the notice, commits 
                                              an offence under this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The secretary of the Council 
                                              shall be the secretary of every 
                                              disciplinary committee and every 
                                              notice issued under this Schedule 
                                              shall be signed by him.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A disciplinary committee shall 
                                              have power to administer oaths or 
                                              affirmations to all persons who 
                                              are required to give evidence 
                                              before it, and any person who 
                                              refuses to be sworn or affirmed, 
                                              or to answer such questions as may 
                                              be put to him concerning any 
                                              matter in respect of which the 
                                              inquiry is held, commits an 
                                              offence under this Decree.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (5) Any person who, upon 
                                              examination, upon oath or 
                                              affirmation before a disciplinary 
                                              committee wilfully gives false 
                                              evidence commits an offence under 
                                              this Decree.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (6) Any person whose conduct is 
                                              the subject of the investigation 
                                              at an inquiry or who is in anyway 
                                              concerned or implicated in such 
                                              inquiry may be represented by 
                                              counsel at the inquiry.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (7) The Council may engage any 
                                              legal practitioner to assist the 
                                              disciplinary committee as to the 
                                              leading and taking of evidence.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (8) Every inquiry held by a 
                                              disciplinary committee shall, 
                                              unless the Council otherwise 
                                              determines, in any case be held in 
                                              camera.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (9) Any question before a 
                                              disciplinary committee shall be 
                                              determined by the decision of the 
                                              majority of the members of that 
                                              committee, and in the event of 
                                              equality of votes the Chairman 
                                              shall have a second or casting 
                                              vote.</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (10) Upon conclusion of an 
                                              inquiry, the disciplinary 
                                              committee shall prepare and 
                                              transmit to the Council a report 
                                              embodying the findings on the 
                                              matters in respect of which the 
                                              inquiry was held.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SECOND SCHEDULE</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (Paragraph 17)</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              1. Each of the following acts on 
                                              the part of an architect shall 
                                              constitute professional 
                                              misconduct, namely:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) allowing any other person to 
                                              practise in his name as an 
                                              architect unless such person is 
                                              also an architect and is in 
                                              partnership with or employed by 
                                              him;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) securing either through the 
                                              services of a person not qualified 
                                              to be an architect, or by means 
                                              which are not open to an 
                                              architect, any professional 
                                              business;[As amended by the 
                                              Architects (Amendment) Decree, 
                                              1972 (NRCD 75), s. (b)].</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) entering into partnership in 
                                              any Limited Liability Company.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              2. Each of the following acts or 
                                              omissions on the part of an 
                                              architect shall constitute 
                                              professional misconduct, namely:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) holding or assuming or 
                                              consciously accepting a position 
                                              in which the interest of the 
                                              architect is in conflict with his 
                                              professional duty;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) accepting any remuneration 
                                              other than professional fees or 
                                              salary payable by his employer, 
                                              from any source in connection with 
                                              the works and duties entrusted to 
                                              him;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) failing to uphold and apply 
                                              the Scale of Professional Charges 
                                              of the Institute;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) accepting any work involving 
                                              the giving or receiving of 
                                              discounts or commissions, or 
                                              accepting any discount, gift or 
                                              commission from contractors or 
                                              tradesmen whether employed on his 
                                              works or not;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (e) accepting any remuneration 
                                              other than fees, salary or royalty 
                                              for acting as architectural 
                                              consultant, or assistant to an 
                                              architectural consultant, or 
                                              soliciting orders for building 
                                              contractors, decorators, 
                                              manufacturers, estate agents, 
                                              development firms or companies or 
                                              firms or companies trading in 
                                              materials used in or whose 
                                              activities are otherwise connected 
                                              with the building industry;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) allowing his name and affix to 
                                              appear on the notepaper of such 
                                              firms or companies described in 
                                              sub-paragraph (e) of this 
                                              paragraph other than in connection 
                                              with his professional services;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) acting in a professional 
                                              capacity, when engaged as an 
                                              architectural consultant, advisor 
                                              or assistant to such firms and 
                                              companies described in 
                                              sub-paragraph (e) of this 
                                              paragraph for a third party to 
                                              whom his principals owe a 
                                              contractual duty, unless all 
                                              parties agree that he may act as 
                                              an independent architect on direct 
                                              instructions of the said third 
                                              party and provided that he 
                                              receives payment of fees direct;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (h) acting as a director in any 
                                              firm or company carrying on 
                                              business as auctioneers, house and 
                                              estate agents or trading in 
                                              materials used in or whose 
                                              activities are otherwise connected 
                                              with the building industry or 
                                              trading in land or buildings for 
                                              profit;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              allowing his professional affix to 
                                              appear on the notepaper of any 
                                              firm or company of which he is a 
                                              director and from which he is 
                                              prohibited by sub-paragraph (h) of 
                                              this paragraph;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (j) carrying on or acting as 
                                              principal; partner or manager of 
                                              any firm carrying on any of the 
                                              trades or businesses specified in 
                                              sub-paragraph (h) of this 
                                              paragraph;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (k) advertising or offering his 
                                              professional services to any 
                                              person or body corporate by means 
                                              of circulars or otherwise, or 
                                              making paid announcements in the 
                                              Press except when:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">(i) 
                                              applying to prospective employers 
                                              for a salaried appointment;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">

                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (ii) advertising a professional 
                                              appointment open or wanted, 
                                              directed only to members of the 
                                              profession concerned;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iii) responding to an 
                                              advertisement addressed to members 
                                              of the profession inviting them to 
                                              submit their names for inclusion 
                                              in a panel or list of architects, 
                                              provided his response does not 
                                              contravene any clause in the Code 
                                              of Professional Conduct for the 
                                              time-being in force;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (iv) notifying the architectural 
                                              professional Press once of change 
                                              of address, and</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (v) notifying his correspondents 
                                              by post, once, of any change of 
                                              address;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (l) giving monetary considerations 
                                              for illustrations and descriptions 
                                              of his work to be published in the 
                                              press or allowing such 
                                              publications to be used by the 
                                              publishers for extorting 
                                              advertisement from contributors, 
                                              or for attempting to distribute 
                                              the publications to potential 
                                              clients;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (m) exhibiting his name or 
                                              signature to his buildings, 
                                              outside his office, or on 
                                              buildings in the course of 
                                              construction, alteration or 
                                              extension, in an ostentatious 
                                              manner or in lettering exceeding 2 
                                              ft. in height;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (n) attempting to supplant another 
                                              architect, or competing with 
                                              another architect by means of a 
                                              reduction of fees or other 
                                              inducements;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (o) failing to notify another 
                                              architect when approached or 
                                              instructed to proceed with 
                                              professional work upon which the 
                                              architect was previously employed;</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (p) when employed as a salaried 
                                              and official architect by a 
                                              central or local government 
                                              department or statutory body, and 
                                              by reason of his office he is in a 
                                              position to grant or influence the 
                                              granting of any form of statutory 
                                              approval, he undertakes private 
                                              work, notwithstanding any 
                                              permission from his employers to 
                                              do so, unless he is satisfied that 
                                              his position and action in the 
                                              matter will be free from any 
                                              suspicion or suggestion of abuse;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (q) failing to act in an impartial 
                                              manner in all cases of dispute 
                                              between building owner and 
                                              contractor;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (r) permitting the insertion in 
                                              tenders, bills of quantities or 
                                              other contract documents which 
                                              provides for payment to be made to 
                                              him by the contractor whatever may 
                                              be the consideration, unless with 
                                              the full knowledge and approval of 
                                              the employer;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (s) taking part in an 
                                              architectural competition as to 
                                              which the Council shall have 
                                              declared by a resolution that 
                                              members must not take part, 
                                              because conditions are not in 
                                              accordance with Institute 
                                              Regulations for Architectural 
                                              competitions, or being associated 
                                              in anyway with the carrying out of 
                                              a design selected as a result of a 
                                              competition as to which the 
                                              Council have declared by a 
                                              resolution that members must not 
                                              take part;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (t) failing to notify at once, the 
                                              secretary upon being asked to take 
                                              part in a limited competition, the 
                                              particulars of the competition; 
                                              and</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (u) acting as an architect or 
                                              joint architect for a work which 
                                              is or has been the subject of a 
                                              competition in which he is or has 
                                              been an assessor, or act as 
                                              consulting architect unless 
                                              appointed before the inception of 
                                              the competition; or having been 
                                              approached by the promoters to 
                                              advise on the holding of a 
                                              competition, with the view to his 
                                              acting as an assessor, acting as 
                                              architect for the work; if it is 
                                              eventually decided not to hold a 
                                              competition, but to appoint an 
                                              architect to carry out the work.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              3. Notwithstanding anything to the 
                                              contrary contained in paragraphs 1 
                                              and 2 of this Schedule, an 
                                              architect shall not be guilty of 
                                              professional misconduct by reason 
                                              only of any of the following acts, 
                                              namely:&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              (a) entering into or being in 
                                              partnership with any person 
                                              outside Ghana who is a member of a 
                                              society or institute of architects 
                                              which is in the opinion of the 
                                              Council of equivalent status to 
                                              the Ghana Institute of Architects;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) securing professional business 
                                              by reason of such partnership,</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) allowing such partnership to 
                                              be carried on in his name, and</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) paying or allowing or agreeing 
                                              to pay or allow to any such 
                                              partner any share out of fees or 
                                              profits.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Made this 21st day of May, 1969.</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 180.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              BRIGADIER A. A. AFRIFA</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 180.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chairman of the National 
                                              Liberation Council</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">

                                              Date of Gazette Notification: 30th 
                                              May, 1969</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              amended by</span></p>
                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ARCHITECTS (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 
                                              1972 (NRCD 75).1</span></p>

                                              <p  style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
