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THE PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS AND TOWN
PLANNER ORDINANCE, 1983
CONTENTS
1. Short title, extent and commencement
2. Definitions
3. Constitution and incorporation of the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners
4. Chairman and Vice Chairman
5. Annual general meeting of the Council
6. Extraordinary general meeting of the Council
7. General provisions relating to meetings of the Council
8. Functions of the Council
9. Executive Committee
10. Recognition of architectural and town planning qualifications granted by
institutions in Pakistan
11. Recognition of architectural and town planning qualifications granted by institutions abroad
12. Grant of temporary licenses
13. Power to require information as to courses of study and Examination
14. Inspection of Examination
15. Withdrawal of recognition
16. Maintenance of register, etc.
17. Registration
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18. Appeal against refusal to permit registration
19. Revision of Register
20. Complaints against architects or town planners
21. Tribunals of inquiry
22. Procedure in inquiries, etc.
23. Review
24. Powers of the Tribunal
25. Fund of the Council, accounts and audit
26. Bye-laws of the Council
27. Proof of membership, etc.
28. Penalties and Procedure
29. Infringement of Code of Professional Conduct
30. Certain provisions to apply to unregistered architects and town planners
31. Power to exempt
32. Commission of inquiry
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
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THE PAKISTAN COUNCIL OF ARCHITECTS AND TOWN
PLANNERS ORDINANCE, 1983
ORDINANCE No. IX OF 1983
[7th Mach, 1983]
An Ordinance to make provisions for the regulation of architectural and town planning professions.
WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the regulation of the architectural and town
planning professions and for that purpose to constitute a Council of Architects and Town Planners;
AND WHEREAS the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary
to take immediate action;
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977, and in
exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to make and promulgate
the following ordinance:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Ordinance may be called the Pakistan
Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance, 1983.
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions. In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) “architect” means a person who holds any of the architectural qualifications
specified in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule and is registered as an
architect with the Council;
(b) “architectural and town planning public organisation” means a Department of
the Federal Government or a Provincial Government, a public corporation,
autonomous or semi-autonomous body, cantonment board, municipality
improvement trust or other local authority;
(c) “bye-law” means byelaws made under this Ordinance;
(d) “Chairman” means Chairman of the Council;
(e) “Council” means the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners
constituted under section 3;
(f) “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the Council;
(g) “institution” means an institution within or without Pakistan which grants
degrees or diplomas in architecture or town planning and is recognised as such
by the Council;
(h) “member” means a member of the Council and includes the Chairman and Vice-
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Chairman;
(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by byelaws;
(j) “professional architectural work” means the giving of professional advice and
opinions, the making of measurement and layouts of buildings, the preparation
of feasibility and other report, the production of concept, the originating,
designing and planning, and, in association with relevant professionals,
producing working drawings and contract documents, specification and bills of
quantities, the inspection and supervision of works and issuing of certificates of
such buildings and other works for which an architect offers his professional
services;
(k) “professional town planning work” means the giving of professional advice and
opinions in the field of urban and regional planning, the carrying out of physical
and socio- economic surveys, the preparation of feasibility reports, layout plans,
and development plans, and, in association with relevant professionals, carrying
out inspection and supervision of works and issue of certificates of such
schemes and works for which a town planner offers his professional services;
(l) “Register” means a Register maintained under section 16;
(m) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;
(n) “town planner” a person who holds any of the town planning qualifications
specified in the First Schedule or the Second Schedule and is registered as a
town planner with the Council;
(o) “University” means a University established by law in Pakistan having an
architectural or town planning faculty or department; and
(p) “Vice Chairman” means Vice Chairman of the Council
3. Constitution and incorporation of the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town
Planners. (1) There shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance a Council
to be known as the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners.
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal,
with power, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to acquire, hold and dispose of land and
property, both movable and immovable, and enter into contract, and shall by the name by which it is
known sue and be sued.
(3) The membership of the Council shall be open to the town planners 1[till a separate council
of town planners is constituted].
(4) The Council shall be composed of all persons whose names may hereafter be entered in the
Register, so long as they continue to have their names borne on the Register.
1
Subs. by Act No. IX of 1994, s. 2, (w.e.f. 07-03-1993).
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(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), the Council shall, upon its first
constitution, be composed of—
(i) a Chairman, being an architect with not less than fifteen years'
experience, to be nominated by the Federal Government;
(ii) two Vice-Chairmen, one being an architect and the other being a town
planner with not less than fifteen years' experience, to be nominated by
the Federal Government;
(iii) ten members, six being architects and four being town planners with not
less than five years' experience, to be nominated by the Federal
Government; and
(iv) two members, one being architect and one being a town planner, to be
nominated by the Federal Government to represent architectural and
town planning institutions in Pakistan.
(6) The tenure of the members of the Council upon its first constitution shall be 1[two years].
(7) The seal of the Council shall be authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed, and
any document purporting to be sealed with the seal so authenticated shall be receivable as evidence of
the particulars stated in the document.
(8) The headquarters of the Council shall be at such place as the Council may decide.
4. Chairman and Vice Chairman. (1) The Council shall have a Chairman who shall be an
architect of not less than fifteen years' experience and two Vice Chairmen, one being an architect and
the other a town planner of not less than fifteen years' experience, to be elected by the members from
amongst themselves in the prescribed manner.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), for a period of 2[two years] from
the commencement of this Ordinance, the Chairman and Vice Chairmen shall be the persons
nominated by the Federal Government under clauses (i) and (ii) of sub-section (5) of section 3.
(3) The Chairman and Vice Chairmen shall, subject to sub-section (2), hold office for a term
of two years.
(4) No person shall be qualified to be elected as, or to be, Chairman or Vice Chairman for more
than two consecutive terms.
5. Annual general meeting of the Council. (l) An annual general meeting of the Council shall
be held at the headquarters of the Council at such time as may be appointed by the Executive
Committee.
1
Subs. by the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (41 of 1984), s. 2, for “one year”.
2
Subs. ibid., s. 3, for “one year”.
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(2) The following business may be transacted at the annual general meeting, namely:—
(a) presentation of annual report;
(b) presentation of audited accounts;
(c) presentation of annual budget;
(d) appointment of auditors; and
(e) such other business as may be placed before the meeting by the Executive
Committee or as the meeting may decide.
6. Extraordinary general meeting of the Council.—(1) An extraordinary general meeting of
the Council shall be called by the Chairman at the headquarters of the Council
(a) within fourteen days of the receipt by him of a requisition signed by not less
than fifty members and stating the business proposed to be transacted at the
meeting; or
(b) at any time, if the holding of such meeting for the consideration of any urgent
matter is in his opinion necessary.
(2) At a meeting called in pursuance of clause (a) of sub-section (1), no business other than the
business stated in the requisition referred to in that clause shall be transacted.
7. General provisions relating to meetings of the Council.(1) An annual or extraordinary
general meeting of the Council shall be held and conducted in accordance with the bye-laws.
(2) To constitute a quorum at an annual or extraordinary general meeting of the Council, the
presence of not less than fifty members shall be necessary:
Provided that, in respect of the Council constituted under sub-section (5) of section 3 this sub-
section shall have effect as if for the word “fifty” therein the word “five” were substituted.
(3) All decisions of the Council at an annual or extraordinary general meeting shall be taken
by majority of the members present and voting.
8. Function of the Council. The following shall be the function of council, namely:—
(a) maintenance of two Registers, one for persons qualified to practise as architects
and the other for persons qualified to practise as town planners, and two lists,
one for persons eligible to practise as unregistered architects and the other for
persons eligible to practise as unregistered town planners;
(b) recognition of architectural and town planning qualifications for the purpose of
registration of architects and town planners;
(c) removal of names, from the Register and restoration to the Register of names
which have been removed;
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(d) laying down of standards of conduct for the members;
(e) safeguarding the interests of the members;
(f) assisting the Government and national institutions in identification and solution
of national problems relating to architecture and town planning;
(g) promotion of reforms in the architectural and town planning professions;
(h) management of the funds and properties of the Council;
(i) promotion of architectural and town planning education and review of courses
of studies in consultation with the Universities and recognised institutions and
advising the Government in the matter of architectural and town planning
education;
(j) levy and collection of fees from applicants for registration or temporary licences
and from members ;
(k) exercise of such disciplinary powers over the members and servants of the
Council as may be prescribed;
(l) formation of such committees as may be prescribed;
(m) making recommendation to the Government for recognition of a professional
architectural institute and a professional town planning institute to conduct
examinations and prepare such other functions as the Council may deem
necessary; and
(n) performance of all other functions connected with, or ancillary or incidental to,
the aforesaid functions.
9. Executive Committee.—(1) There shall be an Executive Committee of the Council for the
management of the affairs of the Council and for performing the functions assigned to the Council by
or under this Ordinance.
(2) The Executive Committee shall be composed of the following persons, namely:
(a) the Chairman and Vice Chairmen of the Council who shall also be the Chairman
and Vice Chairmen respectively of the Executive Committee;
(b) the Registrar;
(c) ten members, six being architects and four being town planners elected
respectively by architects and town planners; and
(d) two members, one being an architect and the other a town planner, to be
nominated by architectural and town planning institutions in Pakistan.
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(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), for a period of 1[two years] from
the commencement of this Ordinance, the Executive Committee shall be composed of the persons
nominated by the Federal Government under sub-section (5) of section 3.
(4) The members of the Executive Committee, other than the Registrar, shall, subject to sub-
section (3), hold office for a term of two years and shall not hold office for more than two consecutive
terms.
(5) No person shall be qualified to be elected as, or to be, a member of the Executive Committee
if he does not possess five years' experience and is registered after the thirtieth day of June of the year
in which the election is to be held or, as the case may be, nomination is to be made.
(6) The election of members of the Executive Committee under sub-section (2) shall be held
so as to conclude not less than fifteen days before the term of the outgoing members is due to expire.
10. Recognition of architectural and town planning qualifications granted by institutions
in Pakistan.—(1) The architectural and town planning qualifications granted by the institutions in
Pakistan which are included in the First Schedule shall be the recognised qualifications for the purposes
of this Ordinance.
(2) Any architectural or town planning institution in Pakistan which grants an architectural or
town planning qualification not included in the First Schedule may apply to the Council to have such
qualification recognised and the Council may, by notification in the official Gazette, amend the First
Schedule so as to include such qualification therein.
11. Recognition of architectural and town planning qualifications granted by institutions
abroad.—(1) The architectural and town planning qualifications granted by institutions outside
Pakistan which are included in the Second Schedule shall be recognised qualifications for the purposes
of this Ordinance.
(2) Any architectural or town planning qualification granted by an institution outside Pakistan
not included in the Second Schedule may be recognised by the Council, and Council may, by
notification in the official Gazette, amend the Second Schedule so as to include such qualification
therein.
12. Grant of temporary licences.—(1) The Executive Committee may grant to any person
domiciled outside Pakistan who does not hold any recognised architectural or town planning
qualifications but who holds an equivalent diploma or degree in architecture or town planning from an
institution recognised by the Council and who is a corporate member of an architectural or town
planning body, society, institute or association recognised by the Council, a temporary licence for a
specific project to work as an associate of an architect or town planner, who shall sign and seal the
plans and specifications for the project.
(2) Any person to whom a temporary license has been granted shall, during the period for which
the license is valid, be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the bye-laws.
1
Subs. by the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (41 of 1984), s. 4, for “one year”.
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13. Power to require information as to courses of study and examination. Every institution
in Pakistan which grants a recognised architectural or town planning qualification shall furnish such
information as the Council may, from time to time, require as to the courses of study and examination
to be undergone in order to obtain such qualification.
14. Inspection of examination.—(1) The Council shall appoint such number of inspectors as
it may deem requisite to attend at any or all of the examinations held by the institutions in Pakistan
and the recognised professional architectural institutes and the recognised professional town planning
institutes for the purpose of granting architectural or town planning qualifications which are recognised
architectural and town planning qualifications or in respect of which recognition has been sought.
(2) Inspectors appointed under sub-section (1) shall not interfere with the conduct of any
examination but they shall report to the Council on the sufficiency of the examination which they
attend and on the courses of study and facilities for teaching provided by the institution in question at
different stages in respect of such examination, and on any other matter in regard to which the Council
may require them to report.
15. Withdrawal of recognition. When, upon report by an inspector, it appears to the Council
that the courses of study and examination to be gone through in any institution in Pakistan in order to
obtain a recognised architectural or town planning qualification or the standards of proficiency
required from candidates in any examination held for the purpose of granting such qualification are
not such as to secure to persons holding such qualification the knowledge and skill requisite for the
efficient practice of architecture or town planning, the Council shall forward the report to the institution
concerned with an intimation of the period within which it may submit its explanation to the Council.
(2) On receipt of the explanation or, where no explanation is submitted within the specified
period, on the expiry of that period, the Council, after making such further inquiry, if any, as it may
think fit, may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that an entry shall be made in the First
Schedule against the architectural or, as the case may be, town planning qualification to which the
explanation relates declaring that it shall be a recognised architectural or town planning qualification
only when granted before a specified date 1[:]
2
[Provided that, before issuing a direction as aforesaid, the Council shall give the institution
concerned an opportunity of being heard.]
16. Maintenance of Register, etc.—(1) The Council shall maintain in the prescribed manner—
(a) two separate Registers in which shall be entered the names and other particulars
of persons possessing recognised architectural qualifications or, as the case may
be, town planning qualifications whose applications for registration as architects
or town planners are from time to time granted by the Council; and
1
Subs. by the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (41 of 1984), s. 5, for full-stop.
2
Proviso added ibid.
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(b) two separate Lists, hereinafter referred to as the Lists, in which shall be entered
the names and other particulars of persons not possessing any of the aforesaid
qualifications who were licensed as architects or, as the case may be, town
planners by any public sector agency before the date appointed under
sub-section (1) of section 28 and who are declared by the Executive Committee,
after carrying out proper scrutiny by way of examination or otherwise, to be
eligible to practise as unregistered architects or unregistered town planners, as
the case may be.
(2) Every application for registration under this Ordinance, or for the inclusion of name in
either of the Lists, shall be made to the Council in the prescribed form and be accompanied by the
prescribed fee.
(3) Every person whose name is entered in a Register or in either of the Lists shall be entitled
to receive a certificate of registration or, as the case may be, a certificate of entry of name in the List,
under the hand of the Registrar.
(4) A certificate issued under sub-section (3) shall, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance,
remain in force until the thirty-first day of December of the year in which it is issued and shall thereafter
be renewable annually upon payment of the prescribed fee.
17. Registration.—(1) Every application for registration shall be considered by an Enrolment
Committee consisting of the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen and three other members, being architects
or town planners of not less than ten years' standing, nominated by the Executive Committee.
(2)The Enrolment Committee may either permit or refuse to permit the registration of any
person:
Provided that the Enrolment Committee shall not refuse permission for registration unless-
(a) the applicant has been convicted of any such offence as implies in its opinion
defect of character; or
(b) it has reason to believe that the applicant has been guilty of infamous conduct
in any professional respect; or
(c) the applicant is unfit to practise on any other ground, including mental ill
health.
18. Appeal against refusal to permit registration. Any person aggrieved by an order under
sub- section (2) of section 17 refusing to permit the registration of his name in the Register may, within
thirty days of the communication of the order, prefer an appeal to the Executive Committee.
(2) Upon the receipt of an appeal under sub-section (1), the Executive Committee may, after
holding such inquiry as it may consider necessary and giving the appellant an opportunity of being
heard in person or through an advocate, pass such order as it may deem fit.
19. Revision of register.—(1) the registrar shall remove form the register the name of any
architect or town planner—
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(a) who has died ; or
(b) who has failed to have his certificate of registration renewed within one year of
the date of its expirty ; or
(c) whose name has been directed under sub section (7) of section 22 to be removed
from the register.
(2) The Registrar shall restore to the Register the name of any architect or town planner whose
name has been removed from the Register under clause (b) of sub-section (1) if such architect or town
planner applies for such restoration and pays the prescribed fee.
(3) The Council may, in its discretion, after the expiry of not less than one year following the
removal from the Register of the name of any architect or town planner, grant registration to such
architect or town planner if he applies for registration.
20. Complaints against architects or town planners.—(1) If at any time a complaint is made
to the Council by any person as to the work or conduct of any architect or town planner, the Executive
Committee may refer the matter for inquiry and report to an inquiry committee appointed by it.
(2) If, upon the receipt of such report, the Executive Committee considers that a prima facie
case for the removal from the Register of the name of the architect or town planner to whom the
complaint relates has been established, the Executive Committee may refer the case to a Tribunal.
21. Tribunals of Inquiry.—(1) For holding inquiries into the professional conduct of
architects and town planners, the Executive Committee may constitute as many Tribunals of Inquiry
as it may consider necessary.
(2) A Tribunal shall consist of three members appointed by the Executive Committee.
(3) The Executive Committee shall appoint one of the members of the Tribunal to be the
Chairman thereof.
22. Procedure in inquiries, etc.—(1) In inquiries relating to the professional conduct of an
architect or town planner, the Tribunal shall, except as hereinafter provided, follow such procedure as
may be prescribed.
(2) The Tribunal shall fix a date for the hearing of the case and shall cause notice of the day so
fixed to be given to the complainant and the architect or town planner concerned, hereafter in this
section referred to as the respondent, and shall afford to the complainant and the respondent an
opportunity of leading evidence, if any, and of being heard before recommendations are made in the
case.
(3) The Chairman of the Tribunal may empower a member of the Tribunal to consider and
decide preliminary issues and to record evidence.
(4) On completion of the inquiry, the Tribunal may recommend to Executive Committee—
(a) dismissal of the complaint ; or
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(b) imposition of any of the following penalties on the respondent, namely :—
(i) reprimand ;
(ii) removal of name from the Register for a period not exceeding twelve
(iii) months ; removal of name from the Register altogether ; or’
(c) prosecution of the respondent for the offence constituted by his conduct.
(2) The Tribunal may make such recommendation to the Executive Committee as to the cost
of the proceedings before it as it may deem fit, and, where the Tribunal is of the opinion that a
complaint made against a respondent is false and vexatious, it may, in addition and without prejudice
to any other remedy available to the respondent, recommend imposition upon the complainant of costs
not exceeding a sum of ten thousand rupees and payment to the respondent of the whole or any part of
the costs recovered from the complainant.
(3) In any case in which it has recommended the imposition of any penalty on, or the
prosecution of, the respondent, the Tribunal may also recommend that an amount not exceeding twice
the amount of the fee received by the respondent from the complainant may be recovered from the
respondent and paid to the complainant as compensation.
(4) The Executive Committee shall meet to consider the recommendations of the Tribunal
within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt thereof and pass such orders as it may deem fit.
(5) Any order of the Executive Committee as to the costs of the proceedings before the Tribunal
or as to the recovery of any amount from a complainant or a respondent shall be executable as if it
were a decree of a civil court.
(6) When any architect or town planner is reprimanded under this Ordinance, a record of the
punishment shall be entered against his name in the Register.
23. Review.—(1) The Executive Committee may, within thirty days of its order under
sub-section (7) of section 22, either of its own motion or on application made to it in that behalf, review
and, while so reviewing, modify, reverse or confirm the order.
(2) An order shall not be modified or reversed unless reasonable notice has been given to the
parties affected thereby to appear and be heard. .
24. Powers of the Tribunal.—(1) For the purpose of any such inquiry as aforesaid, a Tribunal
shall have the same powers as are vested in a Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V
of 1908), in respect of the following matters, namely:—
(a) enforcing the attendance of any person;
(b) compelling the production of documents; and
(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
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(2) Every such inquiry shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of
sections 193 and 228 of the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860), and a Tribunal shall be deemed
to be a civil court for the purposes of section 480 and 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
(Act V of 1898).
(3) For the purposes of enforcing the attendance of any person or of compelling the production
of documents or issuing commissions,—
(a) the jurisdiction of a Tribunal shall extend to the whole of Pakistan; and
(b) a Tribunal may send to any civil court having jurisdiction in the place where the
Tribunal is sitting any summons or other process for the attendance of a witness
or the production of documents required by the Tribunal, or any commission
which it desires to issue, and the civil court shall serve such process or issue
such commission, as the case may be, and may enforce any such process as if it
were a process for attendance or production before itself.
(4) Proceedings before a Tribunal in any such inquiry shall be deemed to be civil proceedings
for the purposes of section 132 of the Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), and the provisions of that section
shall apply accordingly.
25. Fund of the Council, accounts and audit.—(1) All sums received by the Council as fees,
grants, donations or subscription shall form part of a fund which shall be managed, administered and
utilised in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The Executive Committee shall cause to be maintained such books of account and other
books in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The accounts of the Council shall be audited before the thirtieth day of November each year
by an auditor appointed by the Council who is a chartered accountant within the meaning of the
Chartered Accountants Ordinance, 1961 ( X of 1961).
26. Bye-laws of the council.— (1) the council may make bye-laws for carrying out the
purposes of this ordinance.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such bye-laws
may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the summoning and holding of meetings of the Council and Executive
Committee, the time and places where such meetings are to be held, the conduct
of business and the number of members necessary to constitute a quorum at a
meeting of the Executive Committee
(b) the powers and duties of the Chairman and ViceChairmen;
(c) the terms of office and powers and duties of the Registrar and other officers and
servants of the Council;
(d) the appointment, powers, duties and procedure of inspectors;
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(e) the procedure for maintenance and publication of the Register, the fees to be
charged under this Ordinance and establishment of sub-offices or branches of
the Council;
(f) the management of the property of the Council and the maintenance and audit
of its accounts;
(g) the procedure at any inquiry held under section 22; and
(h) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.
(3) The first Council shall make the bye-laws within 1[two years] of its assuming office and
shall also frame a Code of Professional Conduct for architects and town planners.
(4) The Code of Professional Conduct framed under sub-section (3) may be amended, modified
or repealed by the Council.
27. Proof of membership, etc. For the purposes of any action or proceeding under this
Ordinance, a certificate of the Registrar certifying under the seal of the Council that, on a specified
date, the name of a person was or was not borne on the Register shall be proof of its contents and of
the authenticity of his signature, until the contrary is proved.
28. Penalties and procedure.—(1) After such date as the Federal Government may, after
consultation with the Council, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint in this behalf, whoever
undertakes any professional architectural or town planning work shall, if his name is not for the time
being borne on the Register or on either of the Lists, be punishable with fine which may extend to five
thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing offence, with a further fine which may extend to two
hundred rupees for every day after the first day during which the offence continues.
(2) Whoever wilfully procures or attempts to procure himself to be registered under this
Ordinance as an architect or town planner, or to have his name entered in either of the Lists, by making
or producing or causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent representation or declaration,
either orally or in writing, and any person who assists him therein, shall be punishable with fine which
may extend to five hundred rupees
(3) Whoever falsely pretends to be registered under this Ordinance or to have his name borne
on either of the Lists, or not being registered under this Ordinance or having his name borne on either
of the Lists, uses with his name any words or letters representing that he is so registered or his name
is so borne, irrespective of whether any person is actually deceived by such pretence or representation
or not, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(4) No person undertaking any professional, architectural or town planning work shall, unless
he is registered under this Ordinance or his name is borne on either of the Lists, be entitled to recover
before any court or other authority any sum of money for service rendered in such work.
1
Subs. by the Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1984 (41 of 1984), s. 6, for “six months”.
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(5) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under this Ordinance save on a
complaint made by, or under the authority of, the Council.
(6) No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable
under this Ordinance.
29. Infringement of Code of Professional Conduct. Any infringement of the Code of
Professional Conduct framed under sub-section (3) of section 26 shall make a registered person liable
to have his name removed from the Register.
30. Certain provisions to apply to unregistered architects and town planners. The
provisions of sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24, sub-section (3) of section 26, and sections 27, 28 and
29 shall mutatis mutandis apply to unregistered architects and unregistered town planners whose names
are borne on the Lists.
31. Power to exempt. The Federal Government may, either on the recommendation of the
Council or of its own motion, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt any person or class of
persons, or any architectural or town planning works or class of such works, from the operation of the
provisions of section 28, subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the notification.
32. Commission of Inquiry.—(1) Whenever it is made to appear to the Federal Government
that the Council is not complying with any of the provisions of this Ordinance, the Federal Government
may refer the particulars of the complaint to a Commission of inquiry consisting of—
(a) a person who is, or has been, or is qualified to be, a Judge of a High Court, to
be appointed by the Federal Government;
(b) an architect or town planner, to be nominated by the Federal Government; and
(c) an architect or town planner, to be nominated by the Council.
(2) The Commission shall proceed to inquire and report to the Federal Government as to the
truth of the matters charged in the complaint; and, in case of any charge of default or of improper
action being found by the Commission to have been established, the Commission shall recommend
remedies, if any, which are in its opinion necessary.
(3) The Federal Government may require the Council to adopt the remedies so recommended
within such time as, having regard to the report of the Commission, it may think fit; and, if the Council
fails to comply with any requirement, the Federal Government may amend the bye-laws or make such
provision or order or take such other steps as it may deem necessary to give effect the recommendations
of the Commission.
(4) The Commission shall have power to administer oaths, to enforce the attendance of
witnesses and the production of documents, and shall have all such other necessary powers for the
purpose of any inquiry conducted by it as are exercised by a Civil Court under the Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908).
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THE FIRST SCHEDULE
[See sections 2 (a) and (n) and 10]
RECOGNISED ARCHITECTURAL AND TOWN PLANNING QUALIFICATIONS
GRANTED BY INSTITUTIONS IN PAKISTAN.
Name of Institution Recognized Architectural and
Town Planning Qualifications
PART I-ARCHITECTURE
1. University of Engineering and Technology Bachelor of Architecture.
Lahore.
2. Dawood College of Engineering and Bachelor of Architecture.
Technology Karachi.
3. National College of Arts Lahore .. (1) National Diploma in Architecture
(Five-Year Diploma).
(2) 3 Year Diploma in Architecture
(Discontinued in 1960).
4. Government School of Architecture Karachi. 4-Year Diploma in Architecture
(Discontinued in 1974).
PART II-TOWN
PLANNING
University of Engineering and Technology, (1) Master of Science in Town Planning.
Lahore.
(2) Bachelor of Science in Town Planning.
(3) Bachelor of Science in City and
Regional Planning.
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[See sections 2(a) and (n) and 11]
RECOGNISED ARCHITECTURAL AND TOWN PLANNING QUALIFICATIONS GRANTED
BY INSTITUTIONS OUTSIDE PAKISTAN
Name of Institution Recognised
Architectural and
Town Planning
Qualifications
1 2
PART I – ARCHITECTURE
1. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Bachelor of
Architecture.
2. American University at Beirut, Lebanon. Bachelor of Secience in
Architectural
Engineering.
3. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dacca, Bachelor of
Bangladesh. Architecture.
4. University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K. Bachelor of
Architecture.
5. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, U.K. Bachelor of
Architecture.
6. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
7. Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
8. Leicestor Polytechnic, Leicestor, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
9. Liverpool Polytechnic, Liverpool, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
10. Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
11. Polytechnic of Central London, London, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
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12. Oxford School of Architecture, College of Technology, Oxford, Diploma in
U.K. Architecture.
13. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
14. Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton, U.K. Diploma in
Architecture.
15. Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, Tasmania, Australia. Diploma in
Architecture.
16. University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K. Bachelor of
Architecture.
17. California State Polytechnic College, St. Lours, California, Bachelor of
U.S.A. Architecture.
18. University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
19. University of Houston, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
20. University of Illinois, Chicago Illinois, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
21. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
22. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
23. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U. S. A. Bachelor of Arts in
Architecture.
24. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
25. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Bachelor of
Massachusetts, U. S. A. Architecture.
26. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
27. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, College of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in
Nebraska, U. S. A. Architecture.
28. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
29. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
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30. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
31. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
32. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
33. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U. S. A. Bachelor of
Architecture.
34. University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, U. S. A. Bachelor of Science in
Architecture.
35. New York Institute of Technology, New York, U. S. A. Bachelor of Science in
Architecture.
36. McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Bachelor of
Architecture.
37. University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Bachelor of
Architecture.
38. J.J. School of Architecture, Bombay, India. Diploma in
Architecture (Diploma
Awarded up to 31st
December, 1980).
39. Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi, India. Diploma in
Architecture (Diploma
Awarded. up to 31st
December, 1980).
40. Government College of Fine Arts, Hyderabad, India. Diploma in
Architecture (Diploma
Awarded up to 31st
December, 1980).
41. State Board of T echnical Education and Training Hyderabad, Diploma in
India. Architecture (Diploma
Awarded up to 31st
December, 1980).
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PART II. – TOWN PLANNING
1. Graduate School of Ekistics. Athens, Master of Science in Eiskistics.
Technological Institute, Athens, Greece.
2. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Master in Human Settlements Planning.
Thailand.
3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Master in Urban Planning.
Michigan, U.S.A.
4. University of Hawaii, U.S.A. Master of Urban and Regional Planning.
5. University of Nottingham, U.K. Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning.
6. University of Liverpool, U.K. Master in Civil Design.
7. University of Edinburgh, U.K. M. Phil. in Urban Design and Regional Planning.
8. College of Technology, Oxford, U.K. Four years Degree Course in Planning Studies.
9. Graduate School of Ekistics, Athens, Diploma in Ekistics (Discontinued in 1962).
Technological Institute Athens, Greece.
10. University of Liverpool, U.K. Diploma in Town Planning.
11. University of Edinburgh, U.K. Diploma in Town Planning.
12. Durham University, U.K. Post-graduate Diploma in Town Planning.
13. College of Technology, Oxford, U.K. Diploma in Urban Planning.
14. University of New Castle Upon Post-graduate Diploma in Town Planning.
Tyne, Liverpool, U.K.
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