REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
ACTS SUPPLEMENT
Published by Authority

NO. 6] FRIDAY, MARCH 17 [1995

The following Act was passed by Parliament on

23rd January 1995 and assented to by the President on 28th February
1995:-
REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE
No. 4 of 1995. 1 assent.

ONG TENG CHEONG,

President. 28th February
1995.

An Act to amend the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 253 of the

1992 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the

Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the Professional Engineers Short title and
com-
(Amendment) Act 1995 and shall come into operation on such date as mencement.
the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Amendment of 2. Section 10 of the Professional Engineers Act
section 10. (referred to in this Act as the principal Act) is amended -
(a) by inserting, immediately after the word
"supply" in- the second line of subsection (5),
the words "or offer to supply"; and
(b) by deleting the words "at the time of so
doing" wherever they appear in subsections
(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5).

Amendment of 3. Section 20 of the principal Act is amended -

section 20.
(a) by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (1)
and substituting the following paragraph:
"(c) the articles of association of the corpo-
rationprovide that the chairman and at
least two-thirds of the directors of the
corporation shall be registered
professional engineers or allied
professionals;";
(b) by deleting paragraph (d) of subsection (1);
(c) by inserting, at the end of sub-paragraph (i)
of subsection (1) (e), the word "and";
(d) by deleting sub-paragraph (iii) of subsection
(1) (e);
(e) by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) of
subsection (2) and substituting the following
paragraphs:
"(a) the memorandum of association of the
corporation provides that a primary
object of the corporation is to supply
such professional engineering services;
(b) the articles of association of the corpo-
ration provide that -
(i) no person shall be a director of the
corporation unless he is a registered
professional engineer or an allied
profes-sional; and
(ii) no person shall be registered as a member
of that corporation -
(A) unless he is a registered professional
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engineer or an allied
professional and a director, a
manager or an employee of the
corporation; or
(B) if he is a nominee of a person
who is not a registered profes-
sional engineer or an allied
professional; and";
(f) by deleting the words "subsections (1) (c) and (2) (b) and
(c)" in subsection (4) (a) and substi-tuting the words
"subsection (2) (b) and (c)"; and
(g) by deleting "(d) (ii)," in subsection (4) (b).

4. Section 21 of the principal Act is amended by deleting Amendment of

section 21.
subsections (1) and (2) and substituting the following subsections:

"(1) It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any

corporation or partnership that the corporation or partnership
shall supply professional engineering services in Singapore
only under the control and management of a registered
professional engineer who -

(a) is ordinarily resident in Singapore; and

(b) has in force a practising certificate autho-rising
him to engage in professional engineering work to
which those services relate,
and who is -
(i) in the case of a corporation other than an unlimited
corporation, a director of the corporation;

(ii) in the case of an unlimited corporation which has a

share capital, a director and registered owner of at
least one share of the corporation;
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(iii) in the case of an unlimited corporation which

does not have any share capital, a director and
member of the corporation; or

(iv) in the case of a partnership, a partner thereof.

(2) It shall be a condition of every licence granted to any

corporation, other than an unlimited corporation, that the
corporation shall not supply professional engineering services
in Singapore unless the corporation is insured in respect of
professional liability in accordance with section 24 and the
rules.".

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