Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance, 1983

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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 promulg ate 
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 c orporation, 
autonomous or semi­ autonomous body, cantonment board, municipality 
improvement trust or other local authority; 
(c) “bye­law” 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 feasibil ity 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 ce rtificates 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 plann ing 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. 07­03­1993). 
 
 
 
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(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub­section (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 Vice­Chairmen, 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 sub­section (1), for a period of 2[two years] from 
the commencement o f this Ordinance, the Chairman and Vice Chairmen  shall be the persons 
nominated by the Federal Government under clauses (i) and (ii) of sub­section (5) of section 3. 
 (3) The Chairman and Vice Chairmen shall, subject to sub­section (2), hold office for a t erm 
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 o f 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 sub­section (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 an nual or extraordinary  
general meeting of the Council shall be held and conducted in accordance with the bye­laws. 
 (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 sub­section (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 
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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 sub­section (2), for a period of 1[two years] from 
the commencement of this Ordinance, the Executive Committee shall be compos ed of the persons 
nominated by the Federal Government under sub­section (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 sub­section (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 S econd 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, in stitute 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 bye­laws. 
 
 
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 sub­section (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 qual ification 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 Gaz ette, 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 qualificati on 
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 full­stop. 
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 p ublic sector agency before the date appointed under 
sub­section (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 sub­section (3) shall, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, 
remain in force until the thirty­first 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 Vice­Chairmen 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 sub­section (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 o f any 
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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 sub­section (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 profe ssional 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 rec ommendations 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— 
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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 com plainant 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 
sub­section (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 
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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 a ccount 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 bye­laws 
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 establ ishment of sub­offices 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 bye­laws 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 sub­section (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
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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 sub­section (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, sub­section (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 bee n, 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 rec ommend 
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 bye­laws 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 
Lahore. 
Bachelor of Architecture. 
2. Dawood College of Engineering and 
Technology Karachi. 
Bachelor of Architecture. 
3. National College of Arts Lahore .. (1) National Diploma in Architecture 
(Five­Year Diploma). 
(2) 3 Year Diploma in Architecture 
(Discontinued in 1960). 
4. Government School of Architecture Karachi. 4­Year Diploma in Architecture 
(Discontinued in 1974). 
PART II-TOWN 
PLANNING 
University of Engineering and Technology, 
Lahore. 
(1) Master of Science in Town Planning. 
 
(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, 
Bangladesh. 
Bachelor of 
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, 
U.K. 
Diploma in 
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, 
U.S.A. 
Bachelor of 
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, 
Massachusetts, U. S. A. 
Bachelor of 
Architecture. 
26. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U. S. A. Bachelor of 
Architecture. 
27. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, College of Architecture, 
Nebraska, U. S. A. 
Bachelor of Science in 
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, 
India. 
Diploma in 
Architecture (Diploma 
Awarded up to 31st 
December, 1980). 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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PART II. – TOWN PLANNING 
1. Graduate School of Ekistics. Athens, 
Technological Institute, Athens, Greece. 
Master of Science in Eiskistics. 
2. Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, 
Thailand. 
Master in Human Settlements Planning. 
3. Michigan State University, East Lansing, 
Michigan, U.S.A. 
Master in Urban Planning. 
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, 
Technological Institute Athens, Greece. 
Diploma in Ekistics (Discontinued in 1962). 
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. Post­graduate Diploma in Town Planning. 
13. College of Technology, Oxford, U.K. Diploma in Urban Planning. 
14. University of New Castle Upon 
Tyne, Liverpool, U.K. 
Post­graduate Diploma in Town Planning.