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No. 68 of 1955.
BUILDINGS

(b) inform the applicant that his application is deferred for a period not exceeding six months; or
(c) refuse the application.

(6) Any person, whose application for registration is refused, may appeal to the disciplinary board established by regulations against such refusal.

Appointment and duties of authorized architects. 4. (1) Except where exempted by the Building Authority every building owner shall appoint an authorized architect in respect of all building works undertaken.

(2) If an authorized architect so appointed become unwilling or unable to act, the building owner shall, save where exempted by the Building Authority, appoint another authorized architect in his stead.

(3) The authorized architect appointed by the building owner shall—

(a) supervise the execution of the building works in the manner provided by regulations,
(b) notify the Building Authority of any contravention of the regulations that would result from the carrying out of the work shown in a plan approved by the Building Authority,
(c) deliver to the Building Authority a certificate of completion in accordance with the provisions of the regulations, and
(d) comply generally with the provisions of this Ordinance.

Censure and removal from authorized architects. 5. (1) If an authorized architect be convicted by any court in the Colony of such an offence or appear to the Building Authority to be guilty of such negligence or misconduct as in his register of opinion—

(a) renders the architect unfit to be on the architects’ register; or
(b) makes the architect’s continued inclusion in the architects’ register prejudicial to the due administration of this Ordinance; or