Registration of Engineers Act 1967 s 10
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s 10 Qualifications for registration
(1) (a) Subject to this Act, a person who holds—
(i) the qualifications required for Graduate Membership of the Institution of Engineers (Malaysia) and which are recognized by the Board; or
(ii) any qualification in engineering which is recognized by the Board,
shall be entitled on application to be registered as a Graduate Engineer.
(b) Subject to this Act, a person who is registered as a Graduate Engineer under paragraph (a) shall be required to obtain such practical experience as may be prescribed by the Board in order to be entitled to apply for registration as a Professional Engineer under subsection (2).
(2) Subject to this Act, the following persons shall be entitled on application to be registered as Professional Engineers:
(i) any person who—
(a) is registered as a Graduate Engineer and has obtained the practical experience as prescribed under paragraph (1)(b);
(b) has passed a professional assessment examination conducted by the Board, or is a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers (Malaysia); and
(c) has complied with all the requirements of the Board;
(ii) any person who, on the appointed date, was a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers (Malaysia) or held a professional qualification which the Board considers to be equivalent thereto;
(iii) any person who satisfies the Board that he was practising or was carrying on business or was employed as a bona fide engineer immediately before the appointed date and who applies for registration within twelve months of that date: Provided that a person who comes within the scope of subsection 7(3), shall not be entitled to be registered under this paragraph unless he holds a professional qualification recognized by the Board for the purposes of this Act; and
(iv) any person who, on the appointed date, had obtained a qualification which would have entitled him to be registered as a Graduate Engineer by virtue of paragraph (1)(a) and who, after that date, has obtained outside Malaysia a professional qualification which the Board considers to be equivalent to that required for Corporate Membership of the Institution of Engineers (Malaysia) and has passed a professional assessment examination conducted by the Board.
(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(iv), a person shall be treated as having obtained a professional qualification outside Malaysia if, while undergoing the necessary course of studies, receiving the necessary instruction and training, and acquiring the necessary practical experience, he was entirely or mostly absent from Malaysia.
(4) Subject to this Act, only a citizen or a permanent resident of Malaysia may qualify for registration as a Graduate Engineer or Professional Engineer and no person shall be entitled to be registered as a Professional Engineer unless he is at the time of application for registration, and has been for a period of not less than six months prior to the date of application, residing in Malaysia.
(5) No person shall be entitled to be registered as a Professional Engineer if at any time prior to his registration there exist any facts or circumstances which would have entitled the Board to cancel his registration pursuant to section 15.
(6) Subsections 17(3) and 19(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to any person whose application for registration has been rejected pursuant to subsection (5).
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) (a) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, mana-mana orang yang mempunyai kelayakan yang dikehendaki bagi Keanggotaan Siswazah Institusi Jurutera (Malaysia) atau apa-apa kelayakan lain sebagaimana yang difikirkan oleh Lembaga setara dengannya, adalah berhak apabila memohon untuk didaftarkan sebagai seorang Jurutera Siswazah.
(b) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, seseorang yang didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Siswazah di bawah perenggan
(a) adalah dikehendaki memperolehi pengalaman amali sebagaimana yang ditetapkan oleh Lembaga selepas berunding dengan Menteri supaya menjadi berhak untuk memohon didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Profesional di bawah subseksyen (2).
(2) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, orang yang berikut adalah berhak, apabila memohon untuk didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Profesional:
(1) mana-mana orang yang—
(a) didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Siswazah;
(b) telah memperolehi pengalaman amali yang ditetapkan di bawah perenggan(1)(b); dan
(c) telah lulus suatu peperiksaan penilaian profesional yang dijalankan oleh Lembaga, atau adalah Anggota Korporat Institusi Jurutera (Malaysia) atau telah memperolehi kelayakan profesional yang pada pendapat Lembaga setara dengannya;
(ii) mana-mana orang yang, pada tarikh yang ditetapkan, adalah Anggota Korporat Institusi Jurutera (Malaysia) atau mempunyai kelayakan profesional yang pada pendapat Lembaga setara dengannya;
(11l) mana-mana orang yang memuaskan hati Lembaga bahawa dia telah menjalankan amalan menjalankan urusan atau telah digunakhidmat sebagai Jurutera bona fide sebelum sahaja tarikh yang ditetapkan dan telah memohon untuk pendaftaran dalam tempoh dua belas bulan dari tarikh tersebut: Dengan syarat bahawa seseorang yang termasuk dalam skop subseksyen 7(3), adalah tidak berhak untuk didaftarkan di bawah perenggan ini melainkan jika dia mempunyai kelayakan profesional yang diiktiraf oleh Lembaga bagi maksud Akta ini; dan
(iv) mana-mana orang yang, pada tarikh yang ditetapkan, telah memperolehi kelayakan yang memberikannya hak untuk didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Siswazah menurut kuasa perenggan
(1) (a) dan telah, selepas tarikh itu, memperolehi kelayakan profesional di luar Malaysia yang pada pendapat Lembaga setara dengan kelayakan yang dikehendaki bagi menjadi Anggota Korporat Institusi Jurutera (Malaysia).
(3) Bagi maksud perenggan (2)(iv), seseorang hendaklah dikira sebagai telah memperolehi kelayakan profesional di luar Malaysia jika, semasa menjalani kursus pengajian yang perlu, menerima pengajaran dan latihan yang perlu dan memperolehi pengalaman amali yang perlu, dia berada di luar Malaysia pada sepanjang atau kebanyakan masa itu.
Pendaftaran sementara jurutera asing. [Mas. Akta
(4) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, hanya seorang warganegara atau pemastautin tetap Malaysia layak untuk didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Siswazah atau Jurutera Profesional dan tiada seorang pun berhak untuk didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Profesional melainkan jika dia pada masa permohonan bagi pendaftaran, dan telah bagi suatu tempoh tidak kurang dari enam bulan sebelum tarikh permohonan, bermastautin di Malaysia.
(5) Tiada seorang pun berhak untuk didaftarkan sebagai Jurutera Profesional jika pada bila-bila masa sebelum pendaftarannya wujud apa-apa fakta atau hal keadaan yang memberikan hak kepada Lembaga untuk membatalkan pendaftarannya menurut seksyen 15.
(6) Subseksyen 17(3) dan 19(1) hendaklah terpakai mutatis mutandis bagi mana-mana orang yang permohonannya untuk pendaftaran telah ditolak menurut subseksyen (5).
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
