Section 2, Council Act, 2022

(1) There is hereby established a body to be known asthe Professional Engineering Regulatory Council. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of property, whether movable or immovable, and of suing and being sued in its corporate name and, subject to this Act, of performing all such acts as bodies corporate may by law perform. (3) The Council shall have a common seal, the use of which shall be authenticated by the signature of - (a) the Chairman or other member of the Council authorised either generally or specially by the Council on their behalf; and (b) some other person authorised by the Council on their behalf. (4) The common seal of the Council shall not be affixed to a document or instrument except- (a) by order of the Council; and Establishment 13. takes part in an engineering competition in which the Council has declared by resolution that members of the institution shall not take part because conditions are not in accordance with regulations of the institution of engineering competitions, or being associated in any way with the carrying out of a design selected as a result of a competition in which the Council has declared by resolution that members shall not take part; 14. fails to notify the secretary of the Council of the particulars of the competition when asked to take part in a limited competition. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING DEPARTMENT, SIERRA LEONE. GAZETTE NO. 43 OF 23RD JUNE, 2022. Passed in Parliament this 1st day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty two. PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY (PhD), Clerk of Parliament. THIS PRINTED IMPRESSION has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which has passed Parliament and found by me to be a true and correct printed copy of the said Bill. PARAN UMAR TARAWALLY (PhD), Clerk of Parliament. No. 9 The Professional Engineering Regulatory Council Act 2022No. 9 The Professional Engineering Regulatory Council Act 2022 (b) in the presence of 2 members of the Council, including one registered professional engineer not less than 12 years standing nominated by the Minister, who shall sign the document or instrument independently of the signature of a person who may have signed it as a witness.