Section 12, The Architects Act, 1986

Subject to the provisions of section 13 of this Act, any person is entitled to be registered as an architect on payment of the prescribed fee, if he is a member of the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects and is— (a) a person who has passed the qualifying exam-nations of the courses prescribed or approved by the Council under this Act, and completes practical training of such description and for such period as may be prescribed by the Council; or (b) a person who has passed the qualifying examinations of any society or institute of architects by whatever name called, approved by the Council as being in the opinion of the Council an association of equivalent status to the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects; or (c) a person who was a member of the Sierra Leone Institute of Architects immediately before the commencement of this Act. [Margin: General disqualification.]