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(1) No registered architect shall be entitled to practise as an architect unless he is a holder of an Annual Practising Certificate which is for the time being in force.

(2) A practising certificate shall be issued by the Council upon application to it by a registered architect and upon payment of the prescribed annual fee.

(3) Every certificate to practise shall be valid until the 31st day of December of the year of issue of that certificate, and may from time to time be renewed upon payment of the prescribed annual subscription, provided that if at any time during the currency of any such certificate, the holder thereof ceases to be registered under this Decree or has his registration suspended, the certificate shall cease to be valid.

(4) Every person who practises or undertakes to practise in breach of this paragraph, commits an offence and shall, upon summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten new cedis (Nc10.00) for every day that the offence continues.