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Reimbursement of expenses of Council members.
CAP. 50]
Professional Accountants
[1985 Ed.
20. No fees shall be paid to any member of the Council for his services as a member, but a member may be repaid from the funds of the Society any expenses incurred by him in relation to the affairs of the Society.
Appointment of Registrar and notification to Registrar General.
Register of professional accountants.
Certificate of registration.
Qualifications for registration as professional accountant.
PART IV
REGISTRATION OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS
21. (1) The Council shall appoint, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, a Registrar.
(2) The Registrar shall be the secretary to the Society and to the Council and shall, on the instruction of the President, convene any meeting of the Society or of the Council.
(3) The Council shall register the appointment of the Registrar with the Registrar General.
22. (1) The Registrar shall maintain a register of professional accountants, in such form as may be specified by the Council, and shall be responsible for the custody thereof.
(2) Upon the making of an order for the registration of an applicant under section 26(1), the Registrar shall enter in the register the following particulars of the person to be registered--
(a) his name;
(b) his residential address and any business address or, if he holds a practising certificate, his residential address and his registered office;
(c) the qualification by virtue of which he is registered; and (d) such other particulars as the Council may direct.
(3) The register shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection at the office of the Society by any person without charge.
23. When a person has been registered under section 22, the Registrar shall issue to him a certificate of registration in such form as the Council may determine.
24. (1) A person shall be qualified to be registered under this Ordinance as a professional accountant if he proves to the satisfaction of the Council that-
(a) he has attained the age of 21 years;
(b) he is of good character and is a fit and proper person to be a professional accountant; and (Amended, 22 of 1977, s. 5)
(c)
(i) he is a member of an approved institute;
(ii) he is a member of an accountancy body accepted by the Council by resolution approved by two-thirds of its members as being of a standard similar to an approved institute; or