Section 8: Persons entitled to registration in special circumstances.

1 Where at the date of commencement of this Act, a Nigerian citizen holds in Government service (Federal or State) any office carrying with it the designation of "architect" by virtue of which he has control and management of the architectural work of Government as aforesaid, and under his control for the purposes of that work, there is at least one person qualified for registration under this Act as an architect, he may, on application in writing to the Council at any time within six months after its commencement, and on satisfying the Council that-
a at the date of his application he was a member of any appropriate institution recognised by the Council;
b at that date he had under his control for the purposes of his work, at least one person entitled to registration or duly registered under this Act as an architect; and
c
he thereafter pays the prescribed fees,
be entitled to provisional registration and to the use of the word "architect" as descriptive of his occupation so long only as he continues to be employed in the public service of the Federation or of a State:
Provided that, such an architect shall not be promoted beyond the rank of a senior architect until his full registration.
[1990 No. 43.]
2 Subject to the next succeeding subsection, where the Council is satisfied that reciprocal arrangements are in existence between Nigeria and any other country whereby citizens or nationals of that country and those of Nigeria are entitled to practise in that other country as architects on the same or nearly similar terms and conditions, a national or citizen of that other country shall, if resident in Nigeria for not less than five years preceding the date of his application for registration, and on due compliance with any other requirements of the Council, be entitled to be registered as an architect under this Act.
3 Where any person not being a citizen of Nigeria would, but for this subsection, be required to satisfy the Council as to reciprocal arrangements made and as to his residential qualification and that person is; on or after the commencement of this section, employed in Nigeria as an architect-
a under any foreign technical assistance or foreign technical aid programme; or
b
under a contract of service with the Federal Government or Government of any State of the Federation,
the Council shall, after receipt by it of an application for registration duly made by any person so employed, and upon payment of the prescribed fee and due verification of his qualification but without requiring the person to satisfy the Council as to any such reciprocal arrangements and residential qualification, direct his provisional registration for six months.
[1990 No. 43.]