Section 21: Interpretation

In this Act -
'certificate" means a certificate to practice as a chartered electrical and electronic engineering personnel issued by the Institute;
"Council" means the Council established as the Governing Council of the Institute under section 4 (1);
"chartered electrical and electronic engineering personnel" means a person who has passed the professional competency examinations in his area of specialty and category of the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nigeria (CIEEN);
"CIEEEN" shall be the official abbreviation of the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nigeria;
"Disciplinary Tribunal" means the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nigeria Disciplinary Tribunal established under section 13(6) of this Act;
"fees" includes registration and annual practicing certification;
"fellows of the professions" means a member who has attained fellowship cadre of electrical and electronic engineering;
"fit person" means a person of good character who is not an undischarged bankrupt and has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty or has not been so convicted since a period to be specified by the Council.
"Institute" means the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nigeria (CIEEEN) established under section 1 of this Act;
"Investigating Panel" means the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Nigeria (CIEEEN) Investigating Panel established under section 13(1) of this Act;
"member of the Chartered Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering" means a person registered by the Institute as a member in his area of specialty and category;
"President" and "Vice President" mean the office holders under those names in the Institute respectively;
'profession" means the electrical and electronic engineering profession;
'register" means the register kept in accordance with section 9 (9) (a) of this Act;
"the Profession" mean all personnel in the fields of –
(a) electric power engineering, electronic engineering, clean energy engineering, telecommunications engineering, systems engineering, computer engineering, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, broadcasting, instrumentation, optics and photonics, hardware engineering, power electronics, electromagnetics and waves, microwave engineering, nanotechnology, electrochemistry, mechatronics, biomedical engineering, electrical materials science, robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, control and automation, avionics, quantum engineering, embedded or emerging technologies which cover internet of things, big data, block chain technology, electrical manufacturing industry, electrical maintenance, construction and contracting industries:
(b) application of electricity and electronics to medical science, aeronautics, maritime, automobiles;
(c) study, teaching, research and development pertaining to any field of engineering or applied sciences of electricity and electronics; and
(d) any such new specialties being considered.