Section 12: Registration

(1) Subject to the rules made by the Council under section 3 (1) of this Act, a person, whether or not a member of a professional forensic and fraud investigators body recognised by an Act of National Assembly, shall be entitled to be enrolled or registered as a Member of Chartered Institute of Forensics and Certified Fraud Investigators if he –
(a) passes the qualifying examination of membership conducted by the Council under this Act and completes the practical training prescribed; or
(b) holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria and for the time being accepted by the Institute and, if the Council so requires, satisfies the Council that he had sufficient practical experience as a forensic and fraud investigator manager.
(2) Subject to the rules made by the Council under section 3 (1) of this Act, a person shall be entitled to be registered, as a Certified Chartered Fraud Investigator or Certified Chartered Forensic Accountant, if he satisfies the Council that immediately before the appointed day, he had at least five years' cognate experience in forensics or fraud investigation.
(3) An applicant for registration shall, in addition to evidence of qualification, satisfy the Council that he –
(a) is of good character;
(b) has attained the age of 18; and
(c) has not been convicted of a criminal offence involving fraud or dishonesty in Nigeria or elsewhere.
(4) The Council may provisionally accept a qualification presented in respect of an application for registration under this section, or direct that the application be renewed within such period as may be specified in the direction.
(5) Any entry directed to be made in the register under subsection (4) shall indicate that the registration is provisional, and no entry made in consequence thereof shall be converted to or, construed as, full registration without explicit consent of the Council made in writing in that behalf.
(6) The Council shall publish in a Federal Government Gazette, particulars of qualifications for the time being accepted for the purpose of registration.