Section 9: Registration of members of the profession

(1) Subject to rules made under section 7 of this Act, a person shall be entitled to be registered as a member of the profession if-
(a)
he passes the qualifying examination for registration recognised or conducted by the Council under this Act and completes the practical training prescribed; or
(b)
he holds a qualification granted and for the time being accepted by the Council and satisfies the Council that he has had sufficient practical experience in the use of computational machinery and the techniques related thereto; or
(c)
not being a Nigerian, he holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria which for the time being is accepted by the Council and he is by law entitled to practise the profession for all purposes in the country in which the qualification was granted: Provided that the other country accords Nigerian professionals the same reciprocal treatment and that he satisfies the Council that he has had sufficient practical experience in the profession.
(2) An applicant for registration under this Act shall, in addition to evidence of qualification, satisfy the Council that-
(a) he is of good character;
(b) he had attained the age of eighteen years; and
(c) he has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty.
(3)
The Council may, in its sole discretion, provisionally accept a qualification produced 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.
(4)
Any entry directed to be made in the register under subsection (3) of this section, shall show that the registration is provisional and no entry so made shall be converted to full registration without the consent of the Council, signified in writing in that behalf.
(5) The Council shall, from time to time, publish in the Gazette particulars of qualifications for the time being acceptable for registration by the Council.