Section 17: Miscellaneous supplementary provisions.

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a person not otherwise exempted shall not hold an appointment requiring status as an estate surveyor and valuer under this Act in the public service of the Federation or of a State or in the armed forces of the Federation unless he is an estate surveyor and valuer registered under this Act.
(2) An estate surveyor and valuer shall, but to the extent only of his particular qualifications, be entitled to practise as a registered estate surveyor and valuer throughout the Federation.
(3) It shall be the duty of any person in charge of any university or institution in the Federation offering courses leading to an approved qualification intended for persons who are seeking to become registered estate surveyors and valuers under this Act, to furnish to the Registrar, not later than 31st day of March in every year, a list of the names, and of such other particulars as the Board may specify, of all persons who attended any such courses at the university or institution in question at any time during the preceding year.
(4) In this section "public service" includes service as a registered estate surveyor and valuer in or with any educational institution, corporation or State-owned company in the Federation.