Section 41: Registration of professionals.(as amened by Section 9 of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (Amendment) Act, 2023.)

(1) The Council shall maintain a register of professionals.
(2) A person shall not hold any appointment or offer any service for remuneration as a professional for public interest entities, unless he is registered under this Act.
(3) A person who wishes to be registered shall make a written application to the Council in a prescribed form.
(4) An application made under sub-section (2) of this section shall be accompanied by such fees and such information as the Council may from time to time determine.
(5) Where the Council is satisfied that the applicant holds a practicing certificate, the Council shall enter the name of the registered professional and such particulars as it considers relevant, in the Register of Professionals.
(6) A person who contravenes subsection (2) of this section shall be liable to a fine of N5,000,000 or any other amount as may be prescribed by the Council through regulation from time to time or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months on conviction.