Section 8: Registration of chartered secretaries and administrators

(1) Subject to section 14 of this Act and to rules made under section 6 of this Act, a person shall be entitled to be enrolled or registered as a chartered secretary and administrator
if-
(a) he passes the qualifying examination for membership conducted by the Council under the Act and completes the practical training prescribed; or
(b) he holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria and for the time being accepted by the Institute and satisfies the Council that he has had sufficient practical experience as a chartered secretary and administrator.
(2) An applicant for registration shall, in addition to evidence of qualification, satisfy the Council that-
(a) he is of good character and high integrity;
(b) he had attained the age of 21 years; and
(c) he has not been convicted in Nigeria or elsewhere of an offence involving fraud, dishonesty or gross misconduct.
(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 enrolment or registration by the Institute.