MALAWI ENGINEERING INSTITUTION

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MALAWI ENGINEERING INSTITUTION

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART II
THE MALAWI ENGINEERING INSTITUTION

    3.    Establishment of Malawi Engineering Institution

    4.    Board of Malawi Engineering Institution

    5.    Election to the Board of Institution

    6.    Tenure and vacancy

    7.    Functions of the Institution

    8.    Powers of the Institution

    9.    Committees of the Board

    10.    Meetings of the Institution

PART III
ADMINISTRATION

    11.    Divisions of the Institution

    12.    Branches of the Institution

    13.    Secretariat

    14.    Inspectors

    15.    Non-compliance with an inspector

    16.    Remuneration

    17.    Limitation of personal liability

    18.    Custody and use of common seal

PART IV
THE ENGINEERING REGISTRATION COUNCIL

    19.    Engineering Registration Council

    20.    Tenure and vacancy

    21.    Functions of Registration Council

    22.    Meetings of Registration Council

    23.    Committees of Registration Council

    24.    Remuneration and allowances

PART V
REGISTRATION, CLASSIFICATION AND PRACTICE

    25.    Registration as prerequisite for practice

    26.    Registers of members

    27.    Application for registration

    28.    Registration as fellow

    29.    Registration as professional engineer

    30.    Registration as associate engineer

    31.    Registration as graduate engineer

    32.    Registration as student engineer

    33.    Registration as technologist

    34.    Registration as technician engineer

    35.    Registration as trainee technician engineer

    36.    Registration as engineering technician

    37.    Registration as trainee engineering technician

    38.    Registration as craftsperson

    39.    Registration of corporate members

    40.    Engineering qualifying examination

    41.    Registration of qualified foreign engineers and firms

    42.    Selection and registration of mentors

    43.    Correction of registers

    44.    Non-eligibility for registration

    45.    Honorary fellows

    46.    Certificates, membership cards and stamps

PART VI
DISCIPLINE

    47.    Disciplinary Committee

    48.    Powers of Disciplinary Committee

    49.    Proceedings of Disciplinary Committee

    50.    Professional misconduct

    51.    Application of rules of natural justice

    52.    Report of proceedings

    53.    Code of ethics

PART VII
OFFENCES

    54.    Unlawful practice of engineering

    55.    Unlawful use of titles or descriptions

    56.    Employment of non-registered persons

    57.    Fraudulent entries and copies

    58.    Liability of partners in a firm

PART VIII
FINANCIAL PROVISIONS

    59.    Funds of the Institution

    60.    Investment powers

    61.    Borrowing powers

    62.    Annual budgets

    63.    Books of accounts, audits and reports

PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS

    64.    Engineering appointments

    65.    Regulations

    66.    Repeal and savings

    67.    Transfer of assets and liabilities

    68.    Transitional provisions

    69.    Legal proceedings

    70.    Transfer of employees

13 of 2019
G.N. 87/2020

    An Act to establish the Malawi Engineering Institution as the authority of the engineering profession for qualifications, registration and discipline; establishment of the Malawi Engineering Institution and the Engineering Registration Council; to provide for the regulation, registration, promotion and development of the profession of engineering in Malawi; and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Malawi Engineering Institution Act.

2.    Interpretation

    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “allied discipline” means a discipline or profession as prescribed by the Institution;

    “accredited educational institution” means any university, institution, college or school of engineering or other educational establishment accredited by the National Council for Higher Education in accordance with the National Council for Higher Education Act with the approval of the Institution;

    “approved employment” means employment which is within the prescribed engineering work or activity constituting the practice of engineering under section 26 (8) or of any other work or activity required under this Act or any other written law, to be done or performed by a person registered under this Act;

    “Board” means the Board of the Institution established under section 4;

    “corporate member” means a legal person or a division thereof accorded such membership under section 39;

    “craftsperson” means a person registered as a craftsperson under section 38;

    “Current Register” means the part of the Register of registered members as designated under section 26 (6);

    “Disciplinary Committee” means the Disciplinary Committee of the Institution constituted under section 47;

    “engineering” means the doing or performing of any prescribed engineering work or activity constituting the practice of engineering under section 26 (8) or of any other work or activity required under this Act or any other written law, to be done or performed by a person registered under this Act;

    “engineering appointments” means appointments required under section 64 to be taken by persons registered under this Act as professional engineers, technologists, technician engineers, engineering technicians and craftspersons;

    “engineering technician” means a person registered as an engineering technician under section…