Quantity Surveyors

LAWS OF MALAYSIA
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Act 487

QUANTITY SURVEYORS
ACT 1967
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QUANTITY SURVEYORS ACT 1967

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Act 487
QUANTITY SURVEYORS ACT 1967

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section

1.

Short title and application

2.

Interpretation
PART II
BOARD OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS

3.

Establishment of Board of Quantity Surveyors

4.

Functions of the Board

4A . Power of the Board to purchase or lease land, etc.

PART III
REGISTRATION OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS
5.

Register

6.

Appointment and duties of Registrar

7.

Restrictions of unregistered persons, registered graduate and temporary

registered Quantity Surveyors

7A . Quantity surveying practice by firms or bodies corporate

7B . A body corporate providing surveying service, professional engineering
services and/or architectural consultancy services
8.

Only registered Quantity Surveyors and firms or bodies corporate practising

as consulting Quantity Surveyors may prepare preliminary estimates,
cost plans, bills of quantities, etc.

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Section

9.
10.

Registered Quantity Surveyors etc., subject to this Act

Qualifications for registration

10A. Temporary registered Quantity Surveyors

11.

(Deleted)

12.

Application for registration

13.

Certificate of registration

14.

Notification of change of address

P ART IV
CANCELLATION, REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, ETC.

15.

Cancellation of registration, etc.

16.

Removal from Register

17.

Reinstatement

18.

Certificates or permits to be returned

PART V
GENERAL

19.

Appeal

20.

Appeal Board

21.

Tenure of office of members of the Appeal Board

22.

Procedure of appeal

23.

Procedure of Appeal Board

24.

Penalties for obtaining registration by false pretences, etc.

24A. Restriction of employment of unregistered persons as Quantity Surveyors

24B . Restriction on employment of firm or body corporate as consulting
Quantity Surveyors
24C . Investigating Committee
24D. Procedure for hearing and investigation
25.

General penalty

25A. Failure to comply with orders of the Board or Appeal Board

25B . Power of search and seizure
25C . List of things seized
26.

Rules

26A. Authorization by President

26B . Notices

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27.

Building and Mining Surveyors excluded

28.

Saving as to right of Government

29.

Indemnity

30.

Appointment of advocate and solicitor and other persons

SCHEDULE

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 487
QUANTITY SURVEYORS ACT 1967
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Board of Quantity
Surveyors, for the registration of Quantity Surveyors and approval
to practise of firms or bodies corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors, for the regulation of the practice of quantity
surveying and for matters connected therewith.
[Throughout Malaysia1 December 1973,
P.U. (B) 515/1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan
Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and
Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the same, as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY

Short title and application

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Quantity Surveyors Act 1967,
and shall apply throughout Malaysia.
(2) (Omitted).
(3) (Omitted).
Interpretation
2.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires

architectural consultancy services has the meaning assigned

to it in the Architects Act 1967 [Act 117];

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authorized officer means an officer authorized by the Board

under paragraph 4(ff);
firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors means a sole proprietorship, partnership or body corporate
incorporated under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125], which is
approved by the Board to practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors
under section 7A or 7 B;
Minister means the Minister charged with the responsibility
for public works;
prescribed means prescribed by rules made by the Board
of Quantity Surveyors;
Professional Architect has the meaning assigned to it in the
Architects Act 1967;
Professional Engineer has the meaning assigned to in the
Registration of Engineers Act 1967 [Act 138];
professional engineering services has the meaning assigned to
it in the Registration of Engineers Act 1967;
Register means the Register of Quantity Surveyors kept and
maintained by the Board of Quantity Surveyors under section 5;
registered graduate Quantity Surveyor means a Quantity Surveyor
who is registered under subsection 10(1);
registered Quantity Surveyor means a Quantity Surveyor
registered under subsection 10(2);
temporary registered Quantity Surveyor means a Quantity
Surveyor registered under subsection 10A (3).
PART II
BOARD OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS

Establishment of Board of Quantity Surveyors

3. (1) For the purposes of this Act there is hereby established a
board to be called the board of Quantity Surveyors (hereinafter

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referred to as the Board) which shall be a body corporate with

perpetual succession and a common seal and which may sue and
be sued.
(2) The Board shall consist of the following members who shall
be Malaysian citizens and who are appointed by the Minister
(a) a President appointed from among registered Quantity
Surveyors;
(b) five members being registered Quantity Surveyors holding
office in the public service of Malaysia;
(c) (Deleted by Act 242);
(d) one registered Quantity Surveyor who is in the service
of any local authority or statutory authority;
(dd) one registered Quantity Surveyor from an institution of
higher learning;
(e) five registered Quantity Surveyors who have had at least
six years professional experience practising their profession
in Malaysia, four of whom shall be from the consulting
practice and one from the private sector but not the
consulting practice, on the nomination of the Council of
Institution of Surveyors (Malaysia) or any other professional
body that the Board may from time to time recognize to
represent Quantity Surveyors;
(f) one member on the nomination of the Board of Architects
from among members of that Board established under the
Architects Act 1967;
(g) one member on the nomination of the Board of Engineers
from among members of that Board established under the
Registration of Engineers Act 1967;
(h) two registered Quantity Surveyors to be nominated by
the President.
(2A ) (Deleted by Act 242).
(3) A member of the Board including the President shall be
appointed for a term which shall not exceed three years and shall
unless he sooner resigns or his appointment revoked hold office
for such term as may be specified in the instrument appointing him
and shall be eligible for reappointment.

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(4) If any member of the Board dies or resigns or his appointment

is revoked, a new member shall as soon as practicable be appointed
in his place and the member so appointed shall hold office for the
remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
(5) The Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Board.
Functions of the Board
4.

The functions of the Board shall be

(a) to keep and maintain a Register of Quantity Surveyors;
(b) to approve or reject applications for registration or approval
to practise under this Act or to approve any such application
subject to such conditions or restrictions as it may deem
fit to impose;
(c) to order the issuance of a written warning or reprimand,
the imposition of a fine, suspension, cancellation, removal
or reinstatement in accordance with Parts III and IV;
(d) to fix from time to time with the approval of the Minister
the scale of fees to be charged by registered Quantity
Surveyors and firms or bodies corporate practising as
consulting Quantity Surveyors for professional advice or
service rendered;
(e) to hear and determine disputes relating to professional
conduct or ethics of registered, registered graduate or
temporary registered. Quantity Surveyors or to appoint
a committee or arbitrator or arbitrators to hear and determine
such disputes;
(ea) to act as a stakeholder in a contract for consulting quantity
surveying services, where deemed necessary by the Board;
(f) to determine and regulate the professional conduct and
ethics of the quantity surveying profession;
(fa) to hold or cause to be held professional development
programmes for registered, registered graduate or temporary
registered Quantity Surveyors to further enhance their
knowledge in the latest developments relating to the
profession;

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(fb) to appoint a body comprising of members of the Boards,

other persons and/or institutions as may be determined
by the Board to accredit qualifications and to conduct
examinations for admission to the profession;
(fc) to appoint any person to represent the Board in any body
or panel of examiners which may be appointed by an
institution, body or society representing the profession,
and to make recommendations to the Board in relation
to examinations for the purpose of qualifying for admission
to the profession;
(fd) to appoint members of the Board to sit on any board,
committee or body formed for purposes relating to the
profession, and to appoint members of the Board to sit
on the Board of Engineers and the Board and appoint
members of the Board of Architects in accordance with
the relevant laws;
(fe) to provide scholarships and other facilities for the
promotion of learning and education in connection with
quantity surveying, where deemed necessary by the
Board;
(ff) to authorise any person to investigate the commission of
any offence under this Act or any rules made under this
Act; and
(g) generally, to do all such acts, matters and things as are
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Power of the Board to purchase or lease land, etc.
4A . The Board shall have power
(a) to purchase or lease any land or building as may be
required for the proper exercise of its functions under
this Act;
(b) from time to time to borrow or raise money by bank
overdraft or otherwise for the purposes specified in
paragraph (a); and
(c) to lease out, dispose of, or otherwise deal in any immovable
property of the Board.

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PART III
REGISTRATION OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS

Register
5. The Register of Quantity Surveyors shall be in four Parts, that
is to say
(a) Part Awhich shall contain the names, registration
numbers, addresses and other particulars of registered
Quantity Surveyors, together with particulars of any
conditions or restrictions imposed by the Board under
paragraph 4(b);
(b) Part Bwhich shall contain the names, registration
numbers, addresses and other particulars of registered
graduate Quantity Surveyors together with conditions or
restrictions imposed by the Board under paragraph 4(b);
(c) Part Cwhich shall contain the names, addresses and
other particulars of firms or bodies corporate practising
to practice as consulting Quantity Surveyors together
with particulars of any conditions or restrictions imposed
by the Board under subsection 7A(3) or 7 B(1); and
(d) Part Dwhich shall contain the names, registration
numbers, addresses and other particulars of temporary
registered Quantity Surveyors together with particulars
of any conditions or restrictions imposed by the Board
under subsection 10A (3).
Appointment and duties of Registrar
6. (1) The Minister shall appoint a Registrar of Quantity
Surveyors (hereinafter referred to as the Registrar) who shall be
under the general direction of the Board and who shall sign all
certificates of registration, permits to practice and their renewals,
and orders of the Board, and record all entries of registration,
suspension, cancellation, removal and reinstatement in the
Register.

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(2) The Registrar shall publish in at least two national newspapers,

in the national language, and the English language, and may, if he
thinks fit, cause to be published by electronic means the name,
registration number or permit number, address and other
particulars of
(a) a registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor whose registration has been
(i) by an order of the Board
(A) suspended under paragraph 15(1 A)(c) or
subsection 15(3); or
(B) cancelled under paragraph 15(1 A)(d) or
section 25A; or
(ii) reinstated under section 17; or
(b) a firm or body corporate practicing as consulting Quantity
Surveyors whose permit to practise has been
(i) by an order of the Board
(A) suspended under paragraph 7A(5)(cc) or
subsection 15(3); or
(B) cancelled under paragraph 7A (5)(dd) or
subsection 7B(3) or section 25 A; or
(ii) reinstated under subsection 7A (9) or section 17.
(2A ) The publication under subsection (2) shall be made
(a) as soon as possible after the order of the Board is made,
if there is no appeal to the Appeal Board against that
order; or
(b) as soon as possible after the order of the Board is confirmed
by the Appeal Board, if there is an appeal filed against
that order.
(3) In any proceedings, a certificate of registration or permit to
practise shall be conclusive proof that the person, or firm or body
corporate named in it is a registered, registered graduate or temporary
registered Quantity Surveyor, or a firm or body corporate practising
as consulting Quantity Surveyors, respectively.

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(4) The Registrar may annually publish and offer for sale copies
of the Register.
Restrictions of unregistered persons, registered graduate and
temporary registered Quantity Surveyors
7. (1) No person shall unless he is a registered Quantity Surveyor
(a) practise or carry on business or take up employment as
a Quantity Surveyor under any name, style or title
containing the words Quantity Surveyors, Building
Economist, Project Cost Consultant or the equivalent
thereto in any other language or bearing any other word
whatsoever in any language which may reasonably be
construed to imply that he is a registered Quantity Surveyor;
(b) use or display any sign, board, card or other device
representing or implying that he is a registered
Quantity Surveyor;
(c) be entitled to recover in any court any fee, charge
remuneration or other form of consideration for any
professional advice or services rendered as a registered
Quantity Surveyor;
(d) identify or describe himself as a registered Quantity
Surveyor or use the abbreviation Reg. QS. after, or in
any way in association with, his name.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a registered graduate or
temporary registered Quantity Surveyor may subject to section 8
with the written approval of the Board take up employment as a
Quantity Surveyor.
Quantity surveying practice by firms or bodies corporate
7A. (1) Notwithstanding subsection 7(1), a firm, or a body corporate
may practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors and recover in any
court any fee, charge remuneration or other form of consideration
for any professional advice or services rendered by it pursuant to
its practice as such, if it has the written approval of the Board, and
has been issued with a valid permit, to so practise.

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(2) Every application by a firm or a body corporate for approval

to practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors shall be made to the
Board in the prescribed form and manner and shall be accompanied
by the prescribed fee.
(3) The Board shall grant its approval for a firm or a body
corporate to practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors, subject to
such conditions or restrictions as it may deem fit to impose, if
(a) in the case of the sole proprietorship, the sole proprietor
is a registered Quantity Surveyor;
(b) in the case of the partnership, all the partners are registered
Quantity Surveyors; or
(c) in the case of the body corporate, it
(i) has a board of directors comprising persons who
are registered Quantity Surveyors;
(ii) has shares held by members of the board of directors
mentioned in subparagraph (i) solely or with any
other persons who are registered Quantity
Surveyors; and
(iii) has a minimum paid-up capital which shall be an
amount to be prescribed by the Board.
(4) A firm or a body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors shall, within thirty days of the occurrence of any change
(a) in the case of a firm, of its sole proprietor or in the
composition of its partners; or
(b) in the case of a body corporate, in the composition of its
board of directors or shareholders,
furnish to the Board a true report in writing giving full particulars
of the change.
(5) If the Board finds that
(a) the firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors, or sole proprietor or any partner of the firm,
or directors or shareholder of the body corporate, has
breached, or failed to comply with or carry our any of
the conditions or restrictions imposed by the Board when
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(b) the composition of the partners of the firm, or of the

board of directors or the shareholding of the body corporate,
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors does not comply
with section 7B or subsection (3);
(c) the firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors has breached any of the requirements of
subsection (4); or
(d) the sole proprietor or any partners of the firm, or any
director or shareholder of the body corporate, practising
as consulting Quantity Surveyors, being a person who is
a registered Quantity Surveyor, has committed, or is guilty
of, or has contributed to, any of the acts or things set out
in
(i) paragraph 15(1)(a); or
(ii) paragraphs 15(1)(b) to (o) (except paragraphs (e)
and (f)),
the Board may, subject to subsections (6) and (6A), by written
notice to the firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors, order
(aa) the issuance of a written warning or reprimand to;
(bb) the imposition of a fine not exceeding fifty thousand
ringgit on;
(cc) the suspension of the permit to practise for a period not
exceeding one year of;
(dd) the cancellation of the permit to practise of; or
(ee) any combination of the sanctions set out in
paragraphs (aa) to (dd) on,
the firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors.
(6) The Board shall not make any order under paragraphs (5)(aa)
to (ee) based upon any of the grounds of complaint set out in
paragraphs (5)(a), (b), (c) or (d)(ii) unless
(a) there has been an investigation of the grounds of complaint
conducted by an Investigating Committee; and

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(b) the Board, after having studied the recommendations of

the Investigating Committee
(i) may, if it proposes to make an order under paragraph
(5)(aa) or (bb), convene a hearing of the grounds
of complaint conducted by at least 10 members of
the Board; or
(ii) shall, if it proposes to make an order under paragraph
(5)(cc) or (dd), convene a hearing of the grounds
of complaint conducted by at least 10 members of
the Board.
(6A) The firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors will be given an opportunity to be heard
(a) at the investigation
(i) in the case of a sole proprietorship, by the sole
proprietor; or
(ii) in the case of a partnership or body corporate, by
a partner, director or representative appointed in
writing; or
(b) at the hearing
(i) in the case of a sole proprietorship, by the sole
proprietor or counsel; or
(ii) in the case of a partnership or body corporate, by
a partner, director, representative appointed in writing
or counsel.
(6B ) Notwithstanding subsection (6), the Board may make an
order under paragraphs (5)(aa) to (ee) if the Board has under
paragraph 15(1 A) (c) or (d) suspended or cancelled the registration
of
(a) a sole proprietor;
(b) one of the partners in a partnership comprising only two
partners; or
(c) one of the directors in the board of directors of a body
corporate comprising only two directors.

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(7) The Board shall not make an order under paragraphs (5)
(aa) to (ee) based on the grounds of complaint set out in paragraph
(5)(d) if, on the date of hearing, the firm or body corporate practising
as consulting Quantity Surveyors satisfies the Board
(i) that the partner or director or shareholder, as the case
may be, who has committed, or is guilty of, or has
contributed to, the act or thing in question has ceased to
be a partner of the firm or director or shareholder of the
body corporate; and
(ii) that notwithstanding that such partner or director or
shareholder, as the case may be, has ceased to be a
partner or director or shareholder, the firm or body corporate
is able to comply with the requirements of section 7B or
subsection (3).
(8) Upon the Board suspending or cancelling the permit to
practise of a firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors pursuant to paragraph (5)(cc) or (dd), respectively, the
firm or body corporate shall cease to practise as consulting Quantity
Surveyors but it shall be entitled to recover in any court any fee,
charge, remuneration or other form of consideration for any
professional advice or services rendered by it pursuant to its practice
as consulting Quantity Surveyors where such advice was given or
such services were rendered prior to the date of receipt of the
written notice from the Board suspending or cancelling its permit
to practise.
(9) Without prejudice to section 17, the Board may at any time
upon receipt of an application from a firm or body corporate
whose permit to practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors has
been suspended or cancelled pursuant to paragraph (5)(cc) or (dd),
respectively, reinstate the permit to practise to such firm or body
corporate if it is satisfied that
(a) the firm or body corporate has complied with the
requirements of section 7 B or subsection (3);
(b) the firm or body corporate is capable of complying with
the conditions or restristions imposed by the Board pursuant
to section 7 B or subsection (3) at the time of the original
approval; and
(c) where the permit to practise is suspended or cancelled
based on the grounds of complaint set out in paragraph
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may be, who has committed, or is guilty of, or has

contributed, to the act or thing in question has ceased to
be the partner of the firm, or director or shareholder of
the body corporate.
(10) In reinstating the permit to practise under subsection (9)
the Board may impose such additional terms, conditions or restrictions
as it deems fit.
(11) (Deleted by Act A1157).
(12) The Registrar shall, upon approval being granted by the
Board, issue to the firm or body corporate whose application to
practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors has been approved by
the Board, a permit to practise in the prescribed form.
(13) Every permit to practise shall, subject to this Act, expire
on 31 December of the year in which it is issued and may be
renewed annually upon payment of the prescribed fee and upon
satisfying such conditions as may be prescribed by the Board.
(14) (Deleted by Act A1157).
A body corporate providing quantity surveying services,
professional engineering services and/or architectural consultancy
services
7B . (1) Where a body corporate carries on a practice of providing
quantity surveying services, professional engineers services
and/or architectural consultancy services, the Board may, subject
to such conditions or restrictions as it may deem fit to impose,
grant an approval to practise in respect of that part of the practice
providing quantity surveying services.
(2) The body corporate that applies for approval to practise
under subsection (1) must be incorporated under the Companies
Act 1965 and
(a) has a board of directors comprising registered Quantity
Surveyors, Professional Engineers and/or Professional
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(b) has shares held by the persons mentioned in paragraph

(a) and any of the following persons and/or bodies corporate
where
(i) the registered Quantity Surveyors, Professional
Engineers, Professional Architects, bodies corporate
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors, bodies
corporate providing professional engineering services
and/or bodies corporate providing architectural
consultancy services hold a minimum combined
share of 70% of the overall equity of that body
corporate, of which the registered Quantity Surveyors
and/or bodies corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors hold a minimum share of 10%;
and
(ii) any other persons, including persons belonging to
a profession allied to quantity surveying, engineering
or architecture, being a profession approved in writing
by the board regulating the profession of quantity
surveying, engineering or architecture, respectively,
hold a maximum share of 30%,
of the overall equity of the body corporate; and
(c) has a minimum paid-up capital which shall be an amount
to be determined by the Minister.
(3) Notwithstanding paragraph 7A(5)(b), where in a body corporate
approved to practise under subsection (1)
(a) the minimun shareholdings of a registered Quantity
Surveyor and/or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors is less than the percentage stipulated
in subparagraph (2)(b)(i); or
(b) the minimum combined shareholdings of a registered
Quantity Surveyor, Professional Engineer, Professional
Architects, body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors, body corporate providing professional
engineering services and/or body corporate providing
architectural consultancy services is less than the percentage
stipulated in subparagraph (2)(b)(i),
that body corporate shall, as soon as possible but not later than
three months after such change in shareholdings or within any
extended period of time as may be approved by the Board, increase
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as stipulated in subparagraph (2)(b)(i), and if that body corporate

fails to do so within the stipulated time, the Board shall cancel its
permit to practise under this Act.
(4) For the purpose of this Act, the body corporate shall, upon
being granted approval to practise, be deemed to be a body corporate
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors.
Only registered Quantity Surveyors and firms or bodies corporate
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors may prepare
preliminary estimates, cost plans, bill of quantities, etc.
8. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) or any other
written law, no person or body, other than a registered Quantity
Surveyor who is residing and practising in Malaysia or firm or
body corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors in
Malaysia, shall be entitled to
(a) prepare and submit to any person, organisation or authority
in Malaysia, for construction projects, any feasibility
study reports, preliminary estimates, cost plans, documents
and reports for pre-qualification of contractors, bills of
quantities and other tender documents, tender estimates
and reports, contract documents, and valuations of works
for interim payments, variation and final account; and
(b) provide professional services such as project cost
management, value management, risk management,
facilities management, project management, construction
management, construction claims management, dispute
resolution services, technical and construction cost auditing
and condition survey.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall affect the right of any architect,
engineer, licensed land surveyor, valuer and appraiser for the time
being registered under the relevant laws relating to the registration
of such professions, to carry out any activity connected with his
professional practice.
(3) Nothing contained in any other written law shall prevent a
registered Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising
as consulting Quantity Surveyors from making and submitting to
any person, organization or authority in Malaysia valuations of
structures, plants, machinery and equipment, in the course of carrying
out any activity connected with his or its professional practice.

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Registered Quantity Surveyors etc., subject to this Act

9. Every registered graduate and temporary registered Quantity
Surveyor, and firm or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors shall be subject to this Act and rules made
thereunder.
Qualifications for registration
10. (1) (a) Subject to this Act, any person who holds a qualification
in quantity surveying which is recognised by the Board, shall be
entitled on application to be registered as a registered graduate
Quantity Surveyor.
(b) Subject to this Act, a person who is registered under paragraph
(a) shall be required to obtain such practical experience as may
be prescribed by the Board after consultation with the Minister in
order to be entitled to apply for registration as a registered Quantity
Surveyor under subsection (2).
(2) Subject to this Act, any person who
(a) is a registered graduate Quantity Surveyor;
(b) has obtained the practical experience as prescribed under
paragraph (1)(b); and
(c) has passed a test of professional competence or other
professional assessment examination conducted or
sanctioned by the Board,
shall be entitled on application to be registered Quantity Surveyor.
(3) Subject to this Act, only a citizen or a permanent resident
of Malaysia may qualify for registration as a registered or registered
graduate Quantity Surveyor.
(4) No person shall be entitled to be registered as a registered
Quantity Surveyor if at any time prior to his registration there
exists any facts or circumstances which would entitle the Board
to cancel his registration pursuant to subsection 15(1A) if he were
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(5) Any person who has been refused registration by the Board
upon the ground specified in subsection (4) may, if he has not
appealed against such refusal or if his appeal has been dismissed,
after the expiration of six months from the date of such refusal or
of the dismissal of the appeal make a new application for registration
to the Board.
Temporary registered Quantity Surveyors
10A . (1) A foreign quantity surveyor may apply to the Board to
be registered as a temporary registered Quantity Surveyor in such
manner as may be prescribed by the Board.
(2) A foreign quantity surveyor may be considered for registration
as a temporary registered Quantity Surveyor if he satisfies the
Board that
(a) he possesses the qualification that is recognised by the
Board to be registered as a registered graduate Quantity
Surveyor; and
(b) he possesses the necessary expertise and his physical
presence is required in Malaysia for not less than one
hundred and eighty days in any one calendar year, or he
is a resident representative of the foreign component of
a joint-venture.
(3) The Board may approve the registration of a foreign quantity
surveyor as a temporary registered Quantity Surveyor
(a) for such period not exceeding two calendar years; and
(b) subject to such conditions or restrictions as it may deem
fit to impose.
(4) The Registrar shall, upon receipt of the prescribed fee, issue
to every foreign quantity surveyor whose application for registration
has been approved by the Board a certificate of registration in the
prescribed form.
(5) The certificate of registration may, upon application, be
renewable on payment of the prescribed fee and on satisfying such
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(6) For the purpose of this section, foreign quantity surveyor

means a quantity surveyor who is not a citizen or a permanent
resident of Malaysia.
11.

(Deleted by Act A131).

Application for registration

12. Application for registration shall be made to the Board in
such manner as may be prescribed.
Certificate of registration
13. (1) The Registrar shall upon receipt of the prescribed fee
issue to every person whose application has been approved by the
Board a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.
(2) Every such certificate of registration shall, subject to this
Act, expire on 31 December of the year in which it is issued and
may be renewed annually upon payment of the prescribed fee and
upon satisfying the conditions as may be determined by the Board.
Notification of change of address
14. Every registered graduate or temporary registered Quantity
Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors shall notify the Registrar of any change in his or its
business address.
PART IV
CANCELLATION, REMOVAL, REINSTATEMENT, ETC.

Cancellation of registration, etc.

15. (1) The Board may make any or any combination of the orders
specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1A) against a
registered, registered graduate or temporary registered Quantity
Surveyor under any of the following circumstances:
(a) if he is convicted of any offence involving fraud or
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(b) if he offers or accepts any commission which in the

opinion of the Board is an illicit commission;
(c) if whilst acting in his professional capacity, he at the
same time without disclosing the fact in writing to his
client, is a sole proprietor, partner, director or member
of or substantial shareholder in or agent for any contracting
or manufacturing company or firm or business or has any
financial interest in such company or firm or business,
with which he deals on behalf of his client;
(d) if his registration under this Act has been obtained by
fraud or misrepresentation;
(e) if his qualification under section 10 has been withdrawn
or cancelled by the Authority through which it was acquired
or by which it was awarded;
(f) if he is found to be of unsound mind;
(fa) if he is found to be incapable or no longer able to perform
his professional duties effectively;
(fb) if he becomes a bankrupt;
(g) if he is found by the Board to have contravened or failed
to comply with any of the provisions of this Act or of
any rules made thereunder;
(h) if he fails to observe any conditions or restrictions subject
to which he is registered;
(i) if he is found guilty by the Board of any act or conduct
which in the opinion of the Board is infamous or disgraceful;
(j) if he procures, or assists in procuring, or is knowingly
a party to procuring, by fraud or misrepresentation, the
approval of the Board for a firm or a body corporate to
practise as consulting Quantity Surveyors;
(k) if he conceals or assists in concealing from the Board the
existence of any facts or circumstances which, if known,
would entitle the Board to withdraw the approval granted
under subsection 7 A(3) or section 7 B from any firm in
which he is the sole proprietor or a partner, or body
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(l) if he contravenes, or fails to perform, or assists in the

contravention of, or is knowingly a party to the
contravention of or failure to perform, conditions or
restrictions imposed by the Board when granting approval
to a firm or a body corporate under subsection 7A (3) or
section 7 B;
(m) if he causes or permits or suffers any firm in which he
is the sole proprietor or a partner, or body corporate in
which he is a director or shareholder, to practise as
consulting Quantity Surveyors prior to the approval of
the Board being obtained;
(n) if he causes or permits or suffers any firm in which he
is the sole proprietor or a partner, or body corporate in
which he is a director or shareholder, to continue to
practise quantity surveying after the Board has suspended
or cancelled its permit to practise under paragraph 7 A(5)
(cc) or (dd), respectively; or
(o) if he fails to discharge his professional duties with due
skill, care and diligence.
(1A ) The orders referred to in subsection (1) are
(a) the issuance of a written warning or reprimand;
(b) the imposition of a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit;
(c) the suspension of registration for a period not exceeding
one year;
(d) the cancellation of registration.
(2) The Board shall not make any order under subsection (1A ),
based upon any of the circumstances set out in paragraphs (b) to
(d), or (f) to (o) of subsection (1), unless
(a) there has been an investigation conducted by an
Investigating Committee; and
(b) the Board after having studied the recommendations of
the Investigating Committee
(i) may, if it proposes to make an order under paragraph
(1A )(a) or (b), convene a hearing conducted by at
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(ii) shall, if it proposes to make an order under paragraph

(1A )(c) or (d), convene a hearing conducted by at
least 10 members of the Board.
(2A ) The registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor will be given an opportunity to be heard
(a) at the investigation, in person; or
(b) at the hearing, in person or by counsel.
(3) The Board may, if it deems fit, suspend the registration of
any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered Quantity
Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors for a period not exceeding six months pending any
investigation by an Investigating Committee under this Act and
during the period of such suspension he or it shall not exercise any
of the rights or privileges accorded to him or it under this Act.
(4) (Deleted by Act A1157).
Removal from Register
16. There shall be removed from the Register the name and other
particulars of
(a) any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor who has died, or firm or body corporate
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors which has
ceased to practise;
(b) any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor who has failed to renew his registration,
or firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors which has failed to apply for a renewal of its
approval to practise, within one month of the expiry of
the registration or approval to practise, respectively;
(c) any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor whose registration has been cancelled
under paragraph 15(1A )(d) or section 25 A, or firm or
body corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors
whose permit to practise has been cancelled under paragraph
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(d) any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered

Quantity Surveyor whose registration, or firm or body
corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors
whose approval to practise, has been effected by reason
of any mistake or error made by the Board in considering
his or its application for registration or approval to practise,
respectively.
Reinstatement
17. (1) Any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors whose name has been removed from the Register
pursuant to an order of the Board under subsection 7A (5) or 15(1A)
shall, if his or its appeal is allowed, forthwith be reinstated; and
the Registrar shall issue a certificate of registration or permit to
practise to him or it.
(2) Any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors whose name has been removed from the Register
for failure to renew his registration or its permit to practise shall
be reinstated as soon as may be after he or it has notified the
Registrar of his or its desire to be reinstated and upon payment
of such fees as may be prescribed and the Registrar shall issue a
certificate of registration or permit to practise to him or it.
Provided that no registered, registered graduate or temporary
registered Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising
as consulting Quantity Surveyor shall be reinstated under this
section if he has failed to renew his registration or its permit to
practise within a period of three years of the expiry thereof.
(3) Any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyor whose name has been removed from the Register
pursuant to an order of the Board under subsection 7A (5) or 15(1A)
and who has not appealed against that order or whose appeal has
been dismissed, may after the expiration of not less than six months
from the date of the order of cancellation or from the date of the
decision of the appeal apply for reinstatement. The Board upon
receipt of satisfactory evidence of proper reasons for his or its
reinstatement and upon reimbursement to it of all expenditure
incurred by it arising out of the proceedings leading to cancellation
of his registration or its permit to practise and upon payment of
the prescribed fee shall issue a certificate of registration or permit
to practise to him or it.

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Certificates or permits to be returned

18. Any registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors whose name is removed from the Register
shall within fourteen days after notification to such person, firm
or body corporate by registered post of the removal, surrender to
the Board the certificate of registration or permit to practise issued
to such person, firm or body corporate under this Act.
PART V
GENERAL

Appeal
19. (1) Any person, firm or body corporate
(a) who has been refused registration or approval to practise
by the Board;
(b) who has been registered or approved to practise but is
dissatisfied with any conditions or restrictions imposed
by the Board under paragraph 4(b), subsection 7A(3),
7B (1) or 10A (3); or
(c) who having been registered or approved to practise has
had his or its name removed from the Register pursuant
to an order made by the Board under subsection 7A(5) or
15(1 A),
may within twenty-one days of being notified of the refusal,
conditions, restrictions or removal, appeal to the Appeal Board
constituted under section 20 and the Appeal Board may thereupon
make such orders as it may deem just or proper.
(2) The Board shall give effect to any order made by the Appeal
Board forthwith.
Appeal Board
20. For the purpose of this Part there shall be established an
Appeal Board consisting of a person qualified for appointment as
a Judge of the High Court as a Chairman who shall be appointed
by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (after consultation with the Lord
President) and two other persons appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan
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Tenure of office of members of the Appeal Board

21. A member of the Appeal Board shall unless he sooner resigns
his office or his appointment revoked hold office for such term as
may be specified in the instrument appointing him and shall be
eligible for reappointment.
Procedure of appeal
22. (1) A notice of appeal against an order of the Board referred
to in section 19 shall be made in writing to the Appeal Board and
a copy of the notice to the President of the Board.
(2) On receipt of a copy of the notice of appeal the President
of the Board or in the absence of the President the member delegated
by the President so to do shall cause to be prepared and sent to
the Chairman of the Appeal Board records or a summary of the
records of the proceedings of the Board and the statement setting
out the grounds on which the Board arrived at its decision.
(3) Upon receiving the records or summary of the records and
the grounds of the decision of the Board the Chairman of the
Appeal Board shall convene a meeting of the Appeal Board to hear
the appeal.
(4) The Appeal Board after hearing the appeal may confirm
vary or revoke the decision of the Board.
(5) The decision of the Appeal Board shall be final.
Procedure of Appeal Board
23. The Appeal Board shall at its discretion determine its own
procedure.
Penalties for obtaining registration by false pretences, etc.
24.

Any person, firm or body corporate who

(a) procures or attempts to procure registration or approval
or a certificate of registration or a permit to practise
under this Act by knowingly making or producing or
causing to be made or produced any false or fraudulent
declaration, certificate, permit, application or representation
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(b) wilfully makes or causes to be made any falsification in

the Register;
(c) forges, alters or counterfeits any certificate of registration
or permit to practise under this Act;
(d) uses any forged, altered or counterfeited certificate of
registration or permit to practise under this Act knowing
the same to have been forged, altered or counterfeited;
(e) impersonates a registered, registered graduate or temporary
registered Quantity Surveyor;
(f) buys or fraudulently obtains a certificate of registration
or permit to practise under this Act issued to another
registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising
as consulting Quantity Surveyors; or
(g) sells any certificate of registration or permit to practise
issued under this Act; or
(h) contravenes subsection 7(1), 8(1), section 24A , 24 B ,
subsection 24D(2) or 25 B (5); and,
shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, and,
in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of five hundred
ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after
conviction.
Restriction on employment of unregistered persons as Quantity
Surveyors
24A . No person shall employ as a Quantity Surveyor any person
who is not registered under this Act.
Restriction on employment of firm or body corporate as
consulting Quantity Surveyors
24B . No person shall employ as a consulting Quantity Surveyor
any firm or body corporate unless it is approved by the Board to
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Investigating Committee
24 C. (1) For the purposes of subsections 7A (6), 15(2) and 15(3),
the Board shall appoint an Investigating Committee consisting
of
(a) a Chairman who shall be a registered Quantity Surveyor;
(b) two registered Quantity Surveyors who are not members
of the Board; and
(c) one other person where deemed necessary,
to conduct an investigation.
(2) Where the Chairman of the Investigating Committee is a
member of the Board, he shall not sit as a member of the Board
when the Board conducts a hearing or makes an order under subsection
7A (5) or 15(1A) in respect of the registered, registered graduate or
temporary registered Quantity Surveyor who has, or firm or body
corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors which has,
been examined by the Investigating Committee of which he is the
Chairman.
(3) Upon completion of its investigation, the Investigating
Committee shall submit a report together with its recommendations
to the Board for its consideration.
Procedure for hearing and investigation
24D. (1) The Board or Investigating Committee may, for the purpose
of a hearing or investigation
(a) require any person, including a sole proprietor, partner,
director, manager or secretary, to attend before it and
give evidence on oath or affirmation, and the President
of the Board or Chairman of the Investigating Committee
presiding at the hearing or investigation may administer
to oath; and
(b) require such person to produce any book, document or
paper relating to the subject matter of the hearing or
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(2) A person, including a sole proprietor, partner, director, manager

or secretary, shall, unless with reasonable excuse
(a) attend and give evidence when required to do so by the
Board or Investigating Committee;
(b) answer truthfully and fully any question put to him by
any member of the Board or Investigating Committee; or
(c) produce to the Board or Investigating Committee any
book, document or paper required of him.
General penalty
25. (1) Any person, firm or body corporate who contravenes or
fails to comply with any of the provisions of this Act is guilty of
an offence and, where no penalty is expressly provided therefor,
is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit.
(2) If a firm or a body corporate contravenes or fails to comply
with any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder,
the sole proprietor or every partner, director, manager, secretary
or other similar officer thereof shall be guilty of the same offence
and be liable to the same penalty as the firm or the body corporate
is guilty of and liable to, unless he proves that the offence was
committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance or was
not attributable to any neglect on his part.
Failure to comply with orders of the Board or Appeal Board
25A. Notwithstanding subsection 7A(6) or 15(2), where a registered,
registered graduate or temporary registered Quantity Surveyor, or
firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors
refuses or fails to comply with an order of the Board made under
subsection 7A (5) or 15(1A), or Appeal Board made under section
19, the Board shall immediately cancel his certificate of registration
or its permit to practise, respectively.
Power of search and seizure
25B . (1) An authorized officer shall have the power to investigate
the commission of any offence under this Act or any rules made
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(2) An authorized officer may, for the purposes of carrying out

the objectives of this section, at any reasonable time enter, inspect
and examine any place of work.
(3) In exercising his powers under subsection (2), an authorized
officer may
(a) examine any book, account, record or other document as
may be necessary to ascertain whether or not this Act or
any rules made under this Act has been complied with;
(b) direct that the place of work or any part of it, or anything
in it, shall be left undisturbed, whether generally or in
particular respect, for so long as is reasonably necessary
for the purposes of any examination or investigation under
this section;
(c) search for and seize any signboard card , letter, pamphlet,
leaflet, notice or any device representing or implying
that the person is a registered, registered graduate or
temporary registered Quantity Surveyor, or that the firm
or body corporate is approved to practise as consulting
Quantity Surveyors; or
(d) seize or take copies of or extracts from any book, account,
record or other document found in the place of work
which he has power to enter or in the vicinity of that
place of work, and that is reasonably believed to furnish
evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act
or any rules made under this Act.
(4) Where by reason of its nature, size or amount, it is not
practicable to remove any signboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet,
notice, book, account, record or other device or document seized
under this section, the authorised officer may, by any means, seal
such sighboard, card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, book, account,
record or other device or document in the place of work in which
it is found.
(5) A person shall not, except with lawful authority
(a) break, tamper with or damage, or attempt to break, tamper
with or damage the seal referred to in subsection (4); or
(b) remove or attempt to remove any signboard, card, letter,
pamphlet, leaflet, notice, book, account, record or other
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List of things seized

25C. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), where any signboard,
card, letter, pamphlet, leaflet, notice, book, account, record or
other device or document is seized from the place of work under
section 25B , the authorized officer shall prepare a list of the things
seized and immediately deliver a copy of the list signed by him
to the occupier of the place which has been searched, or to his
agent or servant at that place.
(2) Where the place of work is unoccupied, the authorized officer
shall, wherever possible, post a list of the things seized conspicuously
at that place.
Rules
26. The Board may with the approval of the Minister make rules
to prescribe anything which may be prescribed or required to be
prescribed under this Act or to enable it to perform any of its
functions or to exercise any of its powers set out in this Act.
Authorization by President
26A . (1) Subject to subsection (2) and such policy as the Board
may from time to time adopt, the President may from time to time,
on payment of the prescribed fee and on such conditions or with
such restrictions as he thinks fit to impose, in writing authorize
any person who is not a registered Quantity Surveyor, or any firm
or body corporate which is not practising as consulting Quantity
Surveyors, to do any act or thing that the person, firm or body
corporate would, but for the authorization, be prohibited, or not
be entitled, to do, and may at any time, without assigning any
reason therefor, withdraw the authorization by notice served on
the person, firm or body corporate.
(2) No person, firm or body corporate shall be authorized under
this section to do any such act or thing for more than a total period
of one hundred and eighty days in any one calendar year.
(3) A person, firm or body corporate who does any such act or
thing under and in accordance with an authorization under
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the contrary, be deemed to be permitted or entitled to do that act

or thing as if he were a registered Quantity Surveyor or it were
a firm or body corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors.
Notices
26 B. (1) Any notice or document left at, or posted by registered
post or prepaid post to, the last known address or principal place
of business last appearing in the Register of a registered, registered
graduate or temporary registered Quantity Surveyor or firm or
body corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors shall
be deemed to have been duly served upon that registered, registered
graduate or temporary registered Quantity Surveyor or firm or
body corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), if the registered, registered graduate
or temporary registered Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors fails to reply to the
notice or document which has been duly served upon him or it in
accordance with subsection (1) for at least three times, the Board
shall take action against that registered, registered graduate or
temporary registered Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate
practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors in accordance with
this Act.
(3) If the registered, registered graduate or temporary registered
Quantity Surveyor or firm or body corporate practising as consulting
Quantity Surveyors fails to reply to the notice or document which
has been duly served upon him or it in accordance with subsection
(1) for at least three times, and if, with regard to the matter
contained in the notice or document, the Board proposes to suspend
or cancel his registration or its permit to practise, the Board shall
(a) cause to be published in at least one national newspaper
a notification containing the material contents of that
notice or document; and
(b) take action in accordance with this Act based on his or
its reply to the notification, or otherwise on his or its
failure to reply to that notification.
Building and Mining Surveyors excluded
27. This Act shall not apply to Building Surveyors and Mining
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Saving as to right of Government

28. Nothing in this Act contained shall apply to anything done
or omitted to be done by or under the authority of the Government
of Malaysia or of any State.
Indemnity
29. (1) No action or proceeding shall be instituted or maintained
in any court against the Board, Appeal Board, Investigating
Committee or any body appointed by the Board, any members of
the Board, Appeal Board, Investigating Committee or any such
body, or any person authorised to act for or on behalf of the Board
for any act or omission done in good faith in the discharge of any
of its or his functions, powers and duties under this Act or any
rules made under this Act.
(2) This section does not apply to powers conferred under section
4A or any power to enter into contracts exercised by the Board.
Appointment of advocate and solicitor and other persons
30. (1) The Board may appoint an advocate and solicitor to institute
and conduct proceedings on its behalf.
(2) The Board for the purposes of carrying out its functions,
powers and duties under this Act may appoint any other person
to assist the Board in carrying out such functions, powers and
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SCHEDULE
[Subsection 3(5)]
1. (1) The following persons shall be disqualified from being appointed to or
being members of the Board
(a) a person who is of unsound mind and/or is otherwise incapable of
performing his duties;
(b) a bankrupt.
(2) A member of the Board shall vacate his office if he fails to attend three
consecutive meetings of the Board without the permission in writing of the
President or if he becomes disqualified under subparagraph (1).
2. (1) The Board shall meet at least once a year at such place as may from time
to time be appointed by the President.
(2) At any meeting of the Board the President shall preside, and in his
absence the members shall elect one of their number to preside over the meeting.
(3) The quorum of the Board shall be ten.
(4) If on any question to be determined by the Board there is an equality
of votes, the President or, in the case where the President is absent, the member
presiding over the meeting shall have a casting vote.
(5) Subject to subparagraphs (3) and (4) the Board shall determine its own
procedure and, except in relation to sections 15 and 26, have power to delegate
to committees appointed by the Board all or any of the functions of the Board
upon such terms and subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Board
may in its absolute discretion think fit. Any act, ruling or decision of any
committee so appointed shall be deemed to be the act, ruling or decision of the
Board.
(6) The Board shall cause proper records of its proceedings and of the
proceedings of any committee appointed by it to be kept.
3. (1) The Board shall have a common seal which shall bear such device as
the Board may approve and such seal may from time to time be broken, changed,
altered and made anew by the Board as the Board may think fit.
(2) Until a seal is provided by the Board under this paragraph, a stamp
bearing the description Board of Quantity Surveyors may be used and shall
be deemed to be the Common Seal.
(3) The Common Seal shall be kept in the custody of the President and shall
be authenticated by the President or other member acting in the absence of the
President, and any document purporting to be sealed with the said seal, authenticated
as aforesaid shall, until the contrary is shown, be deemed to have been validly
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4. All moneys arising from fees payable under this Act shall be paid to the
Board to be applied in the first place to defraying the expenses of registration
and other expenses of the administration of this Act including any expenses of
the Board that may be allowed under any rules made under this Act and
thereafter to providing scholarships and the promotion of learning and education
in connection with quantity surveying. Moneys not immediately required by the
Board shall be invested in such Trustee Securities as the Board may from time
to time determine.

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 487
QUANTITY SURVEYORS ACT 1967
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law

Short title

In force from

Act A131

Registration of Surveyors
(Amendment) Act 1972

07-07-1972

Act A172

Registration of Surveyors
(Amendment) Act 1973

30-03-1973

Act A248

Registration of Surveyors
(Amendment) Act 1974

15-03-1974

Act 242

Valuers, Appraisers and Estate

Agents Act 1981

06-02-1981

Act A598

Valuers and Appraisers

(Amendment) Act 1984

07-09-1984

Act A742

Registration of Quantity Surveyors

(Amendment) Act 1989

25-08-1989

P.U. (A) 349/2001

Revision of Laws (Rectification

of Quantity Surveyors Act
1967) Order 2001

18-03-1992

Act A1157

Quantity Surveyors (Amendment)

Act 2002

01-12-2002

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 487
QUANTITY SURVEYORS ACT 1967
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section

Long title

Amending authority

In force from

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act A172

30-03-1973

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A598

07-09-1984

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A1157

01-12-2002

4A

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

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In force from

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A248

15-03-1974

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

7B

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

10A

Act A1157

01-12-2002

11

Act A131

07-07-1972

13

Act A1157

01-12-2002

14

Act A131

07-07-1972

7A

10

Quantity Surveyors
Section

43

Amending authority

In force from

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Heading of
Part IV

Act A1157

01-12-2002

15

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act A248

15-03-1974

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act A742

25-08-1989

Act A1157

01-12-2002

18

Act A1157

01-12-2002

19

Act A1157

01-12-2002

20

Act 242

06-02-1981

22

Act A1157

01-12-2002

24

Act A131

07-07-1972

Act A1157

01-12-2002

24A

Act A1157

01-12-2002

24B

Act A1157

01-12-2002

24c

Act A1157

01-12-2002

24D

Act A1157

01-12-2002

25

Act A172

30-03-1973

Act A248

15-03-1974

Act A742

25-08-1989

16

17

44

Laws of Malaysia
Section

A CT 487

Amending authority

In force from

Act A1157

01-12-2002

25A-25C

Act A1157

01-12-2002

26

Act A742

25-08-1989

26A

Act A248

15-03-1974

Act A1157

01-12-2002

26B

Act A1157

01-12-2002

27

Act 242

06-02-1981

Act A598

07-09-1984

Act A1157

01-12-2002

29-30

Act A1157

01-12-2002

Schedule

Act 242
Act A742

06-02-1981
06-08-1989

DICETAK OLEH
PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD,
KUALA LUMPUR
BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA