Section 17 — VALUERS, APPRAISERS AND ESTATE AGENTS ACT 1981

(a)

he has attained the age of 21 years and is of sound mind, good character and has not been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty or moral turpitude during the five years immediately preceding the date of his application;

(aa) he is not an undischarged bankrupt;

(ab) he has not made a statement or affirmed or attested a document that is false or misleading in a material particular;

(ac) he has not dishonestly concealed material facts;

(ad) he has not furnished false information;

(b)

he satisfies the requirements of section 18;

(c)

he has made a declaration in the form and manner prescribed by the Board;

(d)

he has paid the fees prescribed by the Board; and

(e)

he is not under suspension from estate agency or property management practice nor has his name been cancelled from the

Register.

(1A)

Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(e), a person who is disqualified from estate agency or property management practice may, if the Board considers him fit to practise valuation, have his name entered under Part I of the Register as a valuer.

(2)

Any registered Surveyor (General Practice) who, immediately before the coming into force of this Act, had his name registered under the

*Registration of Surveyors Act 1967 shall have, upon the coming into force of this Act, his name transferred to Part I of the Register without payment of any fee:

*NOTE—This Act has since been revised as the Quantity Surveyors Act 1967 [Act 487].

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Provided that for one year after the coming into force of this Act such person shall continue to practise under the provisions of the *Registration of

Surveyors Act 1967.

(3)

Any person who applies within twelve months from the date of the coming into force of this Act for registration under Part II of the Register shall be entitled to have his name so registered if he—

(a)

immediately before the date of the coming into force of this Act had been a licensed appraiser under any of the various laws relating to the licensing of appraisers in Malaysia and that generally his business as a licensed appraiser had been his principal calling apart from his business as an estate agent, and that he had served his clients generally to their satisfaction; and

(b)

satisfies or complies with paragraphs(1) (a), (c), (d) and (e).

(4)

In order to be satisfied of any of the matters mentioned in subsections

(1)

and (3) the Board may call upon the applicant to submit to it such documents as it considers relevant.

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