14/05/2021
REPUBLIC ACT 9266, SECTION 25, SECTION 29, SECTION 34
SEC. 25. Registration of Architects Required. – No person shall practice architecture in this country, or engage in preparing architectural plans, specification or preliminary data for the
er****on or alteration of any building located within the boundaries of this country or use the title "Architect," or display or use any title, sign, card, advertisement, or other device to indicate such person practices or offers to practice architecture, or is an architect, unless such person shall have received from the Board a Certificate of Registration and be issued a Professional Identification Card in the manner hereinafter provided and shall thereafter comply with the
provisions of this Act.
SEC. 29. Prohibition in the Practice of Architecture and Penal Clause. – Any person who shall practice or offer to practice architecture in the Philippines without being registered/licensed and who are not holders of temporary or special permits in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or any person presenting or attempting to use as his/her own the Certificate of
Registration/Professional Identification Card or seal of another or temporary or special permit, or any person who shall give any false or forged evidence o any kind to the Board or to any member
thereof in obtaining a Certificate of Registration/Professional Identification Card or temporary or special permit, or any person who shall falsely impersonate any registrant of like or different
name, or any person who shall attempt to use a revoked or suspended Certificate of Registration/Professional Identification Card or cancelled special/temporary permit, or any person
who shall use in connection with his/her name or otherwise assume, use or advertise any title or description tending to convey the impression that he/she is an architect when he/she is not an
architect, or any person whether Filipino or foreigner, who knowingly allows the use, adoption, implementation of plans, designs or specification made by any person, firm, partnership or
company not duly licensed to engage in the practice of architecture, or any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act, its implementing rules and regulations, the Code of
Ethical Conduct and Standards of Professional Practice, or any policy of the Board and the Commission, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and charged in court by the Commission and shall,
upon conviction be sentenced to a fine of not less than One hundred thousand pesos (P100,000.00) but not more than Five Million pesos (P5,000,000,00) or to suffer imprisonment for
a period not less than six (6) months or not exceeding six (6) years, or both, at the discretion of the Court.
Sec. 34. Non-Registered Person Shall Not Claim Equivalent Service. – Persons not registered as an architect shall not claim nor represent either services or work as equivalent to those of a duly
qualified registered architect, or that they are qualified for any branch or functions of architectural practice, even though no form of the title "Architect" is used.
