BODY CORPORATE

Requirements :-

1. The board of directors shall be an Architects;
2. The body corporate shall have a minimum paid-up capital of RM 50,000;
3. The shares shall be held by members of the board of directors solely or with any other persons who are Architects;
4. Name of body corporate shall refrain from being pretentious or ostentatious or of such nature that may negatively affect the dignity of the profession or place it in a position of possible ridicule.
5. Name of body corporate shall preferably comprise the actual names of the directors or the acronyms of their initials.
6. Application for registration must be submitted in the prescribed Registration Form which must be accompanied by the following :-
   1. Draft Memorandum and Articles of Association (M&A)
   2. Form 49 (which must be certified as true copy by the Registrar of Company (ROC))
   3. Form 24 (Return of Allotment of Shares) (which must be certified as true copy by the Registrar of Company (ROC))
   4. A sample of the draft letterhead showing the names of directors together with their professional qualifications and status

* For further details, please refer to Section 7A of the Act and General Circular No. 2/2004

MULTI DISCIPLINARY

Requirements :-

1. The board of directors shall comprise Architects, Professional Engineers and/or registered Quantity Surveyors.
2. The shares shall be held by persons mentioned in paragraph 1 and any of the following persons and/or bodies corporate where –
   1. The Architects, Professional Engineers, registered Quantity Surveyors, bodies corporate providing architectural consultancy services, bodies corporate providing professional engineering services and/or bodies corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors hold a minimum combined share of 70% of the overall equity of that body corporate, of which the Professional Architects and/or bodies corporate providing architectural consultancy services hold a minimum share of 10%; and
   2. Any other persons, including persons belonging to a profession allied to architecture, engineering or quantity surveying, being a profession approved in writing by the board regulating the profession of architecture, engineering or quantity surveying, respectively, hold a maximum share of 30% of the overall equity of the body corporate.
3. The multi-disciplinary body corporate shall have a minimum paid-up capital of RM150,000.
4. Name of body corporate shall refrain from being pretentious or ostentatious or of such nature that may negatively affect the dignity of the profession or place it in a position of possible ridicule.
5. Name of body corporate shall preferably comprise the actual names of directors or the acronyms of their initials.
6. Application for registration must be submitted in the prescribed Registration Form which must be accompanied by the following.
   1. The Architects, Professional Engineers, registered Quantity Surveyors, bodies corporate providing architectural consultancy services, bodies corporate providing professional engineering services and/or bodies corporate practising as consulting Quantity Surveyors hold a minimum combined share of 70% of the overall equity of that body corporate, of which the Architects and/or bodies corporate providing architectural consultancy services hold a minimum share of 10%; and
   2. Any other persons, including persons belonging to a profession allied to architecture, engineering or quantity surveying, being a profession approved in writing by the board regulating the profession of architecture, engineering or quantity surveying, respectively, hold a maximum share of 30% of the overall equity of the body corporate.

* For further details, please refer to Section 7B of the Act and General Circular No. 2/2004