Accountants Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Registration of Public Accountants
15. Certificate of registration and record in Register of Public Accountants
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Upon a person being registered as a public accountant under this Part, the Registrar shall —
public accountant
“public accountant” means a person who is registered in accordance with this Act as a public accountant;
issue to him a certificate of registration; and
Accountants
record his name and relevant particulars in the Register of
Public Accountants.
A certificate of registration shall be issued in such form or manner as the Authority may determine.
Authority
“Authority” means such person as is appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 3(1) to be the Authority for the purposes of this Act;
Subject to the provisions of this Act, every such certificate of registration shall be in force from the date of its issue or renewal until 31st December of the year in respect of which the certificate was issued or renewed.
Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority” means such person as is appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 3(1) to be the Authority for the purposes of this Act;
public accountant
Defined · s 2“public accountant” means a person who is registered in accordance with this Act as a public accountant;
Register of Public Accountants
Defined · s 2“Register of Public Accountants” means the register kept and maintained under section 6(1)(a)(i);
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Public Accountants appointed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan under section 10(1)(a) and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar appointed under section 10(1)(b);
relevant particulars
Defined · s 2“relevant particulars”, in relation to a public accountant, an accounting corporation, an accounting firm or an accounting Limited Liability Partnership, means such particulars of the public accountant, accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting Limited Liability Partnership as the Authority may determine to be relevant for inclusion in the Register of Public Accountants, the Register of Public Accounting Corporations, the Register of Public Accounting Firms or the Register of Public Accounting Limited Liability Partnerships, as the case may be;
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