In exercise of the powers conferred on the Architects Registration Council by the Architects Act, 1969 (NLCD 357), the following listed Architects and Firms in Good Standing, and thus legally permitted to work in Ghana, are presented for the information of all Government Ministries / Departments, Parastatals, Metropolitan / Municipal / District Assemblies, Public / Private Corporate Bodies, Employers and the General Public.

It is a punishable offence under the Architects Act (1969) for a person working or carrying on a business in Ghana and not being an Architect registered under the Act to use or cause to use, or permit to be used in connection with his name under which he carries on the work or business, the word “Architect”. “Architecture” or “Architectural” or any words, initials, or abbreviation of words intended to cause or which may reasonably cause a person to believe that the person using the name is an Architect.  Roadside or building signage using any of these words is included in this category of offence.

The ARC would like to remind all that practicing architecture or persons operating an architectural business in Ghana without being duly registered with the ARC constitutes a punishable offense under the Architects Act, 1969 (NLCD 357).

Specifically:

• Section 13(2) provides that “The Board may strike off the Register the name of an architect if the prescribed fees remain unpaid for a period exceeding six months.”
• Section 21(5) states that “A person who practices or undertakes to practice in breach of this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty (20) penalty units for every day during which the offence continues.”