Amending R.A. No. 545 (Architecture Regulation Act)
Republic Act No. 1581, enacted on June 16, 1956, amends Section 34 of Republic Act No. 545, which regulates the practice of architecture in the Philippines. The amendment stipulates that architecture is a professional service that can only be practiced by individuals with the necessary qualifications; thus, no corporations or partnerships may register as architectural firms. However, licensed architects may form partnerships with licensed civil engineers under specific conditions, allowing them to use titles like "Architects" or "Architects and Engineers." Each member of such partnerships is responsible for their professional actions as defined by their respective licensing laws. The act took effect upon its approval and was published in the Official Gazette.
June 16, 1956
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1581
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION THIRTY-FOUR OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE PHILIPPINES"
SECTION 1. Section thirty-four of Republic Act Numbered Five hundred forty-five is hereby amended to read as follows: acd
"Sec. 34. Corporations cannot register. — The practice of architecture is a professional service, admission to which shall be determined upon the basis of individual, personal qualifications. No firm, company, partnership, association or corporation may be registered or licensed as such for the practice of architecture: Provided, however, That persons properly registered and licensed as architects may, among themselves or with a person or persons properly registered and licensed as civil engineers, form, and obtain registration of, a firm, partnership or association using the term "Architects" or "Architects and Engineers," but, nobody shall be a member or partner of such firm, partnership or association unless he is a duly registered and licensed architect or civil engineer, and the members who are architects shall only render work and services proper for an architect as defined in this Act, and members who are civil engineers shall also only render work and services which are proper for a civil engineer as defined under the law regulating the practice of civil engineering; individual members of such firm, partnership or association shall be responsible for their respective acts." cd i
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 16, 1956 cdt
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 52, No. 11, p. 5025 on September 15, 1956