firms in good standing.
The Governing Council of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GhIS) presents the under-listed fully paid-up Individual Members and Practicing Firms IN GOOD STANDING, for the information of all Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies/Parastatals, Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies, Public and Private Corporate Bodies, and the General Public.
Furthermore, the Governing Council strongly advises the above-mentioned employers to use Surveyors and Firms it recognizes, who are thus bound by its Constitution, Code of Conduct, Ethics, Disciplinary Procedures, Conditions of Engagement, and Rules of Conduct. This is re-enforced by Section 18(3) of NRCD143 which mandates the GhIS to present the names of Members in Good Standing to the Registrar-General for Registration and states:
“No person shall practice any profession in respect of which a professional body has been registered under this Decree unless he has been duly registered by the Registrar under this Section.”
This registration on an annual basis applies to Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians alike, ensuring that only technically competent and capable persons are permitted to practice the surveying profession in Ghana. Any person intending to practice for less than 12 months in Ghana shall apply for temporary registration.
Firms that provide professional surveying services must be staffed by registered surveying professionals. These firms are recognized annually by the GhIS and are issued Certificates to that effect.
Failure to ensure that surveying services are obtained from registered surveying professionals and recognized firms amounts to a breach of Section 21 of NRCD 143:
“Where an offence under this Decree is committed by a body of persons, then every president, vice-president, chairman, vice-chairman, director, or partner and every officer of that body shall also be guilty of that offence if they are proven to have directly or indirectly permitted the act or omission which constitutes the offence.”
The Governing Council further advises employers and the general public to insist on evidence of membership certification in Good Standing before employing or awarding commissions to persons and firms.
Hon. Secretary
Ghana Institution of Surveyors, Adjacent to Food and Drugs Authority, South Legon, Accra.
P.O. Box GP 916, Accra
Tel: 0303 – 936014
E-mail: secretariat@ghis.org