INGENIEUR
ANNOUNCEMENT
PROFESSIONAL PRACTISING
CERTIFICATE UPDATE
Following the passing of the Registration of Engineers (Amendment) Act 2015 by Parliament
in 2014 and gaining Royal Assent of DYMM Yang di-Pertuan Agong on February 14, 2015, the
amended Act was gazetted by Minister of Works on February 28, 2015 and took effect on July 31,
2015.
With the coming into operation of this Act, all Professional Engineers (PEs) who intend to practise
and provide professional engineering services are required to obtain Practising Certificates. PEs
can apply for the Practising Certificate upon passing the Professional Competency Examination.
All PEs registered with the Board before July 31, 2015 are exempted from sitting and passing the
Professional Competency Examination if they apply for the Practising Certificates before July 31,
2016.
PEs may choose to remain as PEs without the Practising Certificates. Both PEs and Professional
Engineers with Practising Certificate (PEPC) are entitled to use the pre-nominal title “Ir.” in front of
their names.
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