Disciplinary offences
(1)A registered professional engineer commits a disciplinary offence if he—
(a)commits misconduct or neglect in any professional respect;
(b)has been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance;
(c)has obtained registration under this Ordinance by fraud or misrepresentation;
(d)was not at the time of his registration under this Ordinance entitled to be registered;
(e)has held himself out to be a registered professional engineer in a specific discipline when he was not so registered;
(f)without reasonable excuse, fails to attend before an inquiry committee when summoned either as a witness or as a person in respect of whom the inquiry committee is meeting; or
(g)has been convicted in Hong Kong or elsewhere of any offence which may bring the profession into disrepute and sentenced to imprisonment, whether the sentence is suspended or not.
(2)If a person who has been guilty of misconduct or neglect in a professional respect or has been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance or has been convicted of an offence likely to bring the profession into disrepute and sentenced to imprisonment, informs the Board of such misconduct, neglect or conviction when he applies for registration or renewal of registration and the Board subsequently accepts the person for registration or renewal of registration, that person shall not, for the purposes of registration or renewal of registration, be considered as having committed a disciplinary offence in respect of the disclosed misconduct, neglect or conviction.
(3)Where the Registrar receives a complaint concerning a disciplinary offence, the Registrar shall submit the facts to 2 members of the Board appointed by the Board for the purpose, and the members, in consultation with the Registrar, shall determine whether the complaint should be referred to the Board.