Supreme Court dismisses appeal upholding constitutionality of time-limit provision in Architects Law.
Cipro (CY)
Sintesi Legislator
Generato dall'IAThe Supreme Court dismissed the appellant's appeal regarding the constitutionality of Section 9(2) of the Architects and Civil Engineers Law, 1962. The appellant argued the time-limit for license applications was unconstitutional, but the court found the issue fully covered by a recent unanimous decision in Kyriakides. Consequently, the court ruled the provision constitutional and declined to order costs due to lingering doubt until the precedent was established.
Regesto Legislator
Generato dall'IASection 9(2) of the Architects and Civil Engineers Law, 1962; Section 9(1)(A) of the Architects and Civil Engineers Law, 1962: The time-limit prescribed for the submission of an application for the issue of a licence as an architect by profession is constitutional.
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[*1052] 1966 October 11
(VASSILIADES, AG. P., JOSEPHIDES, STAVRINIDES, JJ.,
LOIZOU, HJIANASTASSIOU, AG. JJ.)
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Andreas Tsouris,
Appellant,
and
The Board for Registration of Architects
and Civil Engineers,
Respondent.
(Revisional Jurisdiction Appeal No.15).
Architects and Civil Engineers - Constitutionality of section 9(2) of the Architects and Civil Engineers Law, 1962 (No.41 of 1962) - Decision in The Board for Registration of Architects .and Civil Engineers v. Kyriakides,(1966)
6 J.S.C. p.880, fully covering issue.
Constitutional Law - Constitution of Cyprus - Constitutionality of legislative enactments - Section 9(2) of the Architects and Civil Engineers Law, 1962 (No.41 of 1962) constitutional.
A. Pantelides, for the Appellant.
Lellos Demetriades, for the Respondent.
JUDGMENT
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by:-
VASSILIADES. AG. P. : The only point raised in this appeal*, as prescribed by learned counsel for the appellant [*1053] at the early part of his address, is, in the unanimous opinion of the Court, fully and clearly covered by the decision in the case of The Board for Registration of Architects and Civil Engineers v. Christodoulos K.yriakides, Revisional Appeal No.9, decided on, the 30th.Junethis year (and now reported in (1966) 6 J.S.C. p. 880) about a month after the lodging of the present appeal.
The decision in Kyriakides' case was followed and applied in two other cases of the same nature, Joseph HjLoucas v. The Board for Registration of Architects and Civil Engineers, (1966) 6, J.S.C. p.902,. and Demetrios Pacememtriou against the same Board*, all turning on practically the same legal issues and constitutional provisions as those raised in the present recourse.
Learned counsel for the applicant herein has not been able to distinguish in any way, this case from those just referred to; or to show that they were wrongly decided. We, therefore, found it unnecessary to call on the other side; and we dismiss the appeal.
As regards costs, we are inclined to the view that as there appears to have been room for doubt regarding the matter in issue in this recourse, at least until the decision in Revisional Appeal No.9 (supra) and, therefore, room for doubt when the present appeal was taken, we propose to make no order as to costs. Appeal dismissed. No order for costs.
Order in terms.
* Note:
Decision appealed from is published in (1966)
4 J.S.C. p.582 under the name Tsouris and The Council of Registration for Architects and Civil Engineers. The Court, there, sitting on original jurisdiction, decided that the provisions in
section 9(2) of the Architects and Civil Engineers Law, 1962 (No.41 of 1962) prescribing a time-limit for the submission of an
application for the issue of a licence as an architect by profession under section 9(1)(A) of the Law, are constitutional.
* Bapademetriou w. The Board for Registration of Architects and Civil Engineers, (1966) 6 J.S.C. p. 906.