https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200852 The Architects Act, 1972 operates as a special and complete code governing qualification, registration and the use of the designation "architect", so a municipal corporation cannot continue to apply a separate licensing regime to registered architects under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and the Building Bye-laws, 1959. The corporation's general and residuary bye-law-making powers could support regulation only for persons not covered by the special law, and section 502 of the municipal statute prevented its provisions from being read so as to override an existing law. As a result, registered architects were not required to comply with the impugned municipal licence, fee or security deposit conditions to submit building plans. en-us Wed, 02 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 18:07:39 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200852 The Architects Act, 1972 operates as a special and complete code governing qualification, registration and the use of the designation "architect", so a municipal corporation cannot continue to apply a separate licensing regime to registered architects under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 and the Building Bye-laws, 1959. The corporation's general and residuary bye-law-making powers could support regulation only for persons not covered by the special law, and section 502 of the municipal statute prevented its provisions from being read so as to override an existing law. As a result, registered architects were not required to comply with the impugned municipal licence, fee or security deposit conditions to submit building plans. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 02 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200852