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The Chartered Accountants Ordinance, 1961

( Ordinance NO. X OF 1961 )

Chapter II

THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF BANGLADESH

Associates and Fellows
5. (1) The members of the Institute shall be of two classes designated respectively as associates and fellows.
 
 
 
 
(2) Every person shall, on his name being entered in the Register, become an associate member of the Institute and be entitled to use the letters A.C.A. after his name to indicate that he is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
 
 
 
 
(3) A member, being an associate who has been in continuous practice in Bangladesh for at least five years, whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, or whether partly before and partly after the commencement of this Ordinance, and a member who has been a registered accountant or an associate for a continuous period of not less than ten years whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance or whether partly before or partly after the commencement of this Ordinance shall, on payment of the
 
 
prescribed entrance fee, which shall not exceed rupees five hundred in any case, and on an application made and granted in the prescribed manner, have his name entered in the Register as a fellow of the Institute and shall be entitled to use the letters F.C.A. after his name to indicate that he is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
 
 
 
 
Explanation.- For the purpose of this sub-section two years as a non-practising registered accountant or as a non-practising associate shall be counted as one year of practice of such registered accountant or associate.

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