12.

1. Every pupil shall serve professionally under articles for a total period of four years, of which not less than two years and a half shall be spent in professional service in the field and not less than one year in office experience, such period being subject to any exemptions that may be granted under the provisions of regulations 14 and 15 below.

2. Except as provided by regulation 14(l)(d), (e) and (f) each pupil shall during the period of his articles, have had at least two years instruction and experience in title survey.

3. Service under articles shall include not less than six months spent on title surveys in urban areas and not less than six months spent on title surveys in rural areas.

13.

1. The Board, during the currency of his articles, may require any pupil to produce such evidence as it deems necessary to prove that the pupil is receiving instruction and gaining experience in the profession of surveying of a nature satisfactory to the Board.

2. When the Board is of opinion that a pupil has not received sufficient training or gained sufficient experience in the profession of surveying during the period of his articles, it may require such pupil to obtain such additional training and experience as it deems necessary. Such additional training and experience need not, unless the Board otherwise directs, be under articles.

3. Service outside the States of Malaya by any pupil under articles registered with the Board may be accepted provided that the Board is satisfied with the experience gained by such pupil and with the certificates of service produced by him.

4. Service by any pupil under articles registered with a cooperating Board may be accepted provided that such Board forwards a detailed statement of the class of work upon which the pupil has been engaged, signed by the licensed surveyor who is a party to the articles and endorsed by the co-operating Board.

5. The licensed land surveyor shall submit to the Secretary on or before first day of September in each year a certificate in the form of the First Schedule hereto signed by himself and by the pupil, setting out the experience gained by and the training given to every pupil in his employ for the period ending with the thirtieth day of June in that year.

14.

1. A pupil who can show to the satisfaction of the Board he possesses the qualifications or experience detailed hereunder, be granted exemption to the appropriate extent herein set out :

   	Qualifications	Exemption
   (a)	Field experience approved by the Board of not less than twelve months under the supervision of a civil engineer.	Six months' professional service in the field.
   (b)	A certificate or diploma in surveying granted after an examination of a standard approved by the Board, or by the co-operating Board in the territory where such examination is held, at which a person appointed or approved by the Board or by such co-operating Board is a co-examiner.	Nine months' office experience.
   (c)	A certificate granted by a University upon passing an examination consequent upon completing a special course of surveying within the University.	Nine months' office experience.
   (d)	A degree granted by a University upon passing an examination consequent upon completion of a course which, in the opinion of the Board, provides sufficient training in the principles and practice of surveying.	Twelve months' office experience and twelve months' professional service in the field.
   (e)	A degree granted in accordance which paragraph (d) hereof when a representative of the Board, or of a co-operating Board, acts as co-examiner in those subjects relating to surveying.	Twelve months' office experience and eighteen months' professional service in the field.
   (f)	The Technical College diploma in Surveying.	Nine months' office experience plus any period of field service under the Surveyor-General.

2. No pupil shall be granted an exemption under item (d) or item (e) of paragraph (l) hereof unless he serves the term of his apprenticeship under articles with a licensed land surveyor engaged primarily on title surveys.
3. No pupil shall be granted an exemption under more than one of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), of paragraph (l) hereof.
4. Notwithstanding the foregoing the Board reserves the right to grant such exemptions as it thinks fit.