2015 Pt:BUC Acc:ut.':"1TANTS ,\:\D AuDITORS A:v!ENDMENT No. I and has passed examinations to achieve a general accountancy qualification that have been approved by the Board in consultation with the body referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (5) A person shall not be qualified for registration if- (a) he or she has been adjudged or otherwise declared insolvent or bankrupt in terms or a law in force in any country, and has not hcen rehabilitated or discharged; or (b) he or she has made an assignment to or arrangement or composition with his or her creditors in terms of a law in force in any country, and the assignment, anangement or composition has not been rescinded or set aside; or (c) within the period of five yecu·s immediately preceding his application for registration( i) he or she has been convicted ins ide or outside Zimbabwe of a criminal offence which,in the opinion of the Board, is of a disgraceful or clishonourable nature; or (ii) he or she has behaved in amannerwhich,in the opinion of the Board, is uf a disgraceful or dishonourable nature; or (d) he or sbe has been certified either inside or outside Zimbabwe to be mentally disordered or defective or of unsound mind in terms of the Mental Health Act l Chapter I 5:06] or an equivalent law in a foreign country, and the certification remains in force. (6) Before reaching a decision as to whether or not a person is disqualified for registration in terms of subsection (5), the Board shall-(a) inform him or her in writing ofthe grounds on which it might reach such a decision and afford him or her a reasonable opportunity to make representations in the matter, in w1iting or in person as the Board thinks fit; and (b) pay due regard to any representations made by him or her in terms of paragraph (a). (7) Any general accountant who becomes qualilicd as a tax accountant, public accountant or public auditor. or tax accountant who becomes qualified <1S a public accountant or public auditor, or public accountant who becomes qualified as a public auclitor,must, before practising as snelL obtain the appropriate registration as such under this Part 22 Application for registration ( 1) Any person who wishes to be registered in any of the Registers referred to in section 19(1) shaH submit to the constituent body uf which he or she is a member an application therefor in the form and manner prescribed, together \vilh the prescribed reg:istra! ion fee. On r..:ceipt of an application in terms or subsection (l), the secretary or registrar or other executive officer of the constituent body concemed shall cert~fy in wTiting whether or nor the applicant(a) standing of tbe constituent is a mcmher in '7 ' , and