law: The Architects Act, 1972.
  15.Recognition of architectural qualifications 
  
  granted by authorities in foreign countries.- 
  (1) The Central Government may, after
  
  consultation with the Council, direct, by notification in the Official Gazette,
  
  that an architectural qualification granted by any university or other
  
  institution in any country outside India in respect of which a scheme of
  
  reciprocity for the recognition of architectural qualification is not in force,
  
  shall be a recognized qualification for the purposes of this Act or, shall be
  
  so only when granted after a specified date or before a specified date :
  Provided that until the first Council is constituted
  
  the Central Government shall, before issuing any notification as aforesaid,
  
  consult the expert committee set up under the proviso to sub-section (2) of
  
  section 14.
  (2) The Council may enter into negotiations
  
  with the authority in any State or country outside India, which by the law of
  
  such State or country is entrusted with the maintenance of a register of
  
  architects, for settling of a scheme of reciprocity for the recognition of
  
  architectural qualifications, and in pursuance of any such scheme, the central
  
  Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that such
  
  architectural qualification as the Council has decided should be recognized,
  
  shall be deemed to be a recognized qualification for the purposes of this Act,
  
  any such notification may also direct that such architectural qualification
  
  shall be so recognized only when granted after a specified date or before a
  
  specified date.