What Happens If You Work Without the Right PEC Licence: Fines, Suspension and Deregistration

01The fine: three times the fee

PEC’s registration policy fixes the fine at three times the fee for the category applied for as a new registration. It applies when a firm has obtained and executed work:

• Without a PEC licence of the appropriate category
• Without a valid PEC licence
• Beyond the limit of its licence
• Without its engineers and without completing its PCPs

At the published schedule that is PKR 45,000 against C-6’s PKR 15,000 fee, and PKR 1.2 million against C-A’s PKR 400,000 — before the cost of the work you can no longer bid for.

02Fake papers: suspension and deregistration

• An incorrect or fake engineer affidavit — the firm is suspended and given a personal hearing, then deregistered for six months to three years, warned, or restored, as the Enrolment Committee decides.
• A fake or tampered PEC licence given to a client or to PEC — the same.
• Fake, forged or incorrect work orders or performance certificates — the same, and the committee may also have an FIR lodged against the owner or firm.

03How firms end up here

Most cases are not fraud. A renewal slips past the year end, an attached engineer leaves or their card lapses, or a firm wins a job just above its category limit. Each of these is cheaper to fix before the work starts than after.

04Staying on the right side

1. 01Renew the licence before the year closes
2. 02Track every attached engineer’s card expiry
3. 03Upgrade before bidding above your limit, not after winning
4. 04Attach only real, available engineers