Land Surveyors Act.

This Act regulates the carrying out of surveys of land by, appointment of, qualifications of, etc. land surveyors including Government surveyors, i.e. land surveyors who are public officers of the Ministry of Housing, Lands and Town and Country Planning. No survey, plan or memorandum of survey, of land shall be valid unless it has been made by a land surveyor appointed by a commission issued by the President. No land surveyor, other than a Government surveyor, shall undertake the survey of any State land, unless he has been authorised in writing by the Chief Surveyor. Sections 9 to 15 concern the survey of adjoining lands. A survey memorandum together with plan shall be drawn up by the surveyor, the presence of the owner of the property adjoining the surveyed property is required, and owners of adjoining properties shall present deeds of title to the surveyor. Section 16 defines the duties of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Lands and Town and Country Planning with regard to the conservation of memoranda of survey. Section 18 concerns the cutting of trees to facilitate survey. (20 sections completed by 1 Schedule).

Implemented by: Land Surveyors (Diplomas) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 36 of 2011). (2011-03-03)
Implemented by: Land Surveyors (Fees for the Survey of State Lands) Regulations 2011 (GN No. 58 of 2011). (2011-03-11)
Amended by: Cadastral Survey Act 2011 (No. 22 of 2011). (2011-07-15)