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                                              <b>
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                                              SURVEY ACT, 1962 (ACT 127)</span></b></p>
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                                              As amended </span></p>
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                                              ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p>
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                                              Section</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;GEOLOGICAL AND SOIL SURVEY</span></p>
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                                              1. Geological Survey.</span></p>
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                                              2. Soil Survey.</span></p>
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                                              3. Notice to be given to Owner of 
                                              Land.</span></p>
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                                              4. Penalty for Contravening Part 
                                              I.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;DEMARCATION AND SURVEY OF 
                                              LANDS</span></p>
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                                              5. Official Surveyors and Licensed 
                                              Surveyors.</span></p>
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                                              5A. Licensed Surveyors to Pay 
                                              Practising Fee.</span></p>
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                                              6. No Unqualified Person to Survey 
                                              Land for the Purpose of Preparing 
                                              Plans or to Certify Plans.</span></p>
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                                              7. Register of Licensed Surveyors.</span></p>
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                                              8. Licensed Surveyors to Report 
                                              Annually.</span></p>
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                                              9. Records to be Entered in 
                                              Register.</span></p>
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                                              10. Errors in Survey Work.</span></p>
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                                              11. Power to Direct Survey.</span></p>
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                                              12. Power to Enter on Lands.</span></p>
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                                              13. Notice to Procure Attendance.</span></p>
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                                              14. Clearing of Boundary Line.</span></p>
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                                              15. Compensation for Damage done 
                                              by Clearance.</span></p>
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                                              16. Erection of Boundary Marks.</span></p>
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                                              17. Power to Place Boundary Marks 
                                              under Charge of Owners and 
                                              Occupiers.</span></p>
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                                              18. Power to Re-Erect and Repair 
                                              Boundary Marks.</span></p>
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                                              19. Duties of Local Authority.</span></p>
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                                              20. Penalty for Destroying, Etc., 
                                              Boundary Marks. </span></p>
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                                              21. Penalty for Refusing or 
                                              Neglecting to Comply with Orders, 
                                              etc.</span></p>
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                                              22. Penalty for Obstructing 
                                              Survey.</span></p>
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                                              23. Penalty for 
                                              Non-Standardisation.</span></p>
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                                              24. Regulations.</span></p>
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                                              25. Interpretation.</span></p>
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                                              PART III&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
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                                              26. Repeals.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SEVENTH</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p>
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                                              ENTITLED</span></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              THE SURVEY ACT, 1962</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              AN ACT to consolidate with 
                                              amendments the law relating to 
                                              geological, soil and land survey.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 20th June, 1962</span></p>
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                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              PART I&#8212;GEOLOGICAL AND SOIL SURVEY</span></p>
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                                              <i>
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                                              Geological Survey</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial">.</span></p>
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                                              Section 1&#8212;Geological Survey.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Director of Geological Survey 
                                              and every officer of the 
                                              Geological Survey Department shall 
                                              have the power of&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) going to any part of the 
                                              surface of any land or any 
                                              underground passages or workings 
                                              thereunder in order to make 
                                              surveys, take samples, make 
                                              borings and do and cause to be 
                                              done all things necessary for 
                                              carrying out the geological survey 
                                              of such land or for making any 
                                              report thereon; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) calling for the production of, 
                                              inspecting and taking copies or 
                                              extracts from, any books, papers, 
                                              plans and documents dealing with 
                                              prospecting or the operation of 
                                              mining on any land which is the 
                                              subject of a mining concession.</span></p>
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                                              Soil Survey</span></i></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 2&#8212;Soil Survey.</span></b></p>
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                                              Every public officer whose duties 
                                              include the survey of soil and who 
                                              is authorised by the Minister 
                                              responsible for soil survey shall 
                                              have the power of going to any 
                                              part of the surface of any land in 
                                              order to make survey, make 
                                              borings, dig, take samples and do 
                                              and cause to be done all things 
                                              necessary for carrying out a soil 
                                              survey on such land or making any 
                                              report thereon.</span></p>
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                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              General Provisions</span></i></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 3&#8212;Notice to be Given to 
                                              Owner of Land.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              reasonable notice in writing of an 
                                              intention to exercise any of the 
                                              powers mentioned in section 1 or 2 
                                              of this Act shall be given to the 
                                              local authority in the area who in 
                                              turn shall inform the owner or the 
                                              person in possession of the land.</span></p>
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                                              Section 4&#8212;Penalty for Contravening 
                                              Part I.</span></b></p>
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                                              Any person who&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) without reasonable excuse 
                                              obstructs, resists or interferes 
                                              with any of the officers mentioned 
                                              in either section 1(a) or section 
                                              2 of this Act while such officer 
                                              is performing his functions under 
                                              this Part; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) refuses or neglects to produce 
                                              any documents required under 
                                              section 1(b) of this Act, shall be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred pounds.</span></p>
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                                              PART II&#8212;DEMARCATION AND SURVEY OF 
                                              LANDS</span></p>
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                                              <i>
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                                              Qualification and Registration of 
                                              Surveyors</span></i></p>
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                                              <b>
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                                              Section 5&#8212;Official Surveyors and 
                                              Licensed Surveyors.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Minister to whom functions 
                                              under this Act are assigned by the 
                                              President (hereinafter in this 
                                              Part referred to as the Minister) 
                                              may appoint official surveyors, 
                                              and the Chief Survey Officer may, 
                                              with the prior approval of the 
                                              Minister, license private 
                                              surveyors, whose functions shall 
                                              be to demarcate boundaries and to 
                                              make surveys of lands.</span></p>
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                                              Section 5A&#8212;Licensed Surveyors to 
                                              Pay Practising Fee.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A surveyor licensed under 
                                              section 5 of this Act shall not 
                                              perform any functions specified in 
                                              that section or section 6, unless 
                                              he complies with subsection (2) of 
                                              this&nbsp; section.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Every surveyor referred to 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall pay an annual fee of ¢20.00 
                                              to the Chief Survey Officer on or 
                                              before the 31st day of January of 
                                              each year:</span></p>
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                                              Provided that the fee for the year 
                                              1974 shall be paid on or before 
                                              the 30th day of September, 1974.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Any such surveyor who performs 
                                              any functions in contravention of 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall be liable on summary 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              ¢200.00 or to imprisonment for a 
                                              term not exceeding six months, and 
                                              shall not be entitled to recover 
                                              either by civil action or 
                                              otherwise, any fee, reward or 
                                              disbursement on account of or in 
                                              relation to any act done by him in 
                                              the course of such practice.[As 
                                              inserted by the Survey (Amendment) 
                                              Decree, 1974 (NRCD 283), s.1]</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 6&#8212;No Unqualified Person to 
                                              Survey Land for the Purpose of 
                                              Preparing Plans or to Certify 
                                              Plans</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial">.</span></p>
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                                              (1) No person other than an 
                                              official surveyor, a licensed 
                                              surveyor, or any public officer 
                                              making or preparing any plan in 
                                              the course of his duties as such 
                                              shall survey any land for the 
                                              purpose of preparing any plan for 
                                              attachment to any instrument of 
                                              conveyance, leases, assignment, 
                                              charge, or transfer.</span></p>
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                                              (2) No person other than an 
                                              official surveyor or a licensed 
                                              surveyor shall certify any plan.</span></p>
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                                              (3) Any person contravening the 
                                              provisions of this section shall 
                                              be liable to a fine not exceeding 
                                              one hundred pounds or to 
                                              imprisonment for a term not 
                                              exceeding six months.</span></p>
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                                              (4) Nothing in this section shall 
                                              apply to the mere copying of a 
                                              plan.</span></p>
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                                              Section 7&#8212;Register of Licensed 
                                              Surveyors.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A register of licensed 
                                              surveyors shall be kept by the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer at Accra; and 
                                              all regulations made under this 
                                              Part shall be communicated by the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer to every 
                                              licensed surveyor on the register.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Every licensed surveyor shall 
                                              keep a copy of such regulations up 
                                              to date, and shall produce the 
                                              same for inspection by an official 
                                              surveyor when called upon so to 
                                              do.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 8&#8212;Licensed Surveyors to 
                                              Report Annually.</span></b></p>
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                                              Every licensed surveyor shall 
                                              before the 15th day of January in 
                                              each year report in writing to the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer at Accra, his 
                                              full name and postal address, for 
                                              entry in the register, and shall 
                                              also likewise so report any 
                                              subsequent changes of address or 
                                              name that may from time to time 
                                              take place.</span></p>
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                                              Section 9&#8212;Records to be Entered in 
                                              Register.</span></b></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              record shall be made in the 
                                              register referred to in section 7 
                                              of this Act against the name of 
                                              any licensed surveyor&#8212; </span></p>
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                                              (a) who has performed any 
                                              creditable work or service under 
                                              the Government or public bodies; 
                                              or</span></p>
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                                              (b) whose licence has been revoked 
                                              or suspended.</span></p>
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                                              System of Work</span></i></p>
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                                              Section 10&#8212;Errors in Survey Work.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) If the work of a licensed 
                                              surveyor has not been performed in 
                                              accordance with the provisions of 
                                              this Part of this Act and 
                                              regulations made thereunder or the 
                                              work is found to contain errors, 
                                              the Chief Survey Officer may&#8212;</span></p>
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                                              (a) call upon the licensed 
                                              surveyor to do the work in 
                                              accordance with the provisions of 
                                              this Act and regulations made 
                                              thereunder, or to rectify the 
                                              error, as the case may be; or</span></p>
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                                              (b) call upon another licensed 
                                              surveyor to rectify the error.</span></p>
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                                              (2) Where an error is rectified 
                                              under subsection (1)(b) of this 
                                              section the Chief Survey Officer 
                                              shall call upon the licensed 
                                              surveyor responsible for the error 
                                              to pay the expenses of the 
                                              rectification.</span></p>
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                                              (3) If the licensed surveyor 
                                              mentioned in subsection (2) of 
                                              this section fails forthwith to 
                                              pay the expenses, the Chief Survey 
                                              Officer may as nominal plaintiff 
                                              by suit recover with the costs of 
                                              the suit the expenses of 
                                              rectification.</span></p>
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                                              (4) A certificate signed by the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer certifying 
                                              the amount of the expenses 
                                              referred to in subsection (2) of 
                                              this section shall, without proof 
                                              of signature be a prima facie 
                                              evidence of the amount due.</span></p>
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                                              (5) A licensed surveyor who 
                                              wilfully renders a false 
                                              certificate on a plan prepared 
                                              under this Act and regulations 
                                              made thereunder shall be liable on 
                                              conviction to a fine not exceeding 
                                              one hundred pounds or to 
                                              imprisonment for a term not 
                                              exceeding six months.</span></p>
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                                              Section 11&#8212;Power to Direct Survey.</span></b></p>
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                                              The Chief Survey Officer may, 
                                              whenever he thinks fit so to do, 
                                              direct that the boundaries of any 
                                              land shall be demarcated, or that 
                                              a survey shall be made of any 
                                              land, or both.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 12&#8212;Power to Enter on 
                                              Lands.</span></b></p>
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                                              Any official or licensed surveyor 
                                              may with his agents, servants, and 
                                              workmen, enter upon any land which 
                                              he is appointed to demarcate or 
                                              survey, and may make all enquires 
                                              and do or cause to be done all 
                                              things necessary for effecting the 
                                              demarcation of the boundaries and 
                                              the survey of such land.</span></p>
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                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 13&#8212;Notice to Procure 
                                              Attendance.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) A surveyor, demarcating or 
                                              surveying a land, may cause a 
                                              notice to be served on any person 
                                              owning, occupying, or otherwise 
                                              interested in, any land abutting 
                                              thereon, or on any person employed 
                                              on or connected with the 
                                              management or cultivation of such 
                                              land, requiring such persons to 
                                              attend personally, or by agent, 
                                              before him at such time and place 
                                              as may be stated in such notice, 
                                              for the purpose of pointing out 
                                              the boundaries of such land, or of 
                                              affording such information as may 
                                              be needed for the purpose of 
                                              survey or demarcation.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The surveyor may issue a 
                                              notice calling upon any person who 
                                              in his opinion is able to give any 
                                              information respecting the 
                                              boundaries of the land, or in 
                                              whose possession or power any 
                                              document relating to such 
                                              boundaries is alleged to be, to 
                                              attend before him and give such 
                                              information or produce such 
                                              document on the date and at a 
                                              place specified in the notice.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 14&#8212;Clearing of Boundary 
                                              Line.</span></b></p>
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                                              (1) Any person desiring his land 
                                              to be either demarcated or 
                                              surveyed or both may apply to the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer to have the 
                                              land demarcated, surveyed or both, 
                                              as the case may be.</span></p>
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                                              (2) The Chief Survey Officer may 
                                              require a person making an 
                                              application under subsection (1) 
                                              of this section to clear any 
                                              boundary or other line for the 
                                              purpose of the demarcation or 
                                              survey of the land by cutting down 
                                              and removing any trees, bush, 
                                              fences, or growing crops.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) The Chief Survey Officer may 
                                              when he thinks it necessary employ 
                                              labour for the purpose of clearing 
                                              any boundary or line mentioned in 
                                              subsection (2), in such a case, 
                                              the cost of labour shall be borne 
                                              by the applicant.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (4) A certificate signed by the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer certifying 
                                              the cost of labour shall without 
                                              proof of signature be a prima 
                                              facie evidence of the cost of 
                                              labour.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 15&#8212;Compensation for Damage 
                                              Done by Clearance.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Where compensation is claimed 
                                              as a result of a clearance of any 
                                              line in accordance with a 
                                              direction of the Chief Survey 
                                              Officer under section 11 of this 
                                              Act the surveyor shall assess the 
                                              value of any trees, bush, fences, 
                                              or growing crops which may have 
                                              been cut down or removed, and pay 
                                              or tender to the owners thereof 
                                              the amount of compensation which 
                                              in his opinion may be allowed 
                                              therefor.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Any dispute arising concerning 
                                              the sufficiency of the amount so 
                                              paid or tendered shall be finally 
                                              determined by the District 
                                              Magistrate of the district upon 
                                              application made to him for that 
                                              purpose by either of the disputing 
                                              parties.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 16&#8212;Erection of Boundary 
                                              Marks.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              surveyor may, if the boundaries of 
                                              a land under survey have not 
                                              already been correctly marked in 
                                              the prescribed manner by the owner 
                                              of the land, mark out the 
                                              boundaries of the land according 
                                              to the manner of marking 
                                              prescribed by regulations.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 17&#8212;Power to Place Boundary 
                                              Marks Under Charge of Owners and 
                                              Occupiers.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The Chief Survey Officer may 
                                              cause a notice to be served on any 
                                              owner or occupier and place under 
                                              his charge any boundary marks 
                                              erected on the boundary of his 
                                              land.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every owner or occupier shall 
                                              preserve any boundary marks placed 
                                              under his charge and shall give 
                                              immediate notice to the Chief 
                                              Survey Officer if the marks are 
                                              damaged, destroyed, removed, or 
                                              require repairs.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 18&#8212;Power to Re-Erect and 
                                              Repair Boundary Marks.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) Whenever the Chief Survey 
                                              Officer becomes aware that any 
                                              boundary mark has been damaged, 
                                              destroyed, removed, or requires 
                                              repair, he may cause the mark to 
                                              be re-erected, restored, or 
                                              repaired.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) The Chief Survey Officer may 
                                              by suit recover with the costs of 
                                              the suit all expenses incurred in 
                                              respect of the re-erection, 
                                              restoration, or repair from the 
                                              owner or occupier who was bound to 
                                              preserve the mark.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (3) A certificate signed by the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer certifying 
                                              the amount of such expenses shall 
                                              without proof of signature be 
                                              prima facie evidence of the amount 
                                              due.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 19&#8212;Duties of Local 
                                              Authority.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Every local authority shall,</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) endeavour to prevent the 
                                              destruction, damage, or alteration 
                                              of any boundary mark within the 
                                              limits of its jurisdiction; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) whenever it becomes aware that 
                                              any such mark has been destroyed, 
                                              damaged or altered, report 
                                              immediately to the nearest Survey 
                                              Division such destruction, damage, 
                                              or alteration.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Penalties.</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 20&#8212;Penalty for Destroying, 
                                              Etc., Boundary Marks. </span></b>
                                              </p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who wilfully or 
                                              unlawfully destroys, moves, or 
                                              alters a boundary mark, or who 
                                              wilfully destroys, moves, or 
                                              alters a survey mark, shall be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred pounds or to imprisonment 
                                              for any term not exceeding six 
                                              months, or to both.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 21&#8212;Penalty for Refusing or 
                                              Neglecting to Comply with Orders, 
                                              Etc.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any person who fails to comply 
                                              with any order, contained in any 
                                              notice duly served upon him under 
                                              this Act shall be liable to a fine 
                                              not exceeding fifty pounds.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 22&#8212;Penalty for Obstructing 
                                              Survey.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              If any person wilfully obstructs, 
                                              hinders or resists any official or 
                                              licensed surveyor in the execution 
                                              of his duty in ascertaining and 
                                              marking out of boundaries of any 
                                              land under the provisions of this 
                                              Part, or any workman or other 
                                              person acting under the direction 
                                              of such surveyor, he shall be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding one 
                                              hundred pounds.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 23&#8212;Penalty for 
                                              Non-Standardisation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Any licensed surveyor who is at 
                                              any time found on inspection by 
                                              the Chief Survey Officer or his 
                                              representative to be ignorant of 
                                              any error of his steel tape or 
                                              chain, or to be working with a 
                                              tape or chain not properly 
                                              compared with an authorised 
                                              standard in accordance with the 
                                              provisions of this Part shall be 
                                              liable to a fine not exceeding ten 
                                              pounds for each occasion on which 
                                              such offence is committed.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <i>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              General Provisions</span></i></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 24&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Minister may, by legislative 
                                              instrument, make Regulations,
                                              </span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (a) prescribing the forms of 
                                              certificate for the certification 
                                              of plans by licensed surveyors;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (b) for the submission of 
                                              applications for, and the grant 
                                              of, a surveyor's licence;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (c) for the method of survey and 
                                              supervision of survey work;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (d) prescribing fees for survey 
                                              work for official and licensed 
                                              surveyors;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (e) for any matter, including 
                                              fees, which is to be prescribed or 
                                              is to be provided for by 
                                              regulations;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (f) for the conduct and holding of 
                                              examinations; and</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (g) for giving full effect to the 
                                              provisions of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 25&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;cadastral plan&quot; means a map or 
                                              plan purporting to show boundaries 
                                              of land with accuracy, and giving 
                                              exact measurements by which the 
                                              boundaries may be demarcated on 
                                              the ground, such map or plan being 
                                              made in conformity with the result 
                                              of a survey carried out by an 
                                              official surveyor or licensed 
                                              surveyor to be certified by him, 
                                              and requiring, whether made by an 
                                              official surveyor or by a licensed 
                                              surveyor, to be approved by the 
                                              Chief Survey Officer or any person 
                                              appointed by him for that purpose;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;certified plan&quot; means a map or 
                                              plan purporting to show boundaries 
                                              of land with accuracy, and giving 
                                              exact measurements by which the 
                                              boundaries may be demarcated or 
                                              redemarcated on the ground, such 
                                              plan being certified by a licensed 
                                              surveyor in accordance with this 
                                              Part;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &quot;plan&quot; includes a map.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              PART III&#8212;MISCELLANEOUS</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <b>
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Section 26&#8212;Repeals.</span></b></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (1) The following enactments are 
                                              hereby repealed&#8212;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Survey Ordinance (Cap. 132).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Geological Survey (Facilities) 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 148).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              The Soil Survey (Facilities) 
                                              Ordinance (Cap. 156).</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">&nbsp;</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              (2) Every statutory instrument 
                                              made or every licence or 
                                              certificate granted under an 
                                              enactment repealed by this Act and 
                                              in force immediately before the 
                                              commencement of this Act shall 
                                              continue in force as if made or 
                                              granted under the corresponding 
                                              provision of this Act.</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              amended by</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              SURVEY (AMENDMENT) DECREE, 1974 (NRCD 
                                              283)1</span></p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</p>
                                              <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
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