Section 6: Chief Surveyor

6. Chief Surveyor (1) The Chief Surveyor shall, subject to such directions of a general character as may be given to him by the Minister relating to the cadastral survey of a plot of land, perform such functions and may exercise such powers as are conferred upon him by this Act. (2) The Chief Surveyor— (a) shall be responsible for the placement of a survey control mark on any land parcel; (b) may enter on any plot of land or any adjacent land, to perform such acts as may be necessary for the installation, protection, maintenance, repair, alteration or removal of a survey control mark; (c) may, in respect of a memorandum of survey, survey report or plan deposited with him by a land surveyor— (i) carry field checks at any reasonable time on that plot of land in question; and (ii) make such computations, from the survey dataset deposited, as are necessary to prove the accuracy of the survey, the dimensions, areas, geographical position and the placement of survey marks on a land parcel; (d) shall maintain a national geodetic system and a national survey control system; (e) shall ensure that facilities to receive survey datasets are available; (f) shall be responsible for the updating of the DCDB in such manner as may be prescribed; (g) shall set survey standards and rules for the conduct of cadastral surveys; (h) shall notify, by notice in the Gazette, specified areas to be designated survey areas, being areas of land in respect of which cadastral surveys must be carried out by reference to survey control marks in such manner as may be prescribed; and (i) shall do all such acts as may be incidental to, or necessary for, the exercise of his functions under this Act. (3) Where the Chief Surveyor is of the opinion that he may obtain any information relating to a land parcel from any record or document in the possession of any person, including a public officer, the person concerned shall grant access to it for the Chief Surveyor to obtain the necessary information from the record or document to update the DCDB. (4) The Chief Surveyor may, where appropriate, delegate his functions and powers under this Act to an appropriate officer of the Ministry. (S. 6 came into operation on 1 January 2012.) C1(1) – 7 [Issue 7] Cadastral Survey Act