CROSS RIVER – SURVEY LAW

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LAWS OF CROSS RIVER STATE

SURVEY LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

CHAPTER S18

 

1. Plan attached to a registrable instrument or court judgment to be signed by a surveyor.
2. Submission of maps, plans and diagrams to State Surveyor-General.
3. Unlicensed person not to undertake professional surveying.
4. Powers in relation to all public surveys.
5. Compensation.
6. Power of surveyor to enter upon land.
7. Penalty for removing survey and boundary marks.
8. Duty of owners and occupiers in relation to survey marks.
9. Duty of chief and local government.
10. Penalty for uncovering or neglecting to recover survey beacons or marks.
11. Reward to informer.
12. Execution of order at the expense of person disobeying it.
13. Penalty for obstructing surveyors.
14. Recovery of moneys due.
15. Delegation of functions of Surveyor-General.
16. Power of Commissioner to make regulations.
17. Interpretation.
18. Short title.

CHAPTER S18

SURVEY LAW

A Law to amend and consolidate the Law relating to the Survey of Lands.

(7th February, 1953)

[Commencement.]

1. Plan attached to registrable instrument or tendered in evidence to be signed by surveyor

No map, plan or diagram of land—

(a)      if prepared after the 1st day of June, 1918, shall be accepted for registration with any registrable instrument which is required by any written law to contain a map, plan or diagram; and

(b)      if prepared, after the 20th day of October, 1897 shall, save for good cause shown to the court, be admitted in evidence in any court, unless the map, plan or diagram has been prepared and signed by a surveyor or is a copy of a map, plan or diagram so prepared and signed and is certified by a surveyor as being a true copy.

2. Submission of maps, plans and diagrams to State Surveyor-General

(1)      Where a licensed surveyor prepares any map, plan or diagram which is to be annexed to, or form part of, any registrable instrument, he shall—

(a)      insert the date of completion of the preparation of the map, plan or diagram at the foot or other conspicuous part thereof; and

(b)      within one month of the date of completion, submit a copy of the map, plan or diagram to the State Surveyor-General.

[1977 Decree No. 22.]

(2)      The Surveyor-General shall, on receipt of any of the documents provided for under subsection (1) above, issue a certificate of deposit to the licensed surveyor on payment of a fee of fifty kobo.

(3)      Any licensed surveyor who fails to submit to the State Surveyor-General the documents provided for under subsection (1) above shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding forty naira.

(4)      The Surveyor-General shall keep proper record of any map, plan or diagram so submitted to him pursuant to this section and shall ensure its safe custody and shall make it available to members of the public for inspection.

3. Unlicensed persons not to undertake professional surveying

Any person who practices or professes to practice the profession of surveying, not being a surveyor, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one hundred naira in respect of each transaction in which he was engaged, and shall not be entitled to sue in any court for remuneration in respect of a survey, plan, map or diagram made by him.

4. Powers in relation to all public surveys

(1)      For the purposes of any public survey the Surveyor-General or any surveyor authorised by him may enter upon any land with such assistants as may reasonably be required, and may affix or set up or place thereon or therein trigonometrical stations, survey beacons, marks or poles, and do all things necessary for such survey.

(2)      The surveyor shall, when practicable, give reasonable notice to the owner or occupier of the land of his intention to enter thereon.

5. Compensation

Compensation shall be payable out of the public revenues to the owner of any crops or trees cut or damaged in the exercise of any of the powers conferred by section 6; and if any question shall arise as to the amount of compensation to be paid or the right of a claimant to recover compensation, such question shall, in default of agreement between the Surveyor- General and all persons concerned, be finally determined by a magistrate on application made by the Surveyor-General or any person authorised by him in that behalf, or by any person claiming to be entitled to compensation under the provisions of this subsection:

Provided that no such application shall be granted if it is by a person claiming to be entitled to compensation and is made more than thirty days after the date on which the crops or trees in respect of which the claim is brought were cut or damaged.

6. Power of surveyor to enter upon land

Any surveyor may, for the purposes of surveying any land which he is employed to survey, enter on and pass over any land, whether private or public, causing as little inconvenience to the owner or occupier of such land as is consistent with his duties.

7. Penalty for removing survey and boundary marks

Any unauthorised person who shall wilfully obliterate, remove or injure any trigonometrical station, survey beacon, mark or pole or any boundary mark affixed, set up or placed for the purpose of any public survey or any survey ordered by a court shall be liable to a fine of forty naira or to imprisonment for three months or to both, and in addition may be ordered to pay the cost of repairing or replacing the thing obliterated, removed or damaged and of making any survey rendered necessary by the act for which the conviction is had.

8. Duty of owners and occupiers in relation to survey marks

(1)      It shall be the duty of the owner and the occupier of any land on or in, or on the boundaries of which any trigonometrical station, survey beacon, mark or pole has been affixed, set up or placed, to preserve such trigonometrical station, survey beacon, mark or pole and forthwith to report to the nearest district officer if the same shall be obliterated, removed or injured or shall require repair.

(2)      Any owner or occupier failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of ten naira.

9. Duty of chief and local government

(1)      It shall be the duty of every chief or local government—

(a)      to prevent the obliteration, removal or injury of any trigonometrical station, survey beacon, mark or pole or boundary mark within the local limits of his or its jurisdiction; and

(b)      forthwith to report to the nearest district officer any such obliteration, removal or injury.

(2)      Any chief or local government failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of ten naira.

10. Penalty for uncovering or neglecting to recover survey beacons or marks

(1)      Any person who, unless acting on the authority of the Surveyor-General, shall uncover any survey beacon or mark buried below the surface of the ground, or covered with earth, stone or other material, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of forty naira.

(2)      Any person who, having uncovered a survey beacon or mark with the authority of the Surveyor-General, shall neglect—

(a)      in the case of a covered beacon or mark to cover the same in the prescribed manner; or

(b)      in the case of a buried beacon or mark properly to fill up the hole with the same material as the ground or road under which the beacon or mark is buried, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of forty naira.

11. Reward to informer

Any informer on whose information a conviction is secured against any person of an offence under section 7 or section 10 of this Law or under section 458 of the Criminal Code may, with the approval of the Commissioner, be paid a reward not exceeding ten naira out of the public revenues.

12. Execution of order at the expense of person disobeying it

If any owner or occupier of any land, or any other person, being ordered in accordance with the provisions of this Law to perform any act, fails to perform such act within a reasonable time, the officer who gave the order may, after giving notice to such owner, occupier or other person of his intention so to do, cause the act to be performed; and the expenses incurred in such performance shall be payable by such owner, occupier or other person.

13. Penalty for obstructing surveyors

Any person who wilfully obstructs, hinders, resists or threatens any surveyor in the execution of his duty in or about the conduct of any public survey or any survey ordered by a court, or any workman or other person acting in aid of any such surveyor, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one hundred naira or imprisonment for six months or both.

14. Recovery of moneys due

Any sum due under the provisions of this Law may be sued for and recovered by the Surveyor-General or any person authorised by him by action in any court of competent jurisdiction.

15. Delegation of functions of Surveyor-General

(1)      The Surveyor-General may by notice in the Cross River State of Nigeria Gazette delegate any of his functions under this Law to any officer of the Survey Division by name or office, except the function prescribed by this section.

(2)      Any such delegation shall be revocable at will and no delegation shall prevent the exercise by the Surveyor-General of any function.

16. Power of Commissioner to make regulations

The Commissioner may make regulations for—

(a)      prescribing the manner in which surveys are to be made, the records to be kept by licensed surveyors and the manner of keeping the same;

(b)      prescribing the manner of the demarcation of boundaries in connection with surveys;

(c)      with regard to plans of survey and their preparation and the matters to be shown thereon;

(d)      with regard to the publication, issue, service and form of notices to be published, issued or served under this Law or regulations made thereunder;

(e)      prescribing the returns to be made by licensed surveyors to the Surveyor-General;

(f)      requiring surveyors to report to the Surveyor-General matters connected with surveys on which they are engaged or with previous surveys, ascertained by them during the course of their work;

(g)      for securing the maintenance of boundary marks in their correct position and the preservation of the same;

(h)      providing for the checking of surveys alleged to be erroneous and for the incidence of the expenses of such checking;

(i)       providing for the checking and correction of tapes and instruments used by surveyors;

(j)      providing for and regulating the inspection and the taking of copies of plans of surveys in any office of the Survey Division;

(k)      prescribing the fees which may be charged for services rendered by the Survey Division;

(l)       prescribing any other matters which this Law requires or authorises to be prescribed;

(m)     generally for giving effect to the purposes of this Law.

17. Interpretation

In this Law—

“licensed surveyor” means a surveyor licensed under the Survey Act or under any Act providing for such licensing which was in force at any time before commencement of the Survey Act;

“owner” in relation to any land, means any person receiving rents or profits from any tenant or occupier thereof whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or who would receive the same if the land were let;

“public survey” means any survey made for the purpose of defining the boundaries of any land which is owned by the State or any public authority or in which the State or any public authority possesses or disposes of any interest, or any survey which forms part of the general survey of Cross River State or of any part thereof;

“registrable instrument” means any document relating to land the registration of which is required by any written law;

“Survey Division” means the Survey Division of the Ministry of Town Planning;

“surveyor” means a licensed surveyor or an officer of the Survey Department authorised by the Surveyor-General to carry out surveys;

“Surveyor-General” means the Surveyor-General of the Survey Division and, in relation to any function delegated to an officer of the Survey Division under the provisions of section 17, includes such officer.

18. Short title

This Law may be cited as the Survey Law.

CHAPTER S18

SURVEY LAW

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

List of Subsidiary Legislation

1. Survey Regulations.
2. Survey (Fees) Regulations.

SURVEY REGULATIONS

CONTENTS

Citation

PART 1

Definitions

PART 2

Field Survey Methods

PART 3

Demarcation

PART 4

Survey Plans, Records and Information Regulations

PART 5

Private Applications for Survey to the Surveyor-General

PART 6

Miscellaneous

SCHEDULE

FORMS

INDEX

Regulation

Angle irons ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11

Angular observations …………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (a)

Areas—

Calculation …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (e) (iv)

Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (j)

Azimuths—

Accuracy ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (b)

Datum ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6

Beacons 10-29

Construction …………………………………………………………………………………………. 10-13

Conterminous boundaries ……………………………………………………………………….. 7, 17

Damage, etc., reporting ………………………………………………………………………….. 26, 28

Definition …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2

Inside building ………………………………………………………………………………………. 10 (c)

Intervals ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16

Minimising …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8

Mining, defining area …………………………………………………………………………….. 12

Mound (Cairn) ……………………………………………………………………………………… 11

Mining, construction ……………………………………………………………………………… 24

Numbering …………………………………………………………………………………………… 14

Obstacles to ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10 (d), 18

Preservation …………………………………………………………………………………………. 25

Re-establishing ……………………………………………………………………………………… 17, 29

Uncovering …………………………………………………………………………………………… 48, 49

Bearings—

Computations ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 (e) (i)

Misclosures ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 (a)

Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (e)

Boundaries—

Blazed trees on ……………………………………………………………………………………… 20

Clearing, width ……………………………………………………………………………………… 19

Conterminous ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

Curved, avoidance of …………………………………………………………………………….. 22

E.P.L., disagreement with plan ……………………………………………………………….. 24 (d)

Linear accuracy …………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

Mining …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 24

Objections to ………………………………………………………………………………………… 23

Railway ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21 (i)

Road ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 21 (ii)

Building Lines, representation ………………………………………………………………………. 31 (e) (iv)

Cairns ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11

INDEX—continued

Catenary taping …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (c) (ii)

Certification of plans …………………………………………………………………………………… 38

Checking—

Responsibility for payment …………………………………………………………………….. 45

Computations ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (e)

Inspection of ………………………………………………………………………………………… 34

Concrete, preparation …………………………………………………………………………………… 13

Connections ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4

Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (e) (ii), 33

Conterminous boundaries …………………………………………………………………………….. 7

Co-ordinates—

Computation …………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 (e) (iii)

Plotting ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 (b)

Country lands—

Beaconing large areas ……………………………………………………………………………. 11

Definition …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2

Curves, avoidance of …………………………………………………………………………………… 22

Datum, checking …………………………………………………………………………………………. 6

Detail, survey of …………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (f)

Entry upon land ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 47

E.P.L disagreement of beacons and plan ………………………………………………………… 24 (e)

Erasures …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 (d) (ii)

Excavations—

Authority for ………………………………………………………………………………………… 48

Warnings of …………………………………………………………………………………………. 49

Field Books ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 (d)

Inspection …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 34

Forms—

Approved ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (e) (v)

Modifications of ……………………………………………………………………………………. 51

Grids, rectangular ………………………………………………………………………………….. 31 (b)

Information to licensed surveyors ……………………………………………………………. 39, 40

Inspection of plans ………………………………………………………………………………………. 35

Investigations of surveys ……………………………………………………………………………… 34

Liability for payment …………………………………………………………………………………… 46

Licensed surveyors’ surveys …………………………………………………………………………. 45

Office checking ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 34

Judgments of court, plans for ………………………………………………………………………… 32 (2)

Licensed surveyors—

Checking charges ………………………………………………………………………………….. 45, 46

Information to ………………………………………………………………………………………. 39, 40

Investigation of work …………………………………………………………………………….. 34, 42 (2), 46

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Survey Law

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INDEX—continued

Licensed surveyors—continued

Plans for court judgments ……………………………………………………………………….. 32 (2)

Purchase of plans ………………………………………………………………………………….. 37

Tape standardisations …………………………………………………………………………….. 50

Registrable plans …………………………………………………………………………………… 32 (i)

Linear measurements—

Accuracy ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (c) (i)

Computations ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 (e) (ii)

Corrections to ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 (c) (iii)

Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (e)

Local origin ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4 (2)

Mining areas—

Beacon ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12

Boundaries …………………………………………………………………………………………… 24

E.P.L., Plan at variance with beacons ………………………………………………………. 24 (e)

Scales of plans ……………………………………………………………………………………… 31 (i) (i), (ii)

Offsets—

Irregular boundaries ………………………………………………………………………………. 9

Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (e) (iii)

Original drawing …………………………………………………………………………………… 30, 31

Pegs, hardwood …………………………………………………………………………………….. 11

Plans ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 30-40

Areas …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 31 (j)

Certification of ………………………………………………………………………………….. 38

Data on ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 1

Inspection …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 35

Judgments of court ………………………………………………………………………………… 32 (2)

Registrable instruments ………………………………………………………………………….. 32 (i), 33

Sale …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 36, 37

Scales ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31 (i)

Preliminary fees—

Retention, withdrawal of application ……………………………………………………….. 43 (2)

Preservation of beacons …………………………………………………………………………. 25

Records of survey, calling for …………………………………………………………………. 34

Registrable instruments, plans ………………………………………………………………… 32 (i), 33

Scales of plans ……………………………………………………………………………………… 31 (i)

Standardisation ……………………………………………………………………………………… 50

Record of ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 5 (d) (iii)

Surveys—

Accuracy ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3

Definition …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2

Private …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 41–46

INDEX—continued

Title deed plans—

Copy of original to be supplied ……………………………………………………………….. 32 (i)

Data …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33

Town lands, definition …………………………………………………………………………………. 2

Traverses, accuracy …………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

Representation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 31 (e) (ii)

Trig connections …………………………………………………………………………………………. 4

SURVEY REGULATIONS

1. These regulations may be cited as the Survey Regulations.

[Section 18. E.R. No. 12 of 1953.]

PART 1

Definitions

2. In these regulations—

“beacon” means a permanent mark of any kind made of concrete, iron or stone, and includes a pillar or boundary post of such material;

“country lands” means all lands other than plots of less than ten acres inside or within one mile of the boundaries of a Municipality, urban country, Government station, town or country planning area, or local government settlement area;

“demarcation” means the marking of lines by beacons or blazed trees;

“survey” means any survey made in connection with any plan prepared under the Law for any registrable instrument or judgment or order of court;

“Survey Division” means the Survey Division of the Ministry of Town Planning;

“the Law” means the Survey Law;

“town lands” include all lands other than country lands.

PART 2

Field Survey Methods

3. Subject to such modifications as may be authorised by the Surveyor-General for any particular survey, the survey of the boundaries of any parcel of land shall be effected by methods defining the boundary to an accuracy equivalent to that of a surround traverse with a closing error of 1/3, 000 controlled in direction by connection to Government survey framework beacons or by astronomical observations for azimuth.
4. (i) Survey shall where possible be connected by closed traverse triangulation to a Government survey beacon or beacons. Connections shall be made to the accuracy laid down under regulation 3, and need to be by traverse if the length of the connection exceeds a mile. Where it is not possible to close the traverse the lengths shall be double chained and, if exceeding twenty stations, a check azimuth shall be observed to control the bearings.

(ii)      When there are no available Government survey beacons, a local origin shall be established by a permanent beacon described by reference to neighbouring identifiable landmarks, to which local origin the survey of the parcel of land shall be connected.

5. Subject to such modifications as the Surveyor-General may authorise for any particular survey the following shall be observed for survey measurements and for their recording and reduction—

(a)      Theodolite Stations—

(i)       Reading each station: 1 face right, 1 face left;

(ii)      Maximum number of stations: “N” for closure of bearings: 30;

(iii)     Maximum misclosure in bearings: 30″ x √ N;

(b)      Azimuth—

(i)       Reading each station: three separate sun or star observations; unless the latitude is certain within one minute of arc it shall be necessary to pair observations east and west of the meridian;

(ii)      Maximum range in the 3 azimuth: 30″;

(c)      Linear Measurements—

(i)       Readings: to the nearest hundredth of a foot for theodolite traverse;

(ii)      Method of taping: along the ground where the nature of the ground and the required standards of accuracy warrant such procedure, otherwise in catenary;

(iii)     Corrections to measurements: to the nearest 1/100th of a foot for standard, slope, and, where necessary, temperature and sag, in the case of theodolite traverses;

(d)      Field Books—

(i)       All necessary measurements shall be entered in ink as they are made;

(ii)      No erasures shall be made or pages torn out;

(iii)     The contents shall include: surveyor’s name, title of survey, location, identity of instruments used, error of field tape and date of its standardisation, index and dates of observations, explanatory diagrams accompanying the observations wherever necessary, measurements to permanent features shown on or alongside the boundaries;

(e)      Computations—

(i)       Bearings: surveys by theodolite traverse shall be computed on True bearings, or on Colony bearings where connected to points of the main framework of Nigeria, reduced to the nearest 30″;

(ii)      Lengths: corrected lengths shall be reduced to the nearest tenth of a foot preparatory to the computation of co-ordinates;

(iii)     Co-ordinates: they shall be computed to the nearest tenth of a foot either by logarithms of not less than five figures or by calculating machine;

(iv)     Areas: the area of a piece of land bounded by straight lines shall be computed arithmetically from the co-ordinates of the corners. The area enclosed between any irregular boundary and adjacent traverse line shall be computed as a series of trapezoids;

(v)      Forms: all routine computations shall be made on forms approved by the Surveyor-General or on good quality foolscap paper similarly ruled.

6. Where surveys begin or end on marks of old surveys the accuracy of the datum shall be assured by angular and linear measurements. On long lines of framework or primary traverse the linear measurement may be dispensed with, but the accuracy of the position of the marks must be checked by angular measurement. When the old marks are found to be out of position, a full report shall be made to the Surveyor-General so that inquiry may be made and steps taken if necessary and possible to correct their positions. A new datum from unmoved marks shall then be selected or astronomical observations taken to establish a correct bearing.
7. Where a boundary side of a new survey is conterminous with a longer boundary side of a previously surveyed area, the boundary mark or marks of the new survey shall be placed exactly on line between the boundary marks of the old area so that the old area is not affected by the new survey.
8. Boundaries shall be laid out and surveyed with a few angular points as local conditions and the requirements of the survey necessitate.
9. Where a boundary such as that caused by a stream is irregular, traverse lines shall follow approximately the course of the boundary and offsets shall be taken at suitable points along the traverse to determine the position of the boundary.

PART 3

Demarcation

10. (i) Subject to the provisions of regulation 11 and subject to such modifications as the Surveyor-General may authorise in special cases, survey boundary marks shall be constructed as follows—

(a)      at every change of direction: by concrete pillars (property beacons) measuring seven inches square in section with three inches above ground and two feet three inches below, and having a metal pin or spike in the center of the surface. The board arrow symbol, the letters P.B. and an identification letter and number shall be stamped on pillars emplaced by an officer of the Survey Division. Two identification letters and a number shall be stamped on pillars emplaced by a licensed surveyor, and when such pillars are incorporated in a survey made by an officer of the Survey Division, the broad arrow symbol shall be added;

(b)      at intermediate corners in layouts: by concrete pillars (cemetery-type) measuring four inches square in section with three inches above ground and one foot three inches below and having a metal pin or spike in the center of the surface;

(c)      inside a building: an “X” with identification number shall be cut or painted on the outside of the building at points it is intersected by the boundary. Officers of the Survey Division will use a double arrow;

(d)      at an obstacle: if the beacon cannot be placed in the true position, an iron pin shall be set in concrete in the obstacle and the identification number stamped near the pin; if the obstacle is of such material that a pin cannot be sunk nor the number cut or stamped, a dot may be marked thereon along with the identification marks. The position of the pin or dot relative to the true position of the beacon shall be clearly shown in the field book;

(e)      this regulation shall not apply to areas the subject of applications under the Minerals Act.

11. For large country surveys, other than surveys of areas the subject of applications under the Minerals Act, which require a large number of beacons, demarcation, may, subject to the agreement of the person for whom the survey is undertaken, be made by hardwood pegs, angle irons, etc., capped with a circular pat of cement of at least 6″ diameter bearing the identification marks described in regulation 10 (i) (a). Such marks shall after the necessary measurements have been made, be covered by a mound of earth or stones at least two feet high. Where azimuths are observed, or connections made to Government survey beacons or to another survey, three consecutive stations shall however be marked by concrete pillars as described in regulation 10 (i) (a).
12. For areas the subject of applications under the Minerals Act the surveyed boundaries shall be demarcated by mushroom shaped pillars constructed of concrete. The underground portion shall be undercut and at least six inches in diameter at the base, and be sunk to a depth of eight inches; the upper portion shall have a diameter of ten inches and project six inches above the ground. The upper surface shall be smooth and have a hole about quarter of an inch in diameter at the centre. The relevant letters E.P.L., M.L., or M.R., together with the allotted number shall be marked on the top of the beacon in characters and figures not less than one inch in height on the side adjacent to the land in question, with direction arrows drawn to indicate the course of the boundary.
13. Concrete prepared for the purposes of regulations 10 to 12 shall comprise not more than five parts of sand, or sand and rubble, to one of cement. When the survey is to be undertaken by the Survey Division, the applicant shall inform the Surveyor-General whether he intends to provide all beacons or materials or whether he wishes them to be supplied by the Surveyor- General.
14. The Surveyor-General shall allot the distinctive letters prefixing the consecutive numbers on all property beacons emplaced by licensed surveyors, who shall forward to the Surveyor- General each month a list of all the numbered beacons used by them the previous month; if no beacons have been used a “nil” return shall be made.
15. The demarcation of all boundaries shall be done prior to or simultaneously with the measurements determining their positions.
16. Beacons shall be placed at the intersections of a boundary with important roads and streams; on long straight lines intermediate beacons shall be so emplaced that consecutive beacons are intervisible and not more than a quarter-mile apart.
17. When a beacon is placed in accordance with computed data or in line with two beacons, proof must be shown by actual measurements recorded in the field book and by any necessary computations that the beacon has been placed in accordance with the required conditions;

except the direct lining-in of cemetery-type beacons in regular layouts.

18. Where, owing to interference with traffic or for any other reason, a beacon cannot be placed at a corner, a beacon shall be placed on each of the lines intersecting at the corner and as close to it as possible. No beacon shall be placed where it would interfere with, or be inconvenient to, traffic.
19. In forest or scrub county, the boundary line shall be cleared of undergrowth and trees of no economic value only to a width of four feet.
20. Trees within two feet of the line, provided their economic value is not impaired thereby, shall be blazed on both sides in the direction of the line, and those through which the line passes shall be double blazed on each side in the direction of the line.
21. (i) When a railway reserve forms a boundary of a property being surveyed, the position of all tangent points shall be beaconed as accurately as possible by inspection on the ground, and the radii of the curves and the lengths of the chords shall be recorded.

(ii)      When a road forms a boundary, beacons shall be placed at all turning points of the road, and the boundary will be defined by the chords joining such beacons, which shall be placed to conform with existing regulations and by-laws defining the width of roads.

(iii)     When a river constitutes a boundary, beacons shall only be placed at points between which such river is the boundary. These beacons must be placed on the river bank above flood level and the distances from the beacons to the river bank shown on the plan.

22. Where possible the adoption of curved boundaries shall be avoided, straight lines from point to point being used as boundaries in lieu of curves.
23. Where objection is made by the owner of the adjoining land to the position of a boundary as pointed out by the person for whom a survey is being made, or as located by the surveyor from the documents of title under which the land is claimed, the surveyor shall survey the position of this boundary and show the same on his plan, but may decline to demarcate that portion to which objection has been made. In such case the survey and demarcation shall not be regarded as incomplete, so far as the surveyor is concerned.
24. For areas the subject of applications under the Minerals Act—

(a)      the surveyed boundaries shall conform as closely as possible to the positions indicated by the applicant’s beacons;

(b)      the surveyor’s ruling as to the positions of the beacons shall be final;

(c)      the surveyor shall have entire discretion to alter the positions of the beacons to bring the area within the limit allowed under the Minerals Act if the area on survey is fond to exceed the said limit by not more than twenty percent;

(d)      the surveyor shall report to the Surveyor-General if the area on survey is found to exceed by twenty percent, the maximum allowed under the Minerals Act, or if the area cannot be identified on the ground from the applicant’s plan and beacons;

(e)      if, in respect of an exclusive prospecting licence granted on a survey made by the applicant or his agent, the area as beaconed is found to be at variance with the plan furnished by the applicant or his agent, the Surveyor-General may require the area to be surveyed by an officer of the Survey Division, and all charges for the survey shall be borne by the holder of the exclusive prospecting licence.

25. Where practicable, notice in accordance with Form 1 in the Schedule shall be served upon the owners or occupiers of any land the boundaries of which have been defined by boundary marks under the Law, and notices in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule shall be served upon local governments, and chiefs within the local limits of whose jurisdiction any trigonometrical station, survey beacon, mark or pole or boundary mark is situated.
26. The removal, obliteration or defacement of any survey mark which comes to the notice of a surveyor shall be reported by him in writing to the Surveyor-General.
27. In the resurvey of land unless the original beacons have obviously been disturbed the principle shall be observed that those beacons on the ground indicate the true boundary, even though the data obtained on resurvey disagrees with the data recorded on the original plan.
28. When the surveyor discovers any such disagreement in data or any damage to or loss or displacement of Government beacons he shall make careful search and inquiry and shall forward a full report thereon to the Surveyor-General accompanied by—

(a)      a record of the accurate positions of the beacons as determined by the surveyor, accompanied by explanatory diagrams;

(b)      descriptions of the beacons;

(c)      particulars of development in the neighbourhood of the beacons and of any other evidence bearing on the matter.

29. A Government survey shall only be amended, and Government beacons removed or revisited, on the instructions of the Surveyor-General and the surveyor shall report in writing when such instructions have been carried out.

PART 4

Survey Plans, Records and Information

30. The original plan of a survey shall be drawn in waterproof ink on mounted drawing paper or on other material approved by the Surveyor-General. The size of the plan shall not be less than twelve inches by eight inches.
31. The original plan of a survey shall show the following information—

(a)      title of survey, description of land, locality, the name of the person or body for whom the survey is made, the signature and designation of the surveyor and the date;

(b)      a grid in blue based on and defining either True North or Colony North for the local origin of the survey; all co-ordinated points of the survey shall be plotted by rectangular co-ordinates on this grid system. True North or Colony North, as the case may be, shall be written along a north and south line of the grid;

(c)      the magnetic variation from True North, when the survey is made on Magnetic North;

(d)      a description of the origin of co-ordinates;

(e) (i) demarcated boundaries: firm red lines where they do not follow lines of existing detail, and all round pink verge internal of the enclosed area. Different colours may be used for verges where it is necessary to distinguish conflicting claims or overlapping areas on the same plan;

(ii)      other traverse lines, connections (inset, if necessary): blue lines;

(iii)     offsets: black figures between arrows; bearings to the nearest minute and distances to the nearest tenth of a foot in appropriate colours for the above, the initial bearing adopted for the survey to be marked “I.B.”; bearings and distances deduced from the computations, not from direct measurements, to be the computations, not from direct measurements, to be marked “Cal.”; bearings and distances adopted from a previous survey to be marked “P.O.” (per original); astronomical determinations to be marked “Az.” (Azimuth);

(iv)     building lines: firm blue lines marked “Building Line”;

(f)      topographical and other detail occurring on any line run by the surveyor; also any detail required by the Surveyor-General or the person for whom the survey is made, along or within the boundaries of the parcel of land;

(g)      the position and nature of all beacons and boundary marks whether permanent or temporary, including all Government survey beacons to which connection has been made or the co-ordinates and description of some point shown on the plan which is tied to such beacons, also any measurements to permanent features which will assist in locating the marks on the ground;

(h)      adjacent lot names or numbers, if available;

(i)       the scale of the plan with a graphic representation in feet; subject to such modifications as the Surveyor-General may authorise in particular cases, scales of plans showing property boundaries shall ordinarily be as follows—

(i)       exclusive prospecting licences ……………………….. 1/25,000

(ii)      mining leases and rights ……………………………….. 1/5,000

(iii)     other plans ……………………………………………….. 1/240, 1/480,

1/1.200, ½,400,

1/4,800, 1/6,250,

1/12,500,

1/25,000;

(j)      the area of each plot, to the following accuracy—

(i)       building lots, and plots under 2 acres in square yards to the 2nd decimal;

(ii)      plots from 2 to 10 acres in acres to the 3rd decimal;

(iii)     over 10 acres, to 100 acres in acres to the 2nd decimal;

(iv)     over 100 acres, to 1,000 acres in acres to the 1st decimal;

(v)      over 1,000 acres to the nearest acre.

Conventional signs and symbols published by the Survey Division shall be used for the representation of details and beacons unless otherwise directed.

32. (1) A licensed surveyor making a survey of the boundaries of land for any registrable instrument or grant under section 3 of the Law shall send two complete copies, on tracing cloth, of the original plan of his survey to the Surveyor-General for counter-signature by the latter. The Surveyor-General shall retain one copy and return the other to the licensed surveyor.

(2)      A licensed surveyor preparing a plan which implements any judgment or order of court shall send two copies on tracing cloth to the Surveyor-General, together with a certified copy of the judgment or order of court.

(3)      The cost of the plans and documents supplied under this regulation shall be borne by the person for whom the surveys are made.

33. Plans prepared from the original for attachment to any registrable instrument or grant under section 3 of the Law are required to show only the following information taken from the original, save as the Surveyor-General may otherwise require in particular cases: the title of the survey, the name of the person or body for whom it is made, connection to Government survey beacon or co-ordinates of a point referred to in the local origin, the linear dimensions, area, location and lot number (if any) of the parcel of land, the scale of the plan, the indication of the north point, the signature required under section 3.
34. A licensed surveyor may be required by the Surveyor-General to submit for inspection the field books, computations and any other records or information in connection with a survey undertaken by the licensed surveyor. The Surveyor-General may make any investigation check he deems desirable on any survey.
35. Copies of survey plans kept in the Survey Division may, at the discretion of the Surveyor-General, be inspected by the public on payment of the fee prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioner from time to time, but no information shall be copied without the permission of the Surveyor-General.
36. Copies of plans of surveys made by the Survey Division may, at the discretion of the Surveyor-General, be purchased by the public on payment of the charges prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioner from time to time.
37. Copies of plans submitted by licensed surveyors under regulation 32 shall be available for purchase only to the surveyors who lodged the particular plans and to the person for whom the surveys were made or their legal representatives at the rate prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioner for time to time.
38. (1) When certified true copies of plans made by officers of the Survey Division or licensed surveyors are supplied by the Surveyor-General or by a licensed surveyor they shall bear the following certificate—

Certified true copy of plan made by ……………………………………………………………………………….. of the Survey Division/Licensed Surveyor on ………………………………………………….. 20 ……………………………………………………………………

Date ………………………………………… 20 ……….. Surveyor-General/Licensed Surveyor

(2)      Copies of plans of surveys made by officers of the Survey Division shall not be certified as true copies by licensed surveyors, and shall only be prepared and sold to the public by the Surveyor-General.

39. Any licensed surveyor may demand from the Surveyor-General and shall be given, without payment, any information filed in the office of the Surveyor-General which he may reasonably require, to enable him to connect a survey to Government survey beacons where such beacons exist in the neighbourhood of the land about to be surveyed.
40. The Surveyor-General may decline to give such information as he considers unnecessary for the survey, and his decision shall be final.

PART 5

Private Applications for Survey to the Surveyor-General

41. (1) Applications to the Surveyor-General for the survey of a parcel of land shall be accompanied by particulars of the locality, ownership, area and a sketch plan of the parcels together with the nature of the work required.

(2)      For applications to the Surveyor-General to investigate alleged inconsistencies in an existing survey, the complainant shall, in addition to the above information, supply full details for the alleged inconsistencies and such other information as the Surveyor-General may require.

42. (1) The Surveyor-General may in his discretion refuse to undertake any survey or investigations.

(2)      The Surveyor-General may investigate or undertake any survey when he considers it in the public interest to do so, whether or not any application has been made to him to carry out the investigation or survey.

43. (1) If the Surveyor-General accepts an application for survey he shall assess the charges for the work and call on the applicant to deposit the amount in the nearest Treasury.

(2)      If the application is withdrawn after the survey has been arranged, but prior to its completion, the Surveyor-General may in his discretion arrange for the preliminary fee prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioner from time to time, together with other charges incurred, to be paid to revenue.

44. In any case in which the Surveyor-General accepts an application or directs that the survey shall be undertaken by the Survey Division, the applicant may be required in accordance with Form 4 to attend personally or by agent for the purpose of indicating the boundaries of the land, and shall state his intention regarding supply of beacons or the materials.
45. For surveys by licensed surveyors which involve services by the Survey Division such as checking the work or supplying title deed plans, the Surveyor-General shall assess the necessary charges, which shall be paid to revenue by the applicant except in respect of checking carried out under the provisions of any regulations made by the Commissioner from time to time, which shall be paid for by the licensed surveyor.
46. For investigations undertaken under regulation 41 (2), the complainant shall bear the cost of any investigations undertaken if the complaint is proved to be unfounded. If the original survey is found to be at fault the charges for the investigations shall be paid by the person for whom the original survey was made or by the licensed surveyor in the case of checking carried out under the provisions of regulation 34.

PART 6

Miscellaneous

47. Notice of a surveyor’s intention to enter upon occupied land shall, where practicable, be given. Such notice may be in accordance with Form 5 in the Schedule.
48. If for the purpose of any survey, it is necessary or desirable for the surveyor to uncover a buried Government beacon, the surveyor shall apply to the Surveyor-General for authority, which shall be issued in accordance with Form 6 of the Schedule. Full directions for the restoration of the covering shall also be issued to the surveyor on the form, a copy of which shall be filed in the office of the Surveyor-General.
49. No excavations to bury or uncover a beacon shall be made in any street or road unless a red flag by day and a red lamp by night is provided and displayed to warn approaching traffic.
50. Licensed surveyors shall arrange for their steel tapes to be standardised by the Survey Division at least once a year and shall pay the fee prescribed by regulations made by the Commissioner from time to time and obtain a certificate signed by the Surveyor-General in respect of such standardisation. Tapes shall also be standardised afresh each time they have been repaired, and the prescribed fee paid by the surveyor if the re-standardisation is endorsed by the Survey Division.
51. Forms set out in the Schedule to the Survey Regulations may be modified at the discretion of the Surveyor-General as special circumstances require.
52. The Survey Regulations shall be observed by all surveyors save when their application is specially limited either to the Survey Division or to licensed surveyors.

SCHEDULE

FORM 1

Notice to an Owner or Occupier

Take notice that you are hereby required to maintain in position and repair all boundary marks erected to define the boundaries of the land situated at …………………………………………………………………………………….

and described as follows—…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

You are also required to give notice to the Surveyor-General or to the Local Government Secretary of your area if any of the said marks are injured, destroyed or removed.

Dated this …………………………………………………. day of ………………………………………………….. 20 ………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Surveyor/Secretary Local Government

To …………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………

FORM 2

Notice to a Local Government or a Chief

Take notice that you are required to prevent the obliteration, removal or injury of the trigonometrical stations, survey beacons, marks, poles or boundary marks on, or on the boundaries of, the land situated at ……………………………………………………………….. and described as follows—

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

You are also required to report to the Surveyor-General or to the Divisional Officer of your district if any of the said stations, beacons, marks, poles or boundary marks are obliterated, removed or injured.

Dated this …………………………………………………. day of ………………………………………………….. 20 ………..

……………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………….

Surveyor/Secretary Local Government

To …………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………..

FORM 3

Application for Survey or Demarcation to be Undertaken by the Survey Division

1. Name of Applicant ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. Address …………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

3. Situation and description of land to be surveyed or demarcated ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. Name of owner …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Approximate area …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Position of applicant in regard to land, whether owner or his representative, lessee, tenant or mortgagee

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

7. Nature of work required ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Number of plans required …………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Dated this …………………………………………………. day of……………………………. 20 ………..

…………………………………………………………..

Applicant

To: The Surveyor-General Cross River State of Nigeria.

1. A sketch plan of the land must accompany this Form.

FORM 4

Notice to Applicant

You are hereby required to attend personally or by agent duly authorised by you in writing in the form set out below at……………………………………………………………… indicating to the officer of the Survey Division—

(a)      the boundaries of the parcel of land on your application for survey;

(b)      your corner and direction beacons upon your application for a mining lease, a mining right, an exclusive prospecting licence ………………………………………………………………………………….

acres/square miles near…………………………………………………………………..

You or your agent may be required to remain with the surveyor until the area is finally beaconed and marked.

Should the position of any boundary beacon as determined by the surveyor be in dispute, a written protest should be made to the surveyor who will forward it together with his report to the Surveyor- General.

You are requested to state whether it is your intention to supply all boundary beacons or materials, or that the Survey Division should provide beacons.

……………………………………                         …………………………………………..

Signed                                                          Office

Date ………………………………………………. 20 ………… Cross River State Of Nigeria

Form of Authorisation

(If attending by Agent)

On behalf of (a) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I hereby authorise (b) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………to accompany the officer of the Survey Division during the survey of …………………………………………………

(c)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. and, unless written protest is made by him to the surveyor at the time of survey, hereby accept the position of all boundary marks as determined by the surveyor.

I will/will not supply boundary beacons or materials for same for and on behalf of (d) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Dated this …………………………………………………. day of ……………………………….. 20 ………….

…………………………………………………

Signature

FORM 5

Notice to Occupier before Entry for Survey Purposes

Take notice that I shall attend on …………………… the ……………………… 20 …………. between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. upon your land situate at ………………………………………………………..

FORM 5—continued

for survey purposes connected with—

the property occupied by you;

adjoining property;

a public survey.

Dated this ……………………………….. day of ………………………… 20 ………..

………………………………………………………………………

Surveyor

To ………………………………………………………………….. Cross River State of Nigeria

………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………..

FORM 6

Permission to Uncover Beacon

You are hereby given permission to uncover Government Survey Beacon No. …………………………………..

at………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

In order to comply with subsection (2) of section 12 of the Survey Law, it will be necessary for you to observe the following directions in restoring the covering.

Dated this …………………………………………………. day of ………………………………………………….. 20 ………..

………………………………………………..

Surveyor

To ………………………………………………………………….. Cross River State of Nigeria

………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………..

SURVEY (FEES) REGULATIONS

CONTENTS

Citation

PART 1

Definitions

PART 2

Survey Fees

CAP. S18

Survey Law

S18 – 23 [Issue 1]

SCHEDULES

1. These regulations may be cited as the Survey (Fees) Regulations.

PART 1

Definitions

2. In these regulations—

“beacon” means a permanent mark of any kind made of concrete, iron or stone, and includes a pillar or boundary post or such material;

“country lands” includes all lands which are not town lands;

“demarcation” means the marking of lines by beacons or blazed trees;

“Survey Division” means the Survey Division of the Ministry of Lands, Survey and Town Planning;

“town lands” includes plots not exceeding ten acres in extent lying or formerly lying within a Municipality, Country Council, Urban Country Council or Government station or within one mile of the boundary of a Municipality, Country Council or Government station.

PART 2

Survey Fees

3. The fees for survey of parcels of land undertaken by the Survey Division shall be in accordance with the provisions of the First Schedule to these regulations.
4. The fees for survey services rendered by the Survey Division other than those referred to in regulation 3 shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Second Schedule to these regulations.
5. In any case where fees are specified in the First or Second Schedule to these regulations as being chargeable at rates other than time-rates the Surveyor-General or any officer of the Survey Division authorised by him may, if he thinks it desirable to do so, substitute time-rates for such other rates.
6. (1) Traverse fees for the survey of a common boundary between contiguous plots of land shall be paid in full by each of the owners or occupiers of such plots.

(2)      The Surveyor-General may waive a separate preliminary fee for each plot of land where two or more such plots are included in a single layout survey:

Provided that a single preliminary fee only shall be charged for an entire survey undertaken at the instance of a single owner or occupier.

7. The Commissioner may, when it is deemed necessary owing to a general increase in the level of costs, add a surcharge to the fees chargeable in accordance with the provisions of the First and Second Schedule to these regulations.
8. The Commissioner may, when it is in the public interest to do so, waive or reduce the survey fees payable in particular cases.

*A surcharge of 15% has been imposed. See the Notification printed next after these Regulations.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE

Fees chargeable by Survey Divisions for surveys of parcels of land—

1. Preliminary Fees—

₦ k

Town Surveys ……………………………………………………………………………….. 10.00

Country Surveys ………………………………………………………………………… 16.00

Mining Surveys ………………………………………………………………………………… 16.00

Renewals and re-issues including part-surrenders and part-renewals ……………. 10.00

2. Beacon Fees—

₦ k

Standing Property Beacons and Mining Beacons, each ………………………………. 1.60

Cemetery Beacons, other Beacons each …………………………………………….. 0.80

If all materials are supplied by applicant the charge will be ₦1 and 60k each respectively.

If a beacon is established in accordance with computed data the above rates shall be increased by 50 percent.

3. Traverse Fees shall be at the following rates per 100 feet—

 

	Level Country ₦ k	Broken or Swampy country ₦ k	Rugged Country ₦ k
Open, or lines properly cleared by applicant	0.25	0.30	0.35
Thick grass, orchard bush, light forest, or built-up areas …………………………………….	0. 35	0.42	0.50
Medium forest …………………………………..	0.50	0.60	0.70
Heavy forest with dense secondary growth …	0.70	0.85	1.00
Heavy forest with dense secondary growth or mangrove swamp ………………………………	1.00	1.25	1.50
Minimum fee ₦5

4. Astronomical Determination Fees shall be charged at time rates.
5. Trigonometrical Connection Fees shall be charged at time rates.
6. Survey party fees: The cost—

(a)      of the transport of the survey party and stores to and from the survey; and

(b)      the salaries, wages and allowances of the party for the time necessarily spent in travelling, shall be paid by the applicant.

Delays to the survey party caused by default of the applicant shall be paid for by him at time rates.

FIRST SCHEDULE—continued

7. Deed Plan Fee

For deed plans not exceeding 13″ × 8″ a standard charge of ₦3 shall be made. For plans exceeding the above size, charges shall be in accordance with the rates prescribed in paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule.

8. Time Rates shall be at the rate of ₦2 an hour.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Fees chargeable by Survey Division for other survey services—

1. Office Checking Fee

For checking the field books, computations and plan of every mining survey there shall be charged a checking fee of ₦6.30k plus 10 percent of the traverse charges for open level country plus 75k for each astronomical determination.

The checking of licensed surveyors’ field books, computations and plans shall be charged at time rates.

2. Countersignature Fee

(1)      A fee of ₦1.50k shall be charged for the countersignature by the Surveyor-General of a set of two copies of the original plan submitted by a licensed surveyor under regulation 3 of the principal Regulations.

(2)      An additional fee of 50k shall be charged upon the re-submission for the Surveyor- General’s countersignature of each set of two copies of a plan submitted under paragraph (1) and referred back to a licensed surveyor for amendment.

3. Tape Standardisation Fees

₦3 shall be charged for the first 100 feet and 75k for each additional 100 feet or less. The cost of return postage shall be added to the above charges.

4. Drawing and Tracing Fees other than those specified in paragraph 7 of the First Schedule shall be charged as follows—

(a)      Finished drawings

Time Rates: Minimum fee ₦6;

(b)      Tracing of single plots

₦3 per square foot: Minimum fee ₦2;

(c)      Other Tracings

Time Rates: Minimum fee ₦2;

(d)      Lithoprints and Sunprints

Seven and a half kobo per square foot: Minimum fee 25k.

5. Certification Fees in respect of true copies of diagrams and plans—

₦ k

(a) Areaup to 10 acres …………………………………………………………………… 0.50

(b) Over 10 acres …………………………………………………………………………… 0.70

(c) Over 100 acres …………………………………………………………………………. 1.00

SECOND SCHEDULE—continued

6. Public Inspection Fees in respect of plans and prints deposited in the Survey Division For each inspection period on search of half an hour or less, 30k.
7. All survey services other than those specified above shall be charged at time rates.
8. Time rates shall be at the rate of ₦2 an hour.

SURVEY (FEES) REGULATIONS

Notification of Surcharge

It is notified for general information that the Commissioner, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by regulation 7 of the Survey (Fees) Regulations, has deemed it necessary, owing to a general increase in the level of costs, to add a surcharge of 15 per centum to the fees chargeable in accordance with provisions of the First and Second Schedule to the aforesaid regulations.