Section 3
⎯(1)
This Code shall be administered by a Director of Lands and Surveys who shall be assisted by such number of Deputy
Directors,
Assistant
Directors,
Superintendents,
Assistant
Superintendents, Settlement Officers, Assistant Settlement Officers,
Registrars and Assistant Registrars and Surveyors as the Minister may appoint.
Direction of the Minister 3(1A) The Director shall be responsible to the Minister, and the
Minister may from time to time give to the Director any general or special direction, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Code, as to the exercise and performance of the Director’s functions and powers under this Code, and any such direction shall become binding on the Director who shall forthwith take all steps necessary or expedient to give effect thereto.
[Ins. Ord. No. 8/84.]
(2)
Any person lawfully discharging on the 1st day of January,
1958, the duties of any of the offices mentioned in subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been lawfully appointed thereunder.
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(3)
Any appointment to be made under subsection (1) shall be notified in the Gazette.
(4)
Section 27 of the Interpretation Ordinance, 2005 [Cap. 61]
shall apply to this Code in like manner as it would have applied if
“Settlement Officer” had been herein defined to include an Assistant
Settlement Officer and “Registrar” had been defined to include an
Assistant Registrar.