Section 8
of Land Subsidiary Title Enactment 1972
Section 8
(1)
Where, after any subdivision has been approved under this Part, the
Government surveyor is informed by the Collector that the amount demanded (pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 7) in respect of his fees under this subsection has been duly paid, he shall —
(a)
carry out such survey of the land in question, and any of the buildings thereon, as he may consider desirable;
(b)
from the relevant index plan and storey plans —
(i)
prepare, or cause to be prepared, with such modifications as he may consider necessary in the light of any such survey; and
(ii)
file in his office, a certified plan complying with the requirements of subsection (2);
(c)
prepare one copy of the certified plan for retention by the Director, and for each parcel thereof, two diagrams (showing the position thereof) one of which shall be for retention by the Registrar and the other for the purpose of it being attached to the issue document of subsidiary title to the parcel;
and
(d)
send to the Director a copy of the certified plan and diagrams so prepared, the issue document of title to the land and a note of any amount underpaid or overpaid in respect of his fees under this subsection.
(2)
The index and storey plan to be prepared by the surveyor pursuant to paragraph
(b)
of subsection (1) shall be a plan delineating, on as many folios as he may consider most suitable for the purpose, the several storeys of the building or buildings to be subdivided, and the parcels within each storey; and every folio shall contain also —
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(a)
a vertical section of the building or buildings to be subdivided, showing the position therein of the storey or storeys to which it relates; and
(b)
a plan of the land, showing the position of every building thereon.
(3)
For the purposes of the preparation of any such plan, the common boundary of any parcel of a building with any other parcel, or with any part of the building which is not included in any of the parcels, shall, except in so far as it may have been otherwise provided in the relevant storey plan, be taken to be the centre of the floor, wall or ceiling, as the case may be.
Issue of subsidiary title to individual parcels.