Section 21
Right of entry and to information
of Land Surveyors Ordinance, 2001
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(1)
A land surveyor or surveying assistant may, for the purpose of carrying out a cadastral land survey, at any reasonable time during the hours of daylight enter upon any land which he is employed to survey, and upon any neighbouring land and any building on such lands, and may emplace any boundary mark in or upon such land and may dig up any ground for the purpose of emplacing such boundary mark and may cut down and remove any timber or other growth which may obstruct any survey line or any boundary causing as little damage as possible thereby:
Provided that nothing in this section shall exempt such land surveyor or surveying assistant from liability for any damage which
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he may cause in the exercise of the powers conferred by this subsection.
(2)
For the purpose of obtaining data for a cadastral land survey, a land surveyor may at all reasonable times be permitted to inspect relevant official maps and plans and to take copies of such information therefrom as he may require on payment of such search fees as may be prescribed by the Director, but he must not remove any such maps and plans from departmental custody and he shall be held pecuniarily liable for any damage which he may cause to them while they are under his control.