16. Correction of errors
Feedback & supportThe Director General of Survey or any Government surveyor so authorized by him may at any time undertake such field and office checks on the title survey work of a licensed land surveyor as he thinks fit.
Director General of Survey
“Director General of Survey” means the officer performing the duties of the head of the Survey Department of the States of Peninsular Malaysia;
The Director General of Survey or other person authorized by him to approve survey plans, may by notice in writing, instruct any licensed land surveyor to correct at his own expense within a time specified in such notice any error made by him:
licensed land surveyor
“licensed land surveyor” means a person whose name has been placed upon the Register and to whom a licence to practise has been issued by the Board;
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Provided that such notice is sent not more than twelve months after the date on which the relevant survey plan was deposited with the
survey plan
“survey plan” means a plan signed by a licensed land surveyor recording the work carried out by him on a title survey, or a plan signed by an officer authorized by the Director General of Survey to do so and recording the work of a Government surveyor;
Survey Department as provided in section 14.
In the event of such licensed land surveyor refusing or neglecting within the time specified to correct such error it shall be lawful for the Director General of Survey to undertake such correction departmentally and to recover the whole cost of such correction from the licensed land surveyor concerned.
If such licensed land surveyor refuses or neglects to refund the cost of the correction survey referred to in subsection (3) within fourteen days of the receipt of the statement of cost the Director
General of Survey may report the facts to the Board for disciplinary action, and after due enquiry the Board may order such licensed land surveyor to pay the cost of correction of his work or to pay his client such sum by way of compensation as the Board thinks fit; and if such licensed land surveyor refuses or neglects to comply with such order within one month of the date of such decision the Board may, subject to section 18, suspend such licensed land surveyor from practice as a licensed land surveyor until the cost of such correction survey has been paid, or for a period not exceeding three years.