Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
of Licensed Land Surveyors Act 1958
“Board” means the Land Surveyors Board established under section 3;
“boundary mark” means any mark authorized by law for the purpose of marking boundaries;
“Director General of Survey” means the officer performing the duties of the head of the Survey Department of the States of
Peninsular Malaysia;
“Government surveyor” means any public officer of Malaysia who is authorized by the Director General of Survey to undertake any title survey;
“licence to practise” means a licence to practise as a licensed land surveyor issued under section 10;
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“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;
“member” means a member of the Board;
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for lands;
“reciprocating territory” means any country or territory within the
Commonwealth with which arrangements may have been made by the Board with the approval of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for the recognition of the status of land surveyors;
“Register”means the register of licensed land surveyors kept in accordance with section 8;
“Secretary”means the person appointed as such under section 7;
“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;
“title survey” means any survey which by any written law is required for the purpose of or in connection with the registration of any title to land or any assurance or instrument affecting or purporting to affect title to land, and includes in connection therewith—
(a)
the delimitation of the boundaries of any land whether privately owned or not;
(b)
the emplacement, replacement and removal of boundary marks;
(c)
surveys required for the correct inter-relation of boundaries or of boundary marks; and
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(d)
the making and recording of all measurements and calculations relevant thereto and the drawing and reproduction of plans therefrom.