Section 10
Regulation of procedure, etc., of Survey and Mapping Department
of National Land Code (Revised - 2020)
(1)
The Minister may, after consultation with the National Land
Council, by order notified in the Gazette of the Federation, prescribe—
(a)
the procedure to be adopted by the Survey and Mapping
Department, and the powers and duties of officers of that Department;
(b)
the fees, costs and other sums to be charged for any survey carried out by that Department;
(c)
the conditions upon which, and the authorities by whom, any such fees, costs or other sums may be varied or remitted, either in whole or in part.
(2)
Sums chargeable in connection with surveys carried out by the Survey and Mapping Department, notwithstanding that they constitute items of federal revenue, shall nevertheless be payable in the first instance to the State Authority.