SURVEY ACT.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
Section
2. Power of the commissioner to order, control and carry out surveys.
3. Power of the Minister to order a special survey.
4. Establishment and membership of the Surveyors Licensing Board.
8. Acts done in good faith by the board and members.
9. Licences which the board may grant.
10. To whom licences may be granted.
12. Disciplinary inquiry by the board.
15. Recording of proceedings before the board, service of its orders and surrendering of licences.
17. Power to apply to the board for restoration of a licence.
21. Power to issue notice to procure attendance.
23. Compensation for injury done by clearance.
24. Power to summon a person to give information.
25. Government surveyor to mark out boundaries.
26. Duty to preserve survey and boundary marks.
27. Power to re-erect and repair survey and boundary marks.
29. Power to perform an order under the Act at the expense of the person disobeying.
30. Penalty for noncompliance with orders or notices.
31. Penalty for obstructing a survey.
32. Recovery of expenses and fees.
33. Service and publication of notices, etc.
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SURVEY ACT.
Commencement: 31 May, 1939.
An Act to provide for and regulate the survey of lands.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, "surveyor" means a land surveyor.
2. Power of the commissioner to order, control and carry out surveys.
(1) The commissioner of lands and surveys (hereafter referred to as the "commissioner") at any time may authorise the carrying out of any trigonometrical or topographical survey or of any other survey which, in the opinion of the commissioner, is necessary; but where any general survey is to be carried out in any area, notice of the survey specifying the local limits of the area affected shall be published in the Gazette before the survey is undertaken.
(2) The commissioner and his or her officers (hereafter referred to as "Government surveyors") shall be responsible for controlling and carrying out any survey under this section.
3. Power of the Minister to order a special survey.
(1) The Minister, at any time, may order a survey of a special nature, not provided for in section 2, in respect of any part of Uganda and may appoint an officer (who shall not necessarily be the commissioner) and officers to control the survey.
(2) Every such order for a survey shall be published in the Gazette and shall specify—
(a) the nature and purpose of the survey;
(b) the area of Uganda within which the survey is to be carried out; and
(c) the provisions of this Act which are to be applicable to the survey.
4. Establishment and membership of the Surveyors Licensing Board.
(1) There shall be established a board to be known as the Surveyors Licensing Board which shall consist of the commissioner as chairperson and not less than three other members.
(2) The members shall be appointed by the Minister, and two of the members shall be licensed surveyors.
(3) A member, other than the chairperson, shall hold office for a period of three years, but shall be eligible for reappointment.
(4) A member, other than the chairperson, may at any time, by writing under his or her hand addressed to the chairperson, resign his or her membership on the board.
(1) The board shall meet at such times and places as may be necessary for the performance of its duties, and the chairperson may at any time convene a meeting of the board.
(2) At every meeting of the board the chairperson and two members shall constitute a quorum.
(3) All accounts, matters and things authorised or required to be done by the board shall be decided by resolution at a meeting of the board at which a quorum is present.
(4) The chairperson shall in addition to his or her deliberative vote have a casting vote if on any question the voting is equal.
(5) Subject to this section, the board shall have the power to regulate its own proceedings.
The duties of the board shall be—
(a) to make arrangements for the examination of persons seeking to be licensed as surveyors in accordance with this Act;
(b) to issue, on the payment of the prescribed fees, a licence to any person to whom a licence may be granted in accordance with this Act;
(c) to keep a register of licensed surveyors;
(d) subject as hereafter provided, to take disciplinary proceedings against licensed surveyors; and
(e) to perform such other functions as are conferred on the board by this Act.
The board may from time to time appoint or employ on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Minister such examiners and other officers as may be necessary for carrying out its duties.
8. Acts done in good faith by the board and members.
Neither the board nor any member of the board shall be liable in damages for any act or default done or committed in good faith in the carrying out of any function or in t
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