Section 35

No map published under this Act shall be corrected, altered or added to in respect of any boundaries of a holding therein laid down, except in the following cases:Incorrect survey(a)where it is found that a map does not correctly represent the boundaries of a holding, the Collector of Land Revenue shall inquire into the reason for the difference and, if it is found to be due to inaccuracy in the survey caused by error in measuring the angles or the sides of the holding or in plotting the survey, he shall give notice to the owners of the holdings affected, or their agents if they are known and are in Singapore, of the error and require them to forward to the Land Office within one month their objections (if any) to its correction; and if no objection is lodged at the Land Office within one month from the service of the notice, the Collector of Land Revenue shall make an order for the correction to be made. If any objection is lodged, the Collector of Land Revenue shall hold an inquiry under section 36 and make such order as he thinks fit;Joining up wrong boundary-marks or omission to notice a mark(b)where it appears that wrong boundary-marks have been joined up in the survey and delineation of a boundary shown on a map, or there has been an omission to take notice of a boundary-mark that was on the holding prior to 21st November 1884, or where it appears that there has been a change in the position of a boundary from that which it held at the time of the survey under Part II or III or at the time when it was delineated on the map under paragraph (c), the Collector of Land Revenue shall, after one month’s notice to the owners of the holdings affected, or their agents if they are known and are in Singapore, of his intention, proceed to hold an inquiry under section 36, which may be held in part upon the land; and if, after taking into consideration the evidence of the owners or their agents appearing at the inquiry and of such other persons as have knowledge of the subject, he is satisfied that the boundary as it appears from the then existing occupation of the holding is the true boundary, he shall make an order for the correction of the map;Assignment, etc., of parcels of State title, when duly demarcated, to be shown on map(c)where in the case of the assignment or demise of any land comprised wholly or partly in any State title in parcels or otherwise than the entirety thereof, the parcels have been properly demarcated and surveyed to the satisfaction of the Chief Surveyor or Deputy Chief Surveyor and the fees payable in respect of the demarcation and survey have been duly paid; the boundaries of the parcels or any subdivision thereof shall be delineated upon the representation of the holding or parcel of the holding on the map;Agreement between owners of land with conterminous boundaries(d)where any owners whose boundaries are conterminous agree to an alteration in their boundaries, the map may be altered by the order of the Collector of Land Revenue upon a deed being presented at the Registry of Deeds effectuating the alteration agreed to;Order of court(e)where in any suit an order of the High Court has been made which affects the position of the boundaries of any holding, the map may be altered upon an office copy of the order being served on the Collector of Land Revenue;Survey of subdivisions(f)where any holding delineated on the map has been subdivided into parcels and the parcels have not been surveyed to the satisfaction of the Chief Surveyor, he may proceed to make a survey of them and shall deliver a plan of the survey to a Collector of Land Revenue. The Collector of Land Revenue shall, after one month’s notice to the owners of the holdings affected, or their agents if they are known and are in Singapore, of his intention, proceed to hold an inquiry under section 36, which may be held in part upon the land; and if, after taking into consideration the evidence of the owners or their agents appearing at the inquiry and of such other persons as have knowledge of the facts, he is satisfied that the boundaries as shown on the plan are true boundaries, he shall make an order for the delineation of those boundaries on the map. If he is not satisfied that any boundary as shown on the plan is the true boundary, he shall forthwith proceed to fix and demarcate the boundary in the position which he considers to be the true position and shall make an order for the delineation upon the map of the boundary so fixed. For the purpose of making surveys under this paragraph the Chief Surveyor shall have all the powers conferred by sections 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 upon a Demarcation Officer.

Whenever it is found that the boundaries of a Mukim or Town Sub-division shown on any map published under this Act should be altered by reason of —

Notwithstanding subsection (2), any alteration of the boundaries of Mukims or Town Sub-divisions shown on any map published under this Act shall not be invalid by reason of it being made at any time before 1st September 1973 and any such alteration shall be deemed to have been made under subsection (2) as if that subsection had been in force at the time the alteration was made.