Section 18

Pending the issue of a grant or lease for any State land, the Collector may, where the circumstances so require, issue a Collector’s Certificate in respect of any land which has not been surveyed and demarcated to the satisfaction of the Collector and the survey has not yet been approved by the Chief Surveyor and include a caution as to the inconclusiveness of the boundaries and dimensions of the land.

Despite subsection (1), the Collector may, where applicable, issue a grant or lease for any parcel of land even though its land area is only an estimated area as shown in a plan filed with and approved by the Chief Surveyor and include a caution as to the inconclusiveness of the boundaries and dimensions of the land.

For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the Collector may require the intended grantee or lessee to engage a registered surveyor to carry out a survey in accordance with the provisions of the Land Surveyors Act 1991 and the Chief Surveyor must forward the plan to the Collector after it has been filed with and approved by the Chief Surveyor.

With regard to all land alienated under subsection (1) or (2) and which has been taken possession of with the Collector’s agreement, payment of the rent reserved under an agreement for alienation may be demanded and enforced as if a grant or lease had been issued for a parcel of land with conclusive land area and boundaries.[11