Section 22

A registered surveyor who prepares and signs an assurance plan shall carry out and complete the title survey of the land described and shown in the plan within 6 months from the date of approval of the plan by the Chief Surveyor or such extended period as the Board may allow.

Where the title survey has not been carried out within the period specified in subsection (1) or any extended period allowed by the Board, the Board may suspend that registered surveyor from practice for a period not exceeding 3 years.

Where a registered surveyor has commenced work on title survey but has not been able to complete the title survey within the period specified in subsection (1) or any extended period allowed by the Board, the Board may order the surveyor to complete the title survey within such period as may be specified by the Board and may exercise the disciplinary powers vested in the Board under this Act.

The Board may, in any case referred to in subsection (2) or (3), order the title survey to be carried out or completed by a Government surveyor or another registered surveyor and the cost of completing the title survey shall be paid in accordance with section 19.

This section shall not apply to registered surveyors in the employment of statutory boards.