Singapore legislation

Section 36

Powers of entry for survey purposes

(1)

Any registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate and is authorised either generally or specially by the Chief Surveyor may, for the purpose of conducting any survey under or for the purposes of this Act or any other written law, or the installation of any boundary or survey mark —

(a)

enter and re-enter any land, seabed, foreshore or building at any reasonable time during the hours of daylight, with or without such assistants, aircraft, boats, vehicles, appliances, machinery and equipment as are reasonably necessary for the conduct of the survey or to install the boundary or survey mark;

(b)

emplace any boundary or survey mark in or upon such lands and premises and may dig up any ground for the purpose of emplacing the boundary or survey mark; and

(c)

cut down and remove any timber or other growth which may obstruct any survey line or any boundary.

(2)

Before exercising any of the powers conferred by subsection (1) in respect of any land that is not a road, the person doing so shall, where practicable, give reasonable notice to the occupier of the land of the intention to exercise those powers.

(3)

Any person exercising any power under subsection (1) shall produce evidence of his identity and authority to exercise those powers —

(a)

if practicable, on first entering the land or premises; and

(b)

whenever subsequently reasonably requested to do so.

(4)

Nothing in this section shall exempt any registered surveyor or his assistants from liability for any damage caused in the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1). [31

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