SURVEY LAW OF LAGOS STATE

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LIST OF LAWS OF LAGOS, [ALPHABETICAL]  

SURVEY LAW

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1.       Plans attached to registrable instrument or tendered in evidence to be signed by surveyor

2.       Submission of maps, plans and diagrams to State Surveyor-General

3.       Right to enter land for public survey purposes

4.       Compensation

5.       Power of surveyor to enter land

6.       Penalty for removing survey and boundary marks

7.       Duty of owners and occupiers in relation to survey marks

8.       Duty of chief, village head, and local government council

9.       Penalty for uncovering or neglecting to recover survey beacons or marks

10.     Reward to informer

11.     Execution of order at the expense of person disobeying it.

12.     Penalty for obstructing surveyors

13.     Recovery of moneys due

14.     Delegation of functions of Surveyor-General

15.     Power to make regulations

16.     Establishment of Surveyors Disciplinary Committee

17.     Duties of the Committee

18.     Power to convene meeting.

19.     Information on which to act

20.     Affidavit of allegation

21      Appearance of the licensed surveyor

22.     Evidence at inquiry

23.     Power to summon witnesses and order production of documents

24.     Disobedience to summonses, etc

25.     Inquiry may be held in absence of a licensed surveyor

26.     Decision of Committee

27.     Appeals

28.     Surrender of licence on suspension or cancellation

29.     Restoration of licence

30.     Repeal

31.     Interpretation

32.     Citation and commencement

SCHEDULES

SURVEY LAW

A LAW TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE SURVEY OF LANDS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SURVEYORS’ DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE IN LAGOS STATE AND FOR CONNECTED PURPOSES

[Commencement]                                                 [11th October 1984]

1.      Plans attached to registrable instrument or tendered in evidence to be signed by surveyor

Any map, plan, or diagam signed and certified by a licensed surveyor will be-

(a)     accepted for registration with any registrable instrument which is required by any written Law to contain a map, plan or diagram; and

(b)     admitted in evidence in any court of law.

LAWS OF LAGOS STATE

LAWS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA