This Act makes rules for the sale of public land that has been rendered habitable or arable through Government waterworks. The purpose of the sale is to populate these areas. A Commission shall be formed to carry out land measurements, to prepare the plans of land to be sold and to establish prices. Lands shall be divided into three categories according to their potential use and be priced accordingly. No private lands shall be included into the charts of sale and “the rights of original owners will not be impaired”.

A Surveyor-General for Swaziland shall be appointed by the Minister for Works, Power and Communications, who shall: (a) supervise and control the survey and charting of land; (b) take charge of and preserve all records appertaining to surveys of land; (c) examine all general plans and diagrams of surveys of land before any registration of such land is carried out; (d) define on the diagram of any piece of land the geometrical figure representing any portion of the land; (e) cancel or amend in accordance with any law any general plan or diagram found to be incorrect; (f) prepare, certify and

This Act provides rules for the survey of land in Botswana and makes provision for the appointment of the Director of Surveys and Lands, for the establishment of the Land Surveyors' Board and for the recognition of land surveyors and the control of their activities. The Act consists of 47 sections divided into 8 Parts.The Director of Surveys and Lands shall supervise and control the survey and charting of land for purposes of registration in the Deeds Registry and carry out other tasks imposed on him or her under this Act. The Land Surveyors' Board shall examine potential land surveyors.

The Ordinance aims at facilitating the identification of land boundaries in Sri Lanka.

The Surveyor-General or any of his assistants have the power to demand to any person claiming to be the owner or occupier of lands or premises the production of deeds, documents or instruments upon which such person founds his claim. Said power include also the power of examining such deeds, documents and instruments.

The Bureau of Soil Conservation shall have a headed by the Director of Soil Conservation, to be appointed by the President. All the divisions, sections, field activities and agencies of the Government connected with soils work are hereby transferred to the Bureau of Soil Conservation and such powers, functions and duties relative to soils vested by law or executive orders are hereby vested in the Director of Soil Conservation.

This Act establishes a deeds registry and provides rules for the registration of deeds, land and the rights in immovable properties.The Act defines the functions and powers of the Registrar who shall be appointed by the President under this Act. The Act also prescribes how land, including State land, must be transferred or partitioned and defines requisites for such transfer or partition to be valid.Other provisions of this Act deal with, among other things, subdivision of land in townships, transfer of mortgaged property, execution of bonds, leases, rights to minerals and servitudes.

Ce décret du 1885 prévoit la possibilité d'effectuer un mesurage officiel des terres pour lesquelles les demandes d'enregistrement ont été présentées; ce mesurage peut avoir lieu avant ou après la délivrance du certificat d'enregistrement.

Mis en oeuvre par: Ordonnance nº 42-12 sur le mesurage et bornage des propriétés privées. (1950-01-09)

These Regulations implement provisions of the Survey Co-ordination Act 1967. The Central Plan Register shall be in Form 1. A Liaison officer to keep registers as specified in regulation 3. A list or supplementary list compiled by the liaison officer under Section 4 or 7 of the Act forwarded to the Surveyor General in accordance with the provisions of the Act shall be endorsed with a certificate in Form 3. A notice under Section 5(1) of the Act shall be in Form 4.

These Regulations implement provisions of the Survey Act 1969. They concern fees for purposes of the Act, articles of cadetship in land surveying, the Register of Articled Cadets, training of surveyors, application for registration as certified measurer, examination, certificate of competency for certified measurers, plans of survey to be submitted to registry, etc.

Implements: Survey Act 1969. (2006)

The present Ordinance enforces the Law on official survey of 8 November 2005. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to detailed enforcement procedures, such as, for example, specific tasks of competent executive authorities.

The purpose of the present Ordinance is to regulate the administration of the Land Register by means of electronic data processing within the framework of federal legislation. The text consists of 8 articles as follows: Purpose (1); Data safety and data protection (2); Access to data (3); Personal data (4); Registration of land parcels (5); Easements (6); Transition to computerized land register (7); Entry into force (8).