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Survey Act (No. 17 of 2002) - Sect 45

Professional misconduct

45.
(1) For the purposes of this Part a registered surveyor shall be guilty of professional misconduct if he is found in any proceedings or appeal
(a) to have been negligent or incompetent in the conduct of any survey;
(b) to have failed to comply with any guidelines or directions pertaining to the practice of surveying of the requirements pertaining to the preparation of and maintenance of survey plans and cadastral maps as are prescribed ;
(c)to have certified as to the accuracy of any survey or any plan or map in relation to a survey-
(i) where such surveyor being an officer in the service of the Government has conducted the survey of certified the plan or map without exercising due care or caution
(ii) where such surveyor being a registered licensed surveyor;
(d) to have made any entry in any field book or other record that purports to have been derived from actual observation or measurement in the field where in fact it has not been so derived.
(e) to have supplied to the Surveyor-General or any other registered surveyor any erroneous information in relation to any survey, survey mark, or boundary, knowing that information to be erroneous in any material particular;
(f) to have failed, without reasonable cause, to perform any duty imposed on a registered surveyor under this Act or comply with any condition subject to which he was allowed by the Council to practise land surveying.
(2) For the purposes of determining whether or not any registered surveyor is guilty of professional misconduct the fact that any survey plan or map may have been approved by or on behalf of the Surveyor-General shall not be relevant.-


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