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Land Transfer.

(2.) The Registrar shall thereupon proceed as may be necessary to have such road defined on the Register, and on any deposited plan in his custody or under his control, and oh the outstanding duplicate of title. (3.) This section shall not apply to the case of land taken for the purpose of roads under the provisions of any Act of the General Assembly if the mode of registration is by such Act otherwise provided for. 181. The cost of any survey authorized by the Surveyor-General for correction of any Land Transfer plan or certificate shall be borne and be paid by the Assurance Fund upon the certificate of the SurveyorGeneral that such survey has been duly made and was necessary for the purpose aforesaid. 182. (1.) The Surveyor-General, or any person authorized by him to make any survey required for the purposes of this Act, — (a.) May enter from time to time during the daytime upon any land, with such assistants as he thinks fit, for the purpose of making any survey which he is authorized to make, and may fix or set up thereon survey pegs, marks, or poles ; or for the purpose of inspecting any such survey, or of altering, repairing, moving, or removing any survey peg, mark, or pole ; and (b.) May do all things necessary for such survey in accordance with the regulations for the time being in force, or for any inspection, repair, or alteration thereof. (2.) Before entry such surveyor shall, when practicable, give reasonable notice to the owner or occupier of the land, and, if required by such owner or occupier, produce and show the authority under which he claims to enter as aforesaid. (3.) Any person wilfully preventing or obstructing any survey authorized as aforesaid, or destroying, effacing, or removing any survey pegs or marks relating thereto, is liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, to be recoverable in a summary way before any two or more Justices, and is also liable to make good any loss or damage thereby occasioned. (4.) The Surveyor-General may delegate his powers and duties under this section to the Chief Surveyor of any district so far as the same are to be exercised within the limits of such, district. Additional Powers of Registrar. 183. Every Registrar, in addition to the powers hereinbefore vested in him, may exercise all or any of the powers following, that is to say :— (a.) He may require the proprietor or other person making or concurring in any application under this Act to produce any deed or instrument in his possession or control relating to the land the subject of such application, and, if necessary, to attend and give any information or explanation concerning the same : (b.) He may require any person having in his possession or control any grant, certificate, or other instrument upon which any memorial or entry is required to be indorsed for the purposes

Cost of survey for correction of plans, &c, to be paid out of Assurance Fund. 1908, No. 99, s. 184

Surveyor-General or person authorized by him may enter land to make survey. lb., s. 185

Registrar may require production of instruments. lb., s. 186 For his information,

For indorsements.

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