(1) Subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in this behalf, every land-owner shall be bound to maintain, renew and repair the survey marks on or within the boundaries of his land and in default of his doing so, the survey officer or Administrator may, at the coat of Government, maintain, renew and repair such survey marks, determine and apportion the cost of so doing, and recover such cost from the land-owner concerned as if it were payable under a decree of a civil court and such cost may Include the cost of all operations incidental to such renewal or repair but not any charges on account of survey officers and supervising establishment.
(2) Before the survey officer or Administrator takes steps to maintain, renew or repair any survey marks, he shall serve a notice in writing on the land-owner in the prescribed manner giving particulars of the survey marks in respect of which default has been committed calling upon him to maintain, renew or repair the same within a time to be specified in such notice which shall be not less than thirty days from the date of service thereof.
(3) If the notice under sub-section (2) cannot be served personally on the land-owner, a copy of the same shall be served or the cultivator or other person interested in the land.
Land-owners responiible for maintenance of Burvey marks.
238 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PAKT II Duties of Amin, Gumastha and Karani.
14. It shall be the duty of every Amin, Gumastha and Karani of :he Islands,—
(a) to prevent the destruction, injury, removal or alteration of any survey mark on or within the limits of his jurisdiction;
and
(b) when he becomes aware that any such mark has been destroyed, injured, removed cr altered, to report the fact without delay to the prescribed officer.
CHAPTER III MISCELLANEOUS Power to outer upon, examine and clear obstruction on landi.
15. For the purposes of any survey, inquiry or other proceedings under this Regulation, the survey officer or the Administrator or any of the subordinates of such officers shall have power to enter upon, examine and measure any land under survey and to clear hy cutting down or removing any trees, jungle fences, standing crops or other material obstructions, boundaries or other lines, the clearance of which may be necessary for the purposes of the survey.
Power to summon witnesses and require production of document*.
18. Any survey officer generally or specially authorized in that behalf, or the Administrator or any officer to whom an appeal is preferred under any of the provisions of this Regulation may, for the purposes of rendering assistance in the survey of any land, summon and enforce the attendance of any person who has an interest therein and may, for the purposes of any survey, inquiry or other proceedings under this Regulation, summon and enforce the attendance of any person for giving evidence and for the production of documents in the prescribed manner.
Reference tc arbitration.