(1) The 3[State Government] may by notification appoint any person either by name or by virtue of his office to be a survey officer for all or any of the purposes of this Act.
(2) Subject to the control of the 3[State Government] and of any officer or authority appointed by it in this behalf every person so appointed shall exercise and perform the powers and duties of a survey officer within such local limits, and for such periods of time as the 3[State Government] may direct.
(3) The 3[State Government] may delegate its powers under sub-sections (1) and (2) to such officer or authority as it thinks fit.
3. The words “State Government” were substituted throughout the Act by the Adaptation of Laws Orders, 1937 and 1950.
Survey.
Survey mark.
Survey officer.
State Government to appoint survey officers.
State Government to prescribe jurisdiction of survey officer.
State Government may delegate powers of control.
4 [Act No.VIII of 1923]
CHAPTER II.
THE SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT LANDS.
5. The 4[State Government] or, subject to the control of the 4[State Government], any officer or authority to whom this power may be delegated by it may by notification order a survey of any Government land or of any boundary of such land or of the boundary forming the common limit of Government land and land that is not Government land.