2. The powers and functions of the Surveyor-General shall include the following, that is -
| (a)to regulate all land survey activities in Sri Lanka , |
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| (b)to establish and administer the National Geoderic control network |
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| (c) to specify the standards of accuracy for cadastral, geoderic and topographic surveys , |
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| (d)to set standards for mapping , |
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| (e)to establish and administer a system of accreditation for registered surveyors seeking to conduct surveys under the Registration of Title Act, No 21 of 1998 and to maintain a register of the Surveyors issued with certificates of Accreditation , |
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| (f) to establish and make available to all Surveyors base lines for the calibration of survey bands and elections distance measuring equipment . |
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| (g) to receive approve and maintain cadastral surveying records so as to facilitate the production of cadastral survey plans and maps and to server as a comprehensive base for integration of land information |
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| (h) to produce and maintain records of topographic thematic and special purpose maps |
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| (i) to be the principal authority responsible for receiving storing and exchanging in any form all data for the purpose of promoting the integration of surveying and mapping, geographically based information and land related information with land information system requirements, |
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| (j) to provide land surveying, land information and related services. |
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| (k) to receive, store, reproduce and distribute topographic, cadastral and derived maps, remote sensed data, aerial photographs and other survey and mapping documents, |
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| (l) to authorize where appropriate the use or reproduction of survey and land information recorded by the Department and to levy a fee for the use or reproduction of such information ; |
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| (m) to co-ordinate where necessary, with foreign agencies for the exchange of surveying, mapping and land information technology , |
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| (n) to render advice to any Government Department Public Corporation or other Institution on Surveying mapping and land information activities and related matters and to levy a fee from such corporation or such institution for the advice so rendered; |
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| (O)to conduct such research as may be necessary in respect to matter relating to surveying. |
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| (p) to issue a Certificate authorising any person, to function as a draughtsman where such person is competent to prepare a survey plan using surveyor's field notes and to compute the area of a survey plan for the use of Any registered survey, after satisfying himself of the competence of such person by conducting examinations |
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| (q) to ensure the maintenance of high professional standards among persons engaged in land survey activities in the Department; |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts