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| (1) The Surveyor-General shall be responsible for the establishment maintenance and upgrading where necessary of the National Geodetic Control System |
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| (2) The categories of land surveys which shall be connected to the National Geodetic Control System and the manner in which such surveys shall be connected, shall be prescribed |
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| (3)Every land survey required for the establishment maintenance and improvement of the National Geodetic Control System shall be conducted under the direction and supervision of the Surveyor General. |
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| (4)The Surveyor-General shall collect and collate surveys conducted by any registered surveyor for the purpose of maintaining and upgrading the National Geodetic control network where he is of opinion that such surveys are of significance |
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| (5) For the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of subsections (4) the Surveyor-General may request any registered surveyor to furnish him such maps or plans or information in his possession and it shall be the duty of such surveyor to comply with such request |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts