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1. Library Resource

   

   Rural Development and Land Reform General Amendment Act, 2011 (No. 4 of 2011).

   Legislation

   South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

   surveyors

   leases

   cadastres

   land registration

   This Act amends existing legislation by giving new definitions of "Minister" and other public bodies and officers and by updating certain other provisions.

2. Library Resource

   

   Land Survey Act 1997 (No. 8 of 1997).

   An Act to regulate the survey in the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

   Legislation

   South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

   surveyors

   cadastres

   land registration

   land law

   The text of the Act opens with an extensive interpretation section. It includes definitions of "contiguous", "diagram", "erf", "land surveyor", "owner", "reference mark", and "township". The Minister shall appoint a Chief Surveyor-General (sect. 2). The Chief Surveyor-General shall be in charge of such geodetic, topographical and cadastrial survey and land information services in the republic as the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs may direct and shall perform the duties specified in section 3. Offices of the Chief Surveyor-General may be established in the provinces (sect. 4).