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

37. Alteration or cancellation of general plan

 

(1)

(a) Any general plan which is filed in a Surveyor-General’s office or is registered in a deeds registry may be altered or amended by the Surveyor-General for the purposes of rectifying errors in the numerical data, figure or wording: Provided that if the correction affects the extent or designation of erven, the Surveyor-General and the Registrar shall act in the prescribed manner.
(b) The Surveyor-General may, in order to make a correction contemplated in paragraph (a), require that a land surveyor submit in the prescribed manner a correction sheet of the whole or part of the general plan for examination and approval.

 

(2) Any general plan referred to in subsection (1) which represents the subdivision of land in accordance with or under any other law, or which represents a township established prior to the existence of any laws relating to the establishment of townships, may, with the consent of the Premier concerned, or by an order of the court, and subject to such conditions as the Premier or the court may deem necessary, be altered, amended or partially or totally cancelled by the Surveyor-General: Provided that where the alteration, amendment or partial or total cancellation affects a public place, the Surveyor-General, prior to such alteration, amendment or partial or total cancellation, shall be advised by the Premier that the provisions of the laws relating to the permanent closing of any public place or part thereof have been complied with.

 

(3) The Premier may, in respect of any alteration, amendment or partial or total cancellation of a general plan, contemplated in subsection (2), delegate his or her powers to an officer in the service of the provincial administration or to a local authority, and the local authority may, with the concurrence of the Premier, further delegate the delegated powers to an officer in the service of that local authority.

 

(4) When a general plan is altered, amended or partially or totally cancelled in terms of this section the Surveyor-General shall inform the Registrar, who shall make the necessary alterations, amendments or endorsements to or on the relevant title deeds and registers in his or her deeds registry.