s.4Entry for purposes of survey, etc.
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Section 4Part 2 — Acquisition

Entry for purposes of survey, etc.

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4. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, as soon as a notification has been published and exhibited in accordance with section 3 it shall be lawful for any officer, either generally or specially authorised by the Governor, and for his servants and workmen —
to enter upon, survey and take levels of any land in such locality;
to dig or bore into the sub-soil;
to do all other acts necessary to ascertain whether the land is adaptable to the public purpose;
to set out the boundaries of the land proposed to be taken and the intended line of work, if any, proposed to be executed thereon;
to mark such levels, boundaries and line by placing marks and cutting trenches;
to cut down and clear away any part of any land, including any standing crop, bush, tree and any fence, in cases where the survey cannot otherwise be completed or where the levels cannot otherwise be taken or where the boundaries or line of the work cannot otherwise be marked; and
to do all such other acts as may be incidental to or necessary for any of the purposes aforesaid.
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorise any person to enter into any building or upon any enclosed court or garden attached to a dwelling- house except with the consent of the occupier thereof, without previously giving such occupier at least seven days’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.

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