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MODEL ANSWERS/MARKING SCHEME ============================ A. Composition of council and tenure of office of members: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ( c ) He is convicted of an offence involving dishonesty, fraud or moral turpitude. B. Functions of the Council ===========================...

MODEL ANSWERS/MARKING SCHEME ============================ A. Composition of council and tenure of office of members: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. ( c ) He is convicted of an offence involving dishonesty, fraud or moral turpitude. B. Functions of the Council =========================== a. Determining who are Surveyors for the purposes of this Act: b. Determining what standards of knowledge and skill are to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as members of the profession of surveying (hereafter in this Act referred to as \"the profession\") and reviewing those standards from time to time as circumstances may require; c. Securing in accordance with the provisions of this Act the establishment and maintenance of a register of persons entitled to practice the profession and the publication, from time to time, of lists of such persons; d. Regulating and controlling the practice of the profession in all its ramifications; (e) Maintaining, in accordance with this Act, of discipline within the profession; (f) Performing the other functions conferred upon the Council by this Act. (C) The Duties of The Register ============================== i. The registrar shall prepare and maintain, in accordance with rules made by the Council under this section, a register of surveyors (hereafter in this Act referred to as ii. It shall be the duty of the registrar. iii. To make, from time to time, any necessary alterations to the registered particulars of registered persons: iv. To remove from the relevant part of the register the name of any registered person who has died or, as the case may be, has ceased to be entitled to be registered: v. To act as secretary to the council at all meetings. vi. If the registrar. a. sends by post to any registered person a registered letter addressed to him at his address on the register enquiring whether the registered particulars relating to him are correct and receives no reply to the letter within the period of six months -from the date of posting it; and b. upon the expiration of that period sends in like manner to the person in question a second similar letter and receives no reply to that letter within three months from the date of posting it; Subsequently, he should print a new edition each year. a. \"The land use and allocation committee b. \"The land allocation advisory committee\" \(ii) A legal practitioner: i. ii. payable under this Act for improvements on land. Functions ========= a. This happens when an occupier alienates the right of occupancy or part of its contrary to the provisions of this Act. b. When the land is required by Government of the state or local government or government of the federation for public purposes c. When the land is required for mining purposes or oil pipelines. d. The governor may revoke a right of occupancy on the ground of a breach of any of the provisions or terms contained in the certificate of occupancy 2 marks Answer (3a) =========== - Erect survey beacons of specific description at specific locations. - Process all aerial films in connection with the work in Nigeria. - On completion of the work, to submit. areas. 6 marks Objectives of The Act ===================== i. To ensure proper coordination of all survey operations in the country. ii. To ensure that survey and mapping projects executed in the country are done to acceptable specifications, so that the results can be of maximum use to the various and varied users. iii. To ensure that unnecessary duplication of efforts in aerial photography, surveying and mapping is avoided and thereby avoiding unnecessary waste of funds and time. iv. To ensure that the original and copies of materials produced are on completion of projects, forwarded to and kept in the safe custody of the director of federal survey so that they can be readily made available, from time to time to the depositors and other users, at little or no costs. area. 6 marks \"Region\" to \"states\" ========================  \"Federal survey\", to read \"office of the Surveyor General of the Federation\". a. Explain what is meant by each of the following term: i. ii. iii. \(v) Location Beacon and location mark b. List the information that must be included on the plan of a mining lease indicating appropriate conventional signs and colours. Answers ======= mining of the materials contained in it. 3 marks ii. Mining Right: An area along a stream or river, of total width of the stream., of not more than 30 meters, over which the holder has the right to extract specified minerals. A mining right is granted in the first instance for one year only but can be renewed for further periods; its total length, as measured along the stream, must not exceed 1.6 kilometers. It is demarcated by an upper Beacon (UB) Up-stream and a lower Beacon (LB) down-stream. iii. Prospecting Right: An area of land over which the licence holder has exclusive right to prospect for specified minerals. Its maximum size is 20 square kilometers. 4b) a. Number of lease; Lot number; name of applicant; state and division priority sheet reference. b. North line; Magnetic variation with month and year in which it was observed. c. Any adjoining leases and details (such as motor roads, rail ways picked up during the (traverse). d. Connection from trigonometric station. e. Nation grid coordinates of L.M f. All Corner and line Beacons, together with bearings and lengths of sides, to the nearest minute and 0.5m respectively g. Area in Hectares to 4 significant figures (h) Scale \(i) Survey\'s signature, rank and date 5 marks Heading, area, scale, details etc- in black 5 marks a. Issuing of SURCON beacon numbers to Surveyors b. Making quarterly returns to SURCON headquarters, of beacon numbers issued and plans lodged by Surveyors. d. Supervising the practice of the surveying profession in the state. e. Collecting beacon fees for SURCON and remitting such monies to SURCON head office. (C) Surcon Beacon In Respect Of The Identities and Prefix ========================================================= i. The issuance of beacon numbers to a surveyor shall only be by prepayment of prescribed fees to SURCON and Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) as contained in the schedule of fees provided full returns have been made for previous numbers issued within the limits approved by council. ii. A Surveyor shall apply in writing for and collect as many beacon numbers as he can prepay for with evidence of the job(s) he intend to execute in a state but  within the limits approved by council or as particular jobs require. iii. A Surveyor shall make monthly returns of beacon number used to the ethics committee of the relevant state and where no beacon number is used a \"nil return\" shall be made. iv. No Surveyor shall remove, tamper or recap any beacon emplaced by another v. Survey beacons shall bear SURCON identifying letters \"SC\" as well as state identifying letters such as \"im\" for Imo state, \"EK\" for Ekiti state e.g. SC/IM 0123 or SCÆK 0124. 5 marks i. The Surveyor-General of the federation; ii. The Surveyor-General of a State; iii. The Survey Department of the Federal capital territory; iv. The Department of survey in each University or school engaged in training of persons seeking to be become surveyors; v. Office of the head of survey Regiment Corps of Engineers of the Nigerian army; vi. The office of the Hydrographer of the Nigerian Navy; vii. The office of the Head of aerial photographic units of the Nigerian Air force; and viii. Any Registered surveyor in Nigeria. 5 marks i. Re-location of missing property beacons; ii. Setting ---out procedure for cadastral lay-out. iii. Sub-division of plots into specified parts. \(i) Re-location of missing property Beacons. distances measured on the ground. 7 marks a. b. 7a) Offences under Surcon Act ============================= a. b. c. d. e. +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | Answers | | | | | | a. Infamous conduct in a | | | professional respect. | | | | | | b. Conviction of by a court or a | | | tribunal | | +===================================+===================================+ | | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ 7b) i. The case of professional misconduct is reported to the NIS state branch or the SSCE. ii. They or one of them sets up a committee to investigate the complaint to establish a prima facie case with facts. iii. The matter is reported to the SIP (Surveyors Investigation Fund). iv. The SIP invites the parties and if there is strong evidence of professional misconduct, the case is sent to the disciplinary committee for disposal. The parties v. The disciplinary committee now takes over the matter. The disciplinary committee. b. c. 10 marks