(1) Every surveyor who executes any survey in accordance with the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made thereunder shall send to the Chief Surveyor all plans, field notes, computations and a report relating thereto, and all such plans, field notes, computations and report shall be deposited in the Survey Department and shall become the property of the Government.
(2) A plan deposited in the Survey Department in accordance with subsection (1) shall not be altered or amended in any way without the permission of the Chief Surveyor.
(3) Until the contrary is proved, every survey of operation in an unconcluded survey commenced after the passing of this Act, shall be deemed to have been concluded on the 30th day after the survey shall have been commenced.