s 10 Illegal practice
10.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not certify to the correctness or accuracy of any survey unless the person is an authorised surveyor or a registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not —(a) use or cause or permit to be used the abbreviation “RS” as a title before his or her name, or any written words, titles or initials or any abbreviation thereof which are intended to cause or may reasonably cause any person to believe that the person using them is authorised to supply survey services in Singapore; or[Act 25 of 2024 wef 01/10/2025] (b) advertise or hold himself, herself or itself out or conduct himself, herself or itself in any way or by any means as a person authorised to supply survey services in Singapore, unless at the time of so doing the person is a registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate, or is a licensed corporation, a licensed partnership, a licensed limited liability partnership or a partnership consisting wholly of registered surveyors. (3) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person is not entitled to recover in any court any charge, fee or remuneration for any survey services rendered in Singapore, unless the person rendering such services is —(a) a registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate and is doing so on the person’s own account or as a partner in a licensed partnership, a licensed limited liability partnership or a partnership consisting wholly of registered surveyors; (b) an allied professional and is doing so only by reason of being a partner in a licensed partnership or a licensed limited liability partnership; or (c) a licensed corporation or a licensed limited liability partnership. (4) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person must not perform or execute any survey or engage in any survey work in Singapore unless the person is —(a) a registered surveyor who has in force a practising certificate; (b) an authorised surveyor; or (c) under the direction or supervision of any of the persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b). (5) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.[Act 25 of 2024 wef 01/10/2025]