Place Names Committee
(PNC)
The Place Names Committee is established by Section 3 of the Place Names Act, 1965.
The Surveyor General is the Chairman of the PNC and eight other members from other Government Agencies and Non Government Organisations ( NGO's) as established under the Act.
The powers and functions of the Committee are:
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To adopt rules of orthography and nomenclature, and to standardize pronunciation, in respect of place names in the country; and |
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To investigate and determine the priority of the discovery of any geographical feature; and |
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Subject to the Act to consider and determine and proposed alteration in a place name; and |
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To assign a name to any place in the country; and |
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To alter the name of any place in the country by substituting another name, or by correcting the spelling of the name; and |
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To omit from official maps and records the name of any place; and |
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To prepare and maintain a gazetteer; and |
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To make inquiries and recommendations on such matters relating to the naming of places in the country as referred to it by the Minister; and |
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To prepare and publish an index of names and places in the country with a record of their origin and history; and |
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To investigate and determine, as far as possible, the locality and the boundaries of any area covered by a place name; and |
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To exercise and perform such other powers and duties as are conferred or imposed on it by the Act or any other Law.
Acts & Regulation
List of Members
for further queries contact the Surveyor General |
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