Section 5: Effect of permit to survey.

(1) A permit to survey shall entitle the holder, subject to the provisions of section 6 of this Act, to enter together with his officers, agents, workmen and other servants and with any necessary equipment or vehicles, on any land upon the route specified in the permit or reasonably close to such route for the following purposes -
(a) to survey and take levels of the land;
(b) to dig and bore into the soil and subsoil;
(c) to cut and remove such trees and other vegetation as may impede the purposes specified in this subsection; and
(d) to do all other acts necessary to ascertain the suitability of the land for the establishment of an oil pipeline or ancillary installations,
and shall entitle the holder, with such persons, equipment or vehicles as aforesaid to pass over land adjacent to such route to the extent that such may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of obtaining access to land upon the route specified.
(2) The Minister may, upon application by the holder of a permit to survey, vary the route specified in such permit, but such variation shall not invalidate or make illegal any act done by the holder pursuant to the permit prior to such variation, nor prejudice the rights of any person under this Act with reference to any act done by the holder pursuant to the permit prior to such variation.