8. Amendment of section 27 of the principal enactment

Section 27 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of subsection (3) thereof, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection:-

“(3) Where the court decides that the land or any portion thereof shall be partitioned, the commission under subsection (2) of this section shall be issued to the surveyor who made the preliminary survey under section 17 unless the court decides to issue it to any other surveyor whose name is specified in the list referred to in section 73 or where court deemed fit, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 73, to any other surveyor upon agreement of all parties who have been awarded any right by the interlocutory decree entered under section 26.”.