18. A permit to effect a cadastral operation cannot be refused by a local municipality or a regional county municipality in respect of land under the authority of the Minister on the sole ground that, owing to the location, area or dimensions of the land, the requirements in these respects of an interim control by-law or a subdivision by-law cannot be met, if one or other of the following conditions is satisfied:(1) the cadastral operation will make it possible to grant a valid title of occupation to the occupant of land which, on 27 May 1987, is possessed without title or by precarious title;
(2) the cadastral operation will make it possible to increase the area of land in the domain of the State or in the private domain to which a person has a valid title of occupation on 27 May 1987.