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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 6, 1931.
Penalties 10. & 11 Geo. 5,
c. 41, s. 8.
Duty of secrecy. 10. & 11 Geo. 5, c. 41, s. 8.
Repeal of Ordinance No. 2 of 1881,
(2) Any expense incurred with the sanction of the Governor by the Superintendent of Census in connee- tion with the taking of the census or otherwise in con- nection with the exercise of his powers or the per- formance of his duties under this Ordinance or the regulations made thereunder shall be defrayed out of the Revenues of the Colony.
6.-(1) If any person:-
(a) refuses or neglects to comply with or acts in contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or any regulations made there. under; or
(b) being a person required under this Ordinance or the regulations to make a statutory de- claration with respect to his duties makes a false one; or
(c) being a person required by regulations made under this Ordinance to make, sign or deliver any document makes, signs or delivers or causes to be made, signed or delivered a false document; or
(d) being a person required by this Ordinance or the regulations to answer any questions, re- fuses to answer or gives a false answer t› that question;
he shall for each offence be liable upon summary con- viction to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2) Every person who:-
(a) being employed in the taking of ย census, without lawful authority publishes or com- municates to any other person otherwise than in the ordinary course of such employment. any information acquired by him in the course of such employment; or
(b) being in possession of any information which to his knowledge has been disclosed in con- travention of this Ordinance, publishes or communicates that information to any other person;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall upon conviction be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years and to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
7. The Census Ordinance, 1881, is repealed.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 5th day of February, 1931.
N. L. SMITH,
Clerk of Councils.
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