THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MARCH, 1881.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled "The Census Ordinance 1881” of Hongkong from time to time.
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HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for taking, from time to time, the Census of the Colony of Hongkong: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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I. The Governor in Council may authorize and direct a Census to be taken of the inhabitants of the Colony at such times as he thinks fit, and may, from time to time, appoint and remove such officers as may be necessary for the purpose.
Notice of the intention to take such Census, and of the date of such intended taking, shall be published in the Gazette at least one month previously.
II. The officers appointed to take the Census shall, in accordance with the instructions of the Governor, make such arrangements as may be necessary for the purpose.
III. Schedules shall be prepared under the direction of the Governor, for the purpose of being filled up by or on behalf of the several occupiers of every dwelling-house or *place of residence in the Colony, and by or on behalf of the persons on board every vessel in the waters of the Colony, with such particulars as to the Governor in Council may seem fit.
IV. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make, and when made, revoke, add to, and alter regulations for carrying out this Ordinance, and all such regulations, revocations, additions and alterations shall be published in the Gazette, and shall be posted in such places and in such languages as the Governor in Council may direct.
V. The master or keeper of every school, gaol, prison, hospital, or public or charitable institution, and the manager of every dock, factory, or place employing over twenty persons, and the proprietor or manager of every hotel, and the master or person in charge of every vessel lying within the waters of this Colony, shall be the enumerators of the inmates thereof or the persons residing therein.
VI. All officers appointed under this Ordinance may ask all such questions as are necessary for obtaining the infor- mation required under this Ordinance.
VII. Any person who, without lawful excuse, wilfully refuses or neglects to fill up and sign according to the truth of the case, or to alter or amend in auy particular, if required to do so by the enumerator, any schedule so left at his house or place of residence; or to deliver the same to the, enumerator or other officer when required to do so; or to furnish information to any enumerator, or to permit any enumerator to obtain information on board his vessel; or to answer any such question as aforesaid put to him by any enumerator or other officer, shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars; and any person who wilfully makes, signs, or delivers, or causes to be made, signed, or delivered, any false return as to any of the matters specified in this Ordinance; or who wilfully obstructs any enumerator or person engaged in the execution of duties required of them under this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Any enumerator appointed under this Ordinance who knowingly makes a false return of any of the matters speci- fied herein, shall be liable, on conviction before a Magis- trate, to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Fines imposed under this section shall be recoverable in the same way as fines imposed on convictions under Ordi- nance 16 of 1875.
VIII. The Governor in Council shall award such remu- neration as he thinks fit to officers and enumerators ap- pointed under this Ordinance.
The Governor may direct Census and ap- point and re- move officers.
Proviso.
Officers to appoint enu- merators, &c.
Schedules to be prepared.
Regulations.
Inmates of gaols, hospi- tals, &c., how enumerated.
Enumerators may ask ques- tions.
Offences.
Payment of officers.
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