Appoint- ment of Superinten. dent of Census.
Duties of Superinten- dent of Census.
10 & 11
Geo. 5, c. 41, ss. 2 and 4.
Penalties.
10 & 11 Geo. 5,
c. 41, s. 8.
Duty of
secrecy, 10 & 11 Geo. 5,
c. 41, s. 8.
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4. When any order has been made under section 2 of this Ordinance the Governor shall appoint a Superintendent of Census for the purpose of carrying the order for the taking of the census into effect.
5. (1) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Census :—-
(a) to make such arrangements and to do all such things as are necessary for the taking of the census in accordance with the provisions of this Ordin- ance, and of any regulations made thereunder, and for that purpose to make arrangements for the preparation and issue of the necessary forms and instructions and for the collection of the forms when filled in;
as soon as may be possible after the collection of the filled in forms to prepare reports on the census returns.
(2) Any expense incurred with the sanction of the Governor by the Super- intendent of Census in connection with the taking of the census or otherwise in connection with the exercise of his powers or the performance 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 thereunder; or (b) being a person required under this Ordinance or the regulations to make a statutory declaration 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, refuses to answer or gives a false answer to that question; he shall for each offence be liable upon summary conviction 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 u census, without lawful authority publishes or communicates 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 contravention of this Ordinance, publishes or communicates that information to any other jerson;
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall upon conviction be liable to imprison- ment 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.
Repeal of Ordinance
No. 2 of 1881.
N. L. SMITH,
Clerk of Councils.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 5th day of February, 1931.
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