1978 Ed.]
Census and Statistics
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"specified person", in relation to any statistical inquiry, means a person of a class or description of persons specified for the purpose of such inquiry in an order under section 9(2)(a)(iii) or section 11(2)(a)(iii);
"statistical inquiry" means--
(a) a census of population;
(b) a survey;
"survey" means a statistical survey carried out under section 11; "undertaking" means any undertaking whether by way of trade or business or otherwise.
3. (1) There shall be a Commissioner for Census and Statistics who shall be appointed by the Governor.
(2) Any person holding or acting in the public office of Commissioner for Census and Statistics immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall continue to hold or to act in such office, as the case may be, as if appointed under this section.
4. Subject to this Ordinance, the functions of the Commissioner are-
(a) to make such arrangements and to do all such things as are necessary for the taking of any census of population or the carrying out of any survey;
(b) to collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistical information relating to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, economic and general activities and condition of the people,
and for those purposes to design and use such schedules as he thinks fit and to lay down the instructions and procedures necessary for the proper distribution, completion and return thereof.
5. (1) The Commissioner may employ temporarily, whether for payment or otherwise, such number of persons to be census officers as may appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out any statistical inquiry.
(2) The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Secretary for the Civil Service, use the services of any public officer for the purposes of any statistical inquiry.
(3) The duties of a person employed under subsection (1) or whose services are used under subsection (2) shall be such as the Commissioner may determine.
6. Every census officer shall, before entering upon his duties, complete a declaration either in Form 1 or Form 2 in the Schedule.
7. (1) The Commissioner shall issue to every census officer who is engaged in a statistical inquiry a certificate specifying the
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for Census and Statistics.
Functions of Commissioner.
Temporary employment of persons as census officers.
Declaration of secrecy. Schedule.
Identification of census officers.