CENSUS.
No. 2 of 1881.
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such languages and posted in such places as the Governor-in-Council may direct.
of inmates of
6. The master or keeper of every school, gaol, prison, hospital, Enumeration or public or charitable institution, and the manager of every dock, schools, etc. factory, or place employing over 20 persons, and the proprietor or manager of every hotel, and the master or person in charge of every vessel lying within the waters of the Colony shall be the enumerators of the inmates thereof or the persons residing therein.
7. The census officers and enumerators may ask all such ques- Officer to ask tions as may be necessary for obtaining the information required questions.
under this Ordinance.
8. (1) Every person refuses or neglects—
* who, without lawful excuse, wilfully Offences.
(a) to fill up and sign, according to the truth of the case, or to alter or amend in any particular, if required to do so by the enumerator or census officer, any schedule so left at his house or place of residence; or
(b) to deliver the same to the enumerator or census officer when required to do so; or
(c) to furnish information to any enumerator or census officer, or to permit him to obtain information in his building or place, or on board his vessel; or
(d) to answer any such question as aforesaid put to him by any enumerator or census officer,
shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars.
(2) Every person who-
(a) 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
(b) wilfully obstructs any census officer or enumerator, or other person engaged in the conduct of the census,
shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars.
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*As amended by No. 15 of 1911.
As amended by No. 15 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911, No. 62 of 1911 and No. 21 of 1912.