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director, secretary, manager of other person concerned in the manage ment of the corporation or achually in charge of the premises o behalf of the corporation;
"premises" includes-—--
(a) any land;
(b) any building or other structure, whether permanent or temporary; (c) any part of any premises which is used as a dwelling or place of business or other activity separately from any other part; (d) any vessel, train, aircraft or vehicle;
"sampling" means a statistical procedure by which information relating To a whole field of inquiry is derived by applying statistical techniques to information obtained in respect of a proportion of the total number of persons concerned in the relevant field of inquiry; "schedule" means any form or other docament issued by the Commis- sioner for collecting statistical information in any statistical inquiry, "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 92MoHiii) or, section 11(2)@Mili); "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
for Gearn and 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.
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Subject to this Ordinance, the functions of the Commissioner
() 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;
(8) to collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistical in- formation 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 statis- tical 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, com- Declaration of plote a declaration either in Form 1 or Form 2 in the Schedule.
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Schedule.
1 (1) The Commissioner shall issue to every census officer who Ideadscadoo of is engaged in a statistical inquiry a certificate specifying the nature of the sensus obicent. inquiry and stating that the person named therein is authorized to acl as a consua officer for the purpose of that inquiry; and a census officer shall produce such certificate for inspection by any person who may question his authority to exercise any function conferred on a consus officer by this Ordinance.
(2) A certificate purporting to be issued under subsection (1) by the Commissioner shall be admissible in evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings and shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein.
(3) In addition to the issue of a pertificate under subsection (1), the Commissioner may issue to census officers such insignia, arm bands or other tokens as he may consider necessary for the purpose of identification.
(1) The Governor may give to the Commissioner or any other Power of public officer such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the exercise Governor to or performance of his functions under this Ordinance, and such directions #tre questions. may be given generally or in respect of any particular case.
(2) A person to whom a direction is given by the Governor under subsection (1) shall, in the exercise or performance of his functions under this Ordinance, comply with that direction.
PART H
CENSUS OF POPULATION
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9. (1) The Governor in Council may, by order in the Gazette, Pawer to direct that a census of population be taken for Hong Kong or any part thereof.
(2) An order made under subsection (1) in respect of a census of population-
(e) shall specify
6) the purpose for which the census is required;
(ii) the persons, premises, establishments or other matters, in respect of which particulars for the purpose of the census are to be obtained;
(iii) the class or description of persons who are required to give information for the purpose of the censu9;
(iv) the date or dates on which or the period in respect of which the census is to be taken:
(v) the date by which all completed schedules collected or received by census officers for the census and all copies thereof shall be destroyed; and
(8) may authorize the use of sampling methods for the collection
of information relevant to the census.
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10. The Commissioner may, in such manner as he thinks itt, obtain Enumeration of such particulars as may be required for the purposes of any census of armed forces population regarding--
(d) any naval, military or air force personnel for the time being in Hong Kong whether engaged in the Armed Forces of the Crown or in the armed forces of any foreign power; and
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