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CENSUS AND STATISTICS

Ord. No. 38/78

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"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 document 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 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

means any undertaking whether by way of trade business or otherwise.

3. (1) There shall be a Commissioner for Census and Statistics who Commissioner 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.

are

for Census and Statistics.

4. Subject to this Ordinance, the functions of the Commissioner Functions of

(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 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.

Commissioner.

5. (1) The Commissioner may employ temporarily, whether for Temporary payment or otherwise, such number of persons to be census officers as may employment of appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out any statis- census officers. 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.

persons as

6. Every census officer shall, before entering upon his duties, com- Declaration of plete a declaration either in Form 1 or Form 2 in the Schedule.

secrecy. Schedule.

7. (1) The Commissioner shall issue to every census officer who Identification of is engaged in a statistical inquiry a certificate specifying the nature of the census officers.