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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 6, 1931. 63

(b) requiring such persons as may be employed for the purpose of the census, to perform such duties in connection with the taking of the census as may be prescribed;

(e) requiring persons employed for the purpose of taking the census to make a statutory declaration with respect to the performance of their duties;

(d) requiring the chief officer of public or chari- table institutions or of any other institution prescribed by the regulations to make returns with respect to the inmates thereof;

(e) requiring the proprietor, master, keeper. manager or person in charge, of any place where not less than twenty people are em- ployed, or of any dock, factory, workshop, school, hospital, hotel or vessel lying within the waters of the Colony to make returns of the inmates therein;

(f) requiring information to be given to the per- sons liable to make returns by the persons with respect to whom the returns are to be made;

(g) with respect to the forms to be used in the

taking of the census;

(h) directing the Superintendent of Census make reports on the census returns;

to

(1) directing the publication of the reports made by the Superintendent of Census or any of them; and

() making provision with respect to any matter necessary to carry into effect the order for taking the census.

(2) All regulations made under this Ordinance shal be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meeting held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a resolution be passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Coun- cil held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such re- gulations shall be rescinded or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulations shall, with- out prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded or amended as the case may be, as from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.

4. When any order has been made under section 2 Appoint- of this Ordinance the Governor shall appoint a Sup- ment of erintendent of Census for the purpose of carrying the Superinten- order for the taking of the census into effect.

dent of Census.

5.—(1) It shall be the duty of the Superintendent Duties of of Census:-

Superinten dent of Census,

(a) to make such arrangements and to do all such

things as are necessary for the taking of the 10 & 11 Geo. 5, census in accordance with the provisions of c. 41, ss. 2 this Ordinance, and of any regulations made and 4. 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;

(b) as soon as may be possible after the collection of the filled in forms to prepare reports on the census returns.