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19. Any census officer and any person engaged in the preparation of any schedule, return, abstract, report or other document in connexion with any statistical inquiry who—
(a) without reasonable cause, refuses or neglects to comply with any lawful instruction issued to him by the Commissioner;
(b) in the pretended performance of his duties under this Ordinance, obtains or seeks to obtain any information which he is not authorized to obtain; or
(c) knowingly makes any false return or alters any particular contained in any such schedule, return, abstract, report or other document with intent to falsify the same,
commits an offence.
20. Any person having the custody, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, of—
(a) any schedule completed or return made under this Ordinance; or
(b) any abstract, report or other document containing particulars (other than particulars to which section 22(2) applies) obtained in the course of any statistical inquiry which enable identification of any individual or undertaking,
who fails to keep such schedule, return, abstract, report or other document at all times in a manner reasonably calculated to prevent any unauthorized person having access thereto commits an offence.
21. Any person who publishes or communicates any information which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of this Ordinance to any other person commits an offence.
22. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), any person who publishes or shows to any person otherwise than in the performance of any function under this Ordinance—
(a) any schedule or other document or part thereof completed or any return or part thereof made for any of the purposes of this Ordinance;
(b) any answer given to any question put for any of the purposes of this Ordinance; or
(c) any particulars obtained in the course of any statistical inquiry which enable identification of an individual or undertaking,
commits an offence.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), it shall not be an offence to publish or show to any person any particulars referred to in subsection (1)(c) which—
Offences by census officers.
Custody of documents.
Offence to publish information knowingly received in contravention of Ordinance.
Restriction on publication and disclosure.
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1978 Ed.]
Census and Statistics
[CAP. 316
19. Any census officer and any person engaged in the prepa- ration of any schedule, return, abstract, report or other document in connexion with any statistical inquiry who-
(a) without reasonable cause, refuses or neglects to comply with any lawful instruction issued to him by the Com- missioner;
(b) in the pretended performance of his duties under this Ordinance, obtains or seeks to obtain any information which he is not authorized to obtain; or
(c) knowingly makes any false return or alters any particular contained in any such schedule, return, abstract, report or other document with intent to falsify the same,
commits an offence.
20. Any person having the custody, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person, of—
(a) any schedule completed or return made under this Ordin-.
ance; or
(b) any abstract, report or other document containing par- ticulars (other than particulars to which section 22(2) applies) obtained in the course of any statistical inquiry which enable identification of any individual or under- taking,
who fails to keep such schedule, return, abstract, report or other document at all times in a manner reasonably calculated to prevent any unauthorized person having access thereto commits an offence.
21. Any person who publishes or communicates any informa- tion which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of this Ordinance to any other person commits an offence,
22. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), any person who publishes or shows to any person otherwise than in the performance of any function under this Ordinance-
(a) any schedule or other document or part thereof completed or any return or part thereof made for any of the purposes of this Ordinance;
(b) any answer given to any question put for any of the pur-
poses of this Ordinance; or
(c) any particulars obtained in the course of any statistical inquiry which enable identification of an individual or undertaking,
commits an offence.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), it shall not be an offence to publish or show to any person any particulars referred to in subsection (1)(c) which-
Offences by
census officers.
Custody of documents.
Offence to publish information knowingly received in contravention of Ordinance.
Restriction on publication and disclosure.
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