Census Act · 2003 Revised Edition
17. Other offences
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who —
refuses to answer truthfully, to the best of his knowledge and belief, any question asked of him by a census officer which he is legally bound so to answer or wilfully makes a false answer thereto;
or
makes, signs, delivers or causes to be made, signed, or delivered any wilfully false or incorrect schedule, statement, or return; or
refuses to allow a census officer such reasonable access to any land, house, enclosure, vessel or other place as he is required by this Act to allow; or
removes, obliterates, alters or injures, before the expiry of 6
months from the time of taking the census, any letters, marks or numbers which have been painted, marked or affixed for the purposes of the census; or
refuses or neglects to comply with any provision of this Act or of any rule made thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $2,500 and imprisonment for 6 months.
Any person who impersonates a census officer shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
census officer
“census officer” means any person appointed under the provisions of section 4 of this Act as Superintendent of Census, Deputy Superintendent of Census, Assistant Superintendent of Census, supervisor, house numberer, or enumerator, acting within the local limits of any area for which he may have been so appointed;
Terms defined in s 2
census officer
Defined · s 2“census officer” means any person appointed under the provisions of section 4 of this Act as Superintendent of Census, Deputy Superintendent of Census, Assistant Superintendent of Census, supervisor, house numberer, or enumerator, acting within the local limits of any area for which he may have been so appointed;
schedule
Defined · s 2“schedule” means a schedule in the prescribed form in which are, or are to be, entered the prescribed particulars required for the purpose of a census;