Census Act · 2003 Revised Edition
9. Delivery and filling in of schedules
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any census officer may leave or cause to be left at any dwelling-house within the area for which he is appointed a schedule in the prescribed form to be filled in by the occupier of such dwelling-house or of any specified part of such dwelling-house.
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;
Such occupier shall, within the time mentioned therein, fill in the said schedule, or cause it to be filled in, in the manner prescribed and shall thereafter deliver the schedule so filled in to the enumerator or supervisor appointed for the area in which such dwelling-house is situate or to such other person as the Assistant Superintendent may direct.
schedule
“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;
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If unable either to fill in the schedule in the prescribed manner or cause some other person so to fill it in, such occupier shall preserve it in the condition in which he received it and shall deliver it to such enumerator, supervisor or other person as aforesaid who shall then exercise the powers conferred upon him by section 8 and shall fill in the schedule in the prescribed manner.
At any time before or within 6 months after the date directed for the taking of the census, if instructed by any Assistant Superintendent so to do, any census officer may visit any dwelling-house within the area for which he is appointed for the purpose of checking any information obtained or of obtaining further information for the purposes of the census, in which event, after exercising the powers conferred upon him by section 8, he shall —
Assistant Superintendent
“Assistant Superintendent” means an Assistant Superintendent of Census appointed under the provisions of section 4 of this Act;
if satisfied that a schedule relating to any dwelling-house contains the name of any person who was not within that dwelling-house at the time of the taking of the census, delete from such schedule the name of, and all particulars relating to, the said person;
and
if satisfied that any person was within any dwelling-house at the time of the taking of the census whose name is not written in a schedule relating to that dwelling-house, enter the name of, and all particulars relating to, the said person in such schedule or in a separate schedule, as the Superintendent may direct; and
if satisfied that any schedule is incorrect in any other material particular make any necessary correction thereto.
Terms defined in s 2
Assistant Superintendent
Defined · s 2“Assistant Superintendent” means an Assistant Superintendent of Census appointed under the provisions of section 4 of this Act;
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;
Superintendent
Defined · s 2“Superintendent” means the Superintendent of Census appointed under subsection (1) of section 4 of this Act and includes a Deputy Superintendent of Census. Power to direct census to be taken.