CENSUS ORDINANCE, 1881

CENSUS ORDINANCE, 1881

ORDINANCE NO. 2 OF 1881.

Census Ordinance, 1881.

AN ORDINANCE to make provision for taking from time to time the
Census of the colony. [14the march, 1881]
BE it enacted by the governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
Legislative council thereof, as follows:-
1. This ordinance may be cited as the Census Ordinance, 1881.
2.-(1) The governor-in-council may authorize and directed a census
to be taken of the inhabitants of the colony at such officers as may
be necessary for the purpose.
(2) Notice of the intention to take such census, and of the date of
such intended taking, shall be published in the gazette at least ten days
previously.
3. The officers appointed to take the census shall, in accordance with
the insturctions of the governor, make such arrangements as may be
necessary for the purpose.
4. Schedules shall be prepared, under the direction of the governor,
for the purpose of being filled up by or on behalf of the several occupiers
of every dwelling house or place of residence in the colony, and by or
on behalf of the persons on board every vessel in the waters of the colony,
with such particulars as to the governor-in-council may seem fit.
5 the governor-in-council may from time to time make, and, when
made, revoke, add to, and alter, regulations for carrying out this ordinance,
and all such regulations, revocations, additions, and alterations shall
be published in the gazette, and shall be posted in such places and in such
languages as the governor-in-council may direct.
6. the master or keeper of every school, gaol, prison, hopital, or public
or charitable institution, and the manager of every dock, factory, or
place emplying over twenty perssons, and the proprietor or manager of
every hotel, and the master or person in charge of every vessel lying
within the waters of this colony shall be the enumerators of the inmates
thereof or the persons residing therein.
7 all officers appointed under this ordinance mayask all such questions
as may be necessary for obtaining the information required under
this ordinance.
8-(1) every person who, without lawful excuse, wilfully refuses or
neglects-
(a) to fill up and sign, according to the truth of the case, or to alter
or amend in any particular, if required to do so by the enumerator,
any schedule so left at his house or place of residence; or
(b) to deliver the same to the enumerator or other officer when
required to do so; or
(c) to furnish information to any enumerator or to permit any
enumerator to obtain information on board his vessel; or
(d) to answer any such question as aforesaid put to him by any
enumerator or other officer,
shall, on summary conviction before a magistrate, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding twenty-five dollars,
(2) every person who-
(a) wilfully makes, signs, or delivers, or causes to be made, signed,
or delivered, any false return as to any of the matters specified
in this ordinance; or
(b) wilfully obstructs any enumerator or person engaged in the
execution of duties required of him under this ordinance,
shall on summary conviction before a magistrate, be liable to a penalty
not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(3) any enumerator appointed under this ordinance who knowingly
makes a false return of any of the matters specified herein shall, on summary
conviction before a magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding
five hundred dollars.
(4) pernalties imposed under this section shall be recoverable under
the provisions of any ordinance for the time being in force relating to the
jurisdiction of magistrates and the practice and procedure before them in respect of offences punishable on summary conviction.
9. The governor-in-council shall award such remunneration as he may
think fit to officers and enumerators appointed under this Ordinance.
A.D. 1881. Ordinance No. 2 of 1881.
Short title.
Power for Governor-in-Council to direct census and to appoint and remove officers therefor.
Making of necessary arrangements.
Preparation of schedule. Making of regulations. Enumeration of inmates of schools, etc. Right of officer to ask questions. Offences. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Remuneration of officers.

A.D. 1881. Ordinance No. 2 of 1881.
Short title.
Power for Governor-in-Council to direct census and to appoint and remove officers therefor.
Making of necessary arrangements.
Preparation of schedule. Making of regulations. Enumeration of inmates of schools, etc. Right of officer to ask questions. Offences. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1890. Remuneration of officers.

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