Singapore legislation

Clause 17

Offences by census officers

Any census officer and any person employed by the Superintendent in the preparation of reports and abstracts who —

(a)

without sufficient cause, refuses or neglects to comply with any instructions or requisitions addressed to him by the Superintendent, or fails to use reasonable diligence in performing any duty imposed on him;

(b)

wilfully asks an offensive or improper question;

(c)

knowingly makes any false return;

(d)

asks, receives or takes from any person other than an authorised officer of Government any payment or reward; or

(e)

without lawful authority publishes or communicates to any person any information acquired by him in the course of his duty or employment,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment.

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