CENSUS
AND STATISTICS.
No. 33 of 1920.
An
Act to amend the Census and Statistics
Act 1905.
[Assented
to 11th October, 1920.]
BE
it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Census and Statistics Act 1920.
(2.)The
Census and Statistics Act 1905 is in
this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may
be cited as the Census and Statistics Act
1905–1920.
Definitions.
2. Section three of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)by omitting the
definition of “Commissioner for Affidavits”; and
(b) by omitting from the definition of “Dwelling” the words
“registered in Australia”.
Undertaking
of fidelity and secrecy.
3.Section seven of .the Principal Act is amended by
omitting therefrom the words “make before a Justice of the Peace or
Commissioner for Affidavits a declaration “and inserting in their stead the
words “sign, in the presence of a witness, an undertaking of fidelity and
secrecy”.
Forms to be left at dwellings.
4. Section ten of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)by omitting from sub-section (2.) thereof the word “dwelling” (first
occurring) and inserting in its stead the word “building”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-section (2.) thereof the word “house”
Collectors
to assist in filling up schedules.
5.Section thirteen of the Principal Act is amended by
omitting the word “dwelling-houses” and inserting in its stead the word
“dwellings”.
Returns
of persons not abiding in dwellings.
6. Section fifteen of the Principal Act is amended by inserting
therein, after the word “Penalty”, the words “for any offence against this
sub-section”.
7. After section fifteen of the Principal Act the. following section
is inserted:—
Publication
of returns.
“15a.—(1.) The Statistician shall compile and tabulate
the Census returns collected pursuant to this Act and shall publish the results
so obtained or abstracts thereof, as the Minister directs, with observations
thereon.
(2.) All results or abstracts prepared for
publication and the Statistician’s observations thereon (if any) shall be laid
before both Houses of the Parliament.”.
Desertion
by officers.
8. Section twenty-two of the Principal Act is amended by omitting
therefrom the words “taken the prescribed declaration” and inserting in their
stead the words “signed the prescribed undertaking”.
Occupiers
to observe secrecy.
9.Section twenty-four of the Principal Act is amended by
inserting therein, after the word “officer”, the words “or occupier of a
dwelling”.
Regulations.
10.