### Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance 《工業訓練(製衣業)條例》

33. Offences
(1) Any person who is knowingly concerned in, or in the taking of steps with a view to, the fraudulent evasion of the payment of a levy, whether due from him or from any other person, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 or 20 times the amount of levy that was or was intended to be evaded by his conduct, whichever is the greater. (Amended E.R. 1 of 2023)
(2) Any person who—
(a) knowingly lodges, produces, supplies or sends for the purposes of this Ordinance or otherwise makes use for those purposes of any declaration or other document, or record, which is false in a material particular; or
(b) in providing any information for the purposes of this Ordinance, makes any statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 or 20 times the amount of any levy that was or was intended to be evaded by his conduct, whichever is the greater. (Amended 4 of 1984 s. 5; E.R. 1 of 2023)
(3) Where a person who has been issued with a security device contravenes section 30B(a) or (b), he commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3. (Added 31 of 1995 s. 7)
(4) A specified agent who contravenes section 30C commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 3. (Added 31 of 1995 s. 7)

34. Commissioner may specify forms
(1) The Commissioner may specify the form of any forms necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance. (Amended 31 of 1995 s. 8; 82 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) The Commissioner may specify the requirements for lodging declarations under section 23 using services provided by a specified body. (Added 31 of 1995 s. 8)
(Amended L.N. 294 of 1982)

35. Regulations
The Chief Executive in Council may by regulation provide for— (Amended 56 of 2000 s. 3)
(a) records to be kept by manufacturers and exporters of clothing items;
(b) information to be supplied by manufacturers and exporters of clothing items;
(c) any matter which is to be or may be prescribed;
(d) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions and purposes of this Ordinance.

### Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance 《工業訓練(製衣業)條例》

36. Amendment of Schedule
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, by order published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1. (Amended 93 of 1993 s. 5)
(2) The Chief Executive may, by order published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 2. (Added 93 of 1993 s. 5)
(Amended 56 of 2000 s. 3)

### Census and Statistics Ordinance 《普查及統計條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Census and Statistics Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
census of population (人口普查) means a census of population taken under section 9;

census officer (統計員) means—
(a) the Commissioner;
(b) any person employed or whose services are used under section 5;

Commissioner (處長) means the Commissioner for Census and Statistics appointed under section 3;
functions (職能) includes powers and duties;
occupier (佔用人), in relation to any premises, includes any person in charge or command thereof and, where such person is a corporation, any director, secretary, manager or other person concerned in the management of the corporation or actually in charge of the premises on behalf of the corporation;

premises (處所) includes—
(a) any land;
(b) any building or other structure, whether permanent or temporary;
(c) any part of any premises which is used as a dwelling or place of business or other activity separately from any other part;
(d) any vessel, train, aircraft or vehicle;

sampling (抽樣) means a statistical procedure by which information relating to a whole field of inquiry is derived by applying statistical techniques to information obtained in respect of a proportion of the total number of persons concerned in the relevant field of inquiry;
schedule (統計表格) means any form or other document issued by the Commissioner for collecting statistical information in any statistical inquiry;
specified person (指明的人), in relation to any statistical inquiry, means a person of a class or description of persons specified for the purpose of such inquiry in an order under section 9(2)(a)(iii) or section 11(2)(a)(iii) or in a notice under section 11A(2)(a)(ii); (Amended 1 of 1990 s. 2)

statistical inquiry (統計查詢) means—
(a) a census of population;
(b) a survey carried out under this Ordinance; (Replaced 1 of 1990 s. 2)

statistical survey (統計調查) means a survey carried out under Part III; (Added 1 of 1990 s. 2)
undertaking (經營) means any undertaking whether by way of trade or business or otherwise;
voluntary statistical survey (自願性質的統計調查) means a survey carried out under Part IIIA. (Added 1 of 1990 s. 2)
(Amended 1 of 1990 s. 2; E.R. 3 of 2022)

### Census and Statistics Ordinance 《普查及統計條例》

3. Commissioner for Census and Statistics
(1) There shall be a Commissioner for Census and Statistics who shall be appointed by the Chief Executive. (Amended 31 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) Any person holding or acting in the public office of Commissioner for Census and Statistics immediately before the commencement* of this Ordinance shall continue to hold or to act in such office, as the case may be, as if appointed under this section.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 26 May 1978.

4. Functions of Commissioner
Subject to this Ordinance, the functions of the Commissioner are—
(a) to make such arrangements and to do all such things as are necessary for the taking of any census of population or the carrying out of any survey;
(b) to collect, compile, analyse, abstract and publish statistical information relating to the commercial, industrial, financial, social, economic and general activities and condition of the people,
and for those purposes to design and use such schedules as he thinks fit and to lay down the instructions and procedures necessary for the proper distribution, completion and return thereof.

5. Temporary employment of persons as census officers
(1) The Commissioner may employ temporarily, whether for payment or otherwise, such number of persons to be census officers as may appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of carrying out any statistical inquiry.
(2) The Commissioner may, with the approval of the Secretary for the Civil Service, use the services of any public officer for the purposes of any statistical inquiry.
(3) The duties of a person employed under subsection (1) or whose services are used under subsection (2) shall be such as the Commissioner may determine.

6. Declaration of secrecy
Every census officer shall, before entering upon his duties, complete a declaration either in Form 1 or Form 2 in the Schedule.

7. Identification of census officers
(1) The Commissioner shall issue to every census officer who is engaged in a statistical inquiry a certificate specifying the nature of the inquiry and stating that the person named therein is authorized to act as a census officer for the purpose of that inquiry; and a census officer shall produce such certificate for inspection by any person who may question his authority to exercise any function conferred on a census officer by this Ordinance.
(2) A certificate purporting to be issued under subsection (1) by the Commissioner shall be admissible in evidence in any civil or criminal proceedings and shall, until the contrary is proved, be sufficient evidence of the facts stated therein.
(3) In addition to the issue of a certificate under subsection (1), the Commissioner may issue to census officers such insignia, arm bands or other tokens as he may consider necessary for the purpose of identification.