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steps for collection of the Census

  It is the duty of the Statistician, subject to the directions of the Minister, to prepare and issue forms and instructions, and to take all necessary steps, for the taking and collection of the Census in a census year.

8 Division of the Territory for the Census

 (1) The Statistician may, for the purposes of the taking and collection of the Census in a census year, divide the Territory into such Collector's Districts as he considers necessary.

 (2) Where the Territory is not divided into Collector's Districts under the last preceding subsection for the purposes of the taking and collection of the Census in a census year, the whole of the Territory shall be deemed to be a Collector's District for those purposes in that census year.

9 Appointment of officers

 (1) For the purposes of the taking and collection of the Census in a census year:
 (a) the Minister shall appoint a person to be the Field Supervisor for the Territory; and
 (b) the Field Supervisor for the Territory shall appoint, in respect of each Collector's District, a person to be the Collector for that District.

 (2) A person appointed under this section holds office during the pleasure of the person by whom he has been appointed.

 (3) A person appointed under this section shall be paid, in respect of the performance of his duties under this Ordinance, such remuneration as the Minister approves.

11 Duties of Field Supervisor

  Subject to this Ordinance and to any directions duly given him by the Statistician, the Field Supervisor shall:
 (a) make all necessary arrangements for the taking and collection of the Census in the Territory in the census year in relation to which he is appointed;
 (b) obtain an accurate record of the population in the Territory; and
 (c) forward that record, together with such summaries of that record as the Statistician directs, to the Statistician as soon as possible after that record or those summaries have been obtained.

12 Duties of Collectors

  Each Collector shall carry out such duties in relation to the taking and collection of the Census in the census year in relation to which he is appointed as are prescribed by this Ordinance or as the Statistician directs.

13 Householder's Schedule

 (1) For the purposes of taking and collecting the Census in a census year, a Householder's Schedule shall be prepared specifying the matters in relation to:
 (a) a dwelling; and
 (b) a person in that dwelling;
  in respect of which particulars are required to be furnished.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the matters in relation to a dwelling are:
 (a) the type of the dwelling, that is to