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Statistics Act 1965 s 3

Statistics Act 1965 s 3

s 3 Control and management of the Department

(1) The Department shall be under the control and management of the Chief Statistician, assisted by such other officers and servants as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may deem necessary. (2) No officer of the Department who is engaged in or connected with the collection, interpretation or publication of statistics under this Act shall except as required by his duty communicate any information which has come into his possession in the course of his said duty as such. (3) Any officer who contravenes subsection (2) shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to both. (4) The Chief Statistician shall draw the attention of every officer engaged in or connected with the collection, interpretation or publication of statistics of the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) before the said officer commences to perform his duty under this Act.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kawalan dan pengurusan Jabatan

(1) Jabatan hendaklah berada di bawah kawalan dan pengurusan Ketua Perangkaan, dibantu oleh pegawai dan pekhidmat lain sebagaimana yang difikirkan perlu oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong. (2) Tiada pegawai Jabatan yang melibatkan diri dalam atau ada kaitan dengan pengumpulan, pentafsiran atau penyiaran perangkaan di bawah Akta ini boleh kecuali sebagaimana yang dikehendaki oleh kewajipannya menyampaikan apa-apa maklumat yang telah sampai ke dalam miliknya semasa dia melaksanakan kewajipannya yang tersebut sebagaimana sedemikian. (3) Mana-mana pegawai yang melanggar subseksyen (2) boleh apabila disabitkan dipenjarakan bagi suatu tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau didenda tidak melebihi lima ribu ringgit atau kedua-duanya. (4) Ketua Perangkawan hendaklah menarik perhatian tiap-tiap pegawai yang melibatkan diri dalam atau ada kaitan dengan pengumpulan, pentafsiran atau penyiaran perangkaan kepada peruntukan subseksyen (2) dan (3) sebelum pegawai tersebut mula melaksanakan kewajipannya di bawah Akta ini.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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