Section 12
SEC. 12. If, in the judgment of the Governor-General, it shall appear that a more complete, accurate, and economical census of the inhabitants of any of the areas, institutions, or establishments enumerated in the following section of this Act, can be secured by the owners, occupiers, or persons in charge thereof than by the regular enumerators, he may direct that the census of such areas, institutions, or establishments shall be made by such owners, occupiers, or persons in charge, who shall take the oath prescribed for enumerators, or a modified form thereof, in the discretion of the Governor-General, and shall be subject to the penalties provided in this Act for the nonperformance or improper performance of the duties required of enumerators, and shall have the powers conferred upon enumerators; and such owners, occupiers, or persons in charge shall be required to complete such enumeration in a satisfactory manner and in accordance with the instructions given them, and to deliver the schedules within the time prescribed; for which service as enumerators they shall receive no compensation : Provided, That when such areas, institutions, or establishments are the property of, or when the persons in charge of them are the employees of, the Government of the United States or the Philippine Islands, such service as enumerator shall not be required except with the prior approval of the chief of the Bureau or Department concerned, of the commanding general of the Philippines Division, or the commandants of naval stations, or other persons who have power to authorize such service: And provided further, That if any officer or employee of the census is charged with the collection of such schedules, he shall revise them and require the correction of all errors, and cause all data and information omitted to be supplied; and if there be reasonable ground for belief that such enumeration is incomplete or inaccurate, he may, if specifically authorized by his superior officer, re-enumerate the residents of such area, institution, or establishment and in such case the owner, occupier, or person in charge thereof shall be liable to prosecution, under sections twenty-six and twenty-nine of this Act; and he also may, if such proceeding would facilitate the work of re-enumeration, and if he is specifically authorized by his superior officer, demand that the residents of the premises be assembled for the verification of such enumeration.