Section 31
SEC. 31. Whenever it shall appear that any person appointed, detailed, or designated to a position in connection with the Census is performing or has performed his duties in an inefficient or dilatory manner, or at an unnecessary cost to Census funds, or whenever any such person shall contravene any of the provisions of this Act or of_ any regulations or instructions issued thereunder, the President of the Philippines may in his discretion authorize the imposition of a fine; and the amount of such fine shall be-deducted from the compensation due such person on the termination of census operations.