s 19 Offences by census officers
19. Any census officer or any person employed by the Superintendent in the preparation of reports and abstracts who —(a) without sufficient cause, refuses or neglects to comply with any instructions or requisitions addressed to him or her by the Superintendent, or fails to use reasonable diligence in performing any duty imposed on him or her; (b) wilfully asks an offensive or improper question; (c) knowingly makes any false return; (d) asks, receives or takes from any person other than an authorised officer of Government any payment or reward; or (e) without lawful authority publishes or communicates to any person any information acquired by him or her in the course of duty or employment, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.