Statistics Act, 1993

Protection of documents.

42.—(1) Any person who wilfully destroys, damages or falsifies any document or record issued for the collection of statistics in compliance with a requirement made under section 25 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) Any officer of statistics who fails to keep any document or record in his custody, containing information collected under this Act, in such manner as to ensure that unauthorised persons will not have access thereto shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Any officer of statistics who wilfully fails to return to the Office a document or record collected from any person or undertaking under this Act shall be guilty of an offence.