Statistics Act, 1926

Minister may arrange for collection of statistics by any civil servants.

5.—(1) The Minister may arrange with any other Minister or with any board, body or officer in charge of any branch of the civil service for the collection, compilation, abstraction or publication by the officers of that Minister or the persons serving in that branch of the civil service of any statistics or statistical information under this Act or for the performance by such officers or persons of any duties or services relating to the duties and powers imposed and conferred on the Minister by this Act.

(2) Every officer or other person in the civil service performing any duties or services under this section shall, while he is engaged on such duties or services, be an officer of statistics within the meaning of this Act.