Right of census official to inspect public records

(1) Every person who has the custody or charge of any public records from which any information relating to a census may be obtained shall grant access thereto to the Census Officer and to any supervisor, enumerator or other person 7 authorised in writing by the Census Officer who desires to inspect the same for the purposes of a census and he shall permit him to make copies thereof or extracts therefrom. (2) In this section, “public records” means any book, document or other writing of whatever kind belonging to the Government, the Belize City Council, Belmopan City Council, any town council established under the Town Councils Act, Cap. 87 or any Village or Community Council established under the Village Councils Act, Cap. 88.