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Duties of Enumerators
Census Regulations, reg. 6 · Revised Edition 2020
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(d) to examine all entries made in census forms by Enumerators and, where it appears upon examination that any census information in any form is defective or has been omitted, to require the Enumerator responsible for filling up the form to take steps to correct the defective information or to supply the missing
(e) to make emergency arrangements to replace any Enumerator who may be unable to carry out his duties;
(f) to arrange for the enumeration of persons who may be found in his Supervisor’s District or Districts on census night, not in dwellings;
(g) to receive, examine and transmit to the Census Officer all census forms and other articles delivered to him by the Enumerators in his Supervisor’s District or Districts;
(h) to provide at the conclusion of the enumeration a written report on the work of the Enumerators in his Supervisor’s District or Districts, and to witness such declarations by the said Enumerators as the Census Officer may require him to witness; and
(i) to carry out generally any written instructions issued to him by the Census Officer or his deputy for the purpose of taking the census.
6. It shall be the duty of every Enumerator–
(a) to meet the Supervisors at such times and places as the Supervisor may direct;
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(b) to preserve carefully any written instructions,
books, forms, documents or any other articles or things issued to him in connection with his duties and to return them in good condition to the Supervisor at the conclusion of the enumeration or when called upon to do so;
(c) to visit personally every inhabited dwelling in the Enumeration District or Districts to which he may be assigned, to obtain all information necessary for the filling up of the census forms and to fill up accurately and faithfully census forms with respect to every such dwelling;
(d) to make further visits to dwellings, if on a first visit thereto the required information cannot be obtained, and at the direction of the Supervisor to revisit any dwelling for the purpose of supplying or correcting or verifying entries in any census form;
(e) to assist the Supervisor in the performance of the duties prescribed by paragraph (f) of regulation 5 of these Regulations if so directed by the Supervisor;
(f) to assist any other Enumerator in the performance of his duties in any other Enumeration District if so directed by the
(g) to carry out generally such instructions of the Census Officer or his deputy, or of the Supervisor as may be issued for the purpose of taking the census.
Amended by: S.I. 31 of 2000; S.I. 31 of 2000; S.I. 31 of 2000
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