General Statistics (Recorganization) Act, 2011

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1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. Establishment of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
4. Powers and functions of the Bureau.
5. Over all superintendence etc., of the Bureau to vest in the Governing Council.
6. Composition of the Governing Council.
7. Tenure of office.
8. Powers and functions of the Governing Council.
9. Meetings of the Governing Council.
10. Supplementary provisions.
11. Committees.
12. Users Councils.
13. Functions of the Users Council.
14. The Chief Statistician.
15. Qualifications of the Chief Statistician.
16. Powers and functions of the Chief Statistician.
17. Removal.
18. Functional member.
19. Statistical authorities.
20. Functions of Provincial Statistical Authority.
21. Competent authority.
22. Statistical agents.
23. Formulation of questionnaire.
24. Power to call for returns and information.
25. Right to access record or document.
26. Dissemination of statistical data.
27. Act not to authorize collection of certain information or statistics.
28. Secrecy of answers, information and returns.
29. Permitted disclosure.
30. Joint collections.
31. Population census.
32. Census officers.
33. Discharge of duties of census officers in certain cases.
34. Power to call upon certain persons to give assistance.
35. Grant of statistical abstracts.
36. Local councils and other local authorities to take census.
37. Agriculture census.
38. Crop-cutting experiment.
39. Other censuses.
40. Establishment of Statistics Fund.
41. Expenditure.
42. Investments.
43. Bank accounts.
44. Audit and accounts.
45. Annual report.
46. Penalties.
47. Offences by companies.
48. Desertion, impersonation or improper disclosure.
49. Refusal to perform duties as census officer.
50. Falsification of return.
51. Mode of recovery.
52. Cognizance of offences.
53. Appeal against the orders of Federal Statistical Authority and the Provincial Statistical Authority.
54. Officer and employees to be public servants.
55. Certain employees to be civil servants.
56. Disclosure of interest.
57. Delegation of powers, duties and functions.
58. Indemnity.
59. Power of Bureau to issue directions.
60. Merger of existing organizations.
61. Powers to make rules.
62. Powers to make regulations.
63. Repeal.







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