Section 4
Appointment of officers
(1)
The Minister may, from time to time, by notification in the
Gazette, appoint such
Deputy
Commissioners,
Assistant
Commissioners, District Superintendents and committees as he may deem expedient in and for Malaysia or any part thereof, and with such titles relating to the nature of the census in respect of which they are appointed, as he may consider necessary for the purposes of any direction under section 3.
(2)
The Commissioner, any Assistant Commissioner, any District
Superintendent, and any census officer authorized by the
Commissioner in that behalf, may by writing under his hand appoint any person as a supervisor, house numberer or enumerator to supervise or take or aid in the taking of a census within any specified area.
(3)
Every census officer shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code [Act 574].