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Lesotho
Bureau of Statistics ACT 2001
Arrangement of Sections |
Part 1 - Preliminary
1.
Short title and commencement 2.
Interpretation
Part II -
Establishment
3.
Establishment of the Bureau
Part
III - Functions of the Bureau
4.
Functions of the Bureau
Part
IV - National Statistical Council and Committees
of the Bureau
5.
Establishment of the Council 6. Composition
of the Council 7. Tenure of office 8.
Vacancy 9. Remuneration 11. Functions of
the Council 12. Committees
Part V
- The Director
13.
Director 14. Authorized officers
Part VI - Collection
of statistical information
15.
Census 16. Power of the Minister 17.
Assignment 18. Power to obtain particulars
19. Power of entry and inspection 20.
Confidentiality 21. Dissemination of
statistical information 22. Relationship with
other lead agencies 23. Offences and
penalties 24. Regulations 25. Amendment of
fines and Schedule 26. Oath of office and
secrecy 27. Repeal and saving
Schedules
First Schedule - Statistical information
Second Schedule - Ministries to be represented
in the Council Third Schedule - Oath of
Office and Secrec
ACT NO.8 OF 2001
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics Act 2001 An Act
to establish the Lesotho Bureau of Statistics in
order to set up a system for national official
statistics on economic, social, demographic,
including human resources, and environmental
areas in relation to the development needs of
Lesotho; and official statistics for purposes of
economic and social planning, research, public
information and international cooperation, and
for related matters.
Enacted by
Parliament of Lesotho
Arrangement of Sections |
Part I -
PRELIMINARY |
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Short title and commencement
1. This Act may be cited as the
Lesotho Bureau of Statistics Act
2001 and shall come into operation
on the date of its publication in
the Gazette.
Interpretation
2. In this Act unless the
context otherwise requires -
"authorized officer" means an
officer of the Bureau authorized to
perform any function under this Act;
"Bureau" means the Lesotho
Bureau of Statistics established by
section 3;
"Chairperson"
means the person appointed as
chairperson of the Council under
section 6;
"Council" means
the National Statistical Council
established under section 5;
"Director" means the Director of
the Bureau appointed under section
13;
"lead agency or line
Ministry" includes a Ministry,
Department, or any other agency of
government, local authority or
agency of a local authority and
generally, any other user or
provider of statistics;
"member" means a person appointed as
a member of the council under
section 6;
"Minister" means
the Minister responsible for
statistics;
"National
Statistical System" includes all
agencies in Lesotho whether
Governmental, non-governmental,
whether under enactment or otherwise
for gathering statistical data
directly through surveys or through
administrative action;
"official statistics" means
quantitative, aggregates and
representative information in
connection with and incidental to,
any census or general statistical
survey or all or any of the matters
listed in the Second Schedule;
"person" includes artificial
person;
"undertaking" means
any undertaking by way of trade,
business or service whether or not
such trade, business or service is
carried out for profit, and includes
any undertaking of any local or
public authority or statutory
corporation or person. |
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PART II -
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BUREAU |
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Establishment
3. The existing
Bureau of Statistics within the
Government of Lesotho shall be deemed to
be established under this Act, and it
shall be responsible for all matters
relating to official statistics, and
shall also ensure that official
statistics are produced in an objective,
scientific and unbiased manner. |
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PART III -
FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU |
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Functions of the Bureau
4.
(1) Subject to this Act, the Bureau
shall be the principal data
collecting, processing, analyzing
and disseminating agency responsible
for co-ordinating, monitoring and
supervising the National Statistical
System, including matters specified
in the First Schedule of this Act.
(2) The Bureau, in carrying out
its functions under subsection (1),
shall be responsible for the
formulation of policies, strategies
and programme activities for the
development and supervision of the
National Statistical System by -
(a) providing central
statistical information services;
(b) establishing, harmonizing
and standardizing definitions,
classifications and statistical
methods used in the production and
dissemination of official statistics
to ensure uniformity in quality,
adequacy of coverage and reliability
of statistical information;
(c) promoting the production and
dissemination of official statistics
on the regional and small areas of
relevance for the purposes of this
Act, as well as providing guidance
and training to other users and
producers of statistics;
(d)
promoting and developing statistical
training in consultation with the
National University of Lesotho and
other relevant institutions;
(e) promoting cooperation,
coordination and rationalization
among users and providers of
statistics at central and local
levels so as to avoid duplication of
effort and ensure optimal
utilization of scarce resources;
(f) promoting and being the
focal point of cooperation with
statistics users and providers at
national and international level;
and
(g) conducting research
in statistical methods and
developing standards.
(3)
Without prejudice to the effect
general effect of subsections (1)
and (2), the Bureau may, under this
section, perform the following
functions -
(a) review all
initiatives to collect data at the
national and local government levels
and approve instruments developed
for data collection including census
frames, registers, sample designs
and questionnaires;
(b)
establish registers for households
and undertakings;
(c)
collect, compile, analyze and
publish or otherwise disseminate
economic, social, demographic and
environmental statistics;
(d)
conduct decennial population,
housing and agricultural census and
surveys as prioritized and planned;
(e) collect and publish routine
administrative statistics;
(f) produce and publish a range of
statistical information as may be
prescribed in Regulations made under
this Act;
(g) organize and
maintain a central statistics
library of statistical reports,
publications, diskettes, compact
disc-read only (CD-ROMs) and
collection of foreign national and
international statistics;
(h)
build a statistical data bank that
is regularly updated;
(I)
guide and coordinate local
government statistical services;
(j) establish regional offices
to facilitate collection of
information and other operations in
the field of official statistics in
accordance with the government
policy of decentralization; and
(k) do all things necessary or
incidental or conducive to the
objectives of the Bureau under this
Act.
(4) The definitions,
classifications and statistical
methods referred to in subsection
(2) (b) shall correspond to those
applied internationally. |
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PART IV - NATIONAL
STATISTICAL COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES OF THE BUREAU |
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Establishment of the Council
5. (1) There is established a National
Statistical Council of the Bureau which
shall advise the Minister on statistical
policies and programmes.
(2) The
council shall also advise the Bureau on
statistical priorities, evaluate and
monitor the work of the Bureau, and
ensure that duplication of statistical
work is avoided.
Composition of the Council
6. (1) The council shall consist of not
more than 14 members. Such members,
other than the Director, shall be
appointed by the Minister, and made up
of the following -
(a) the
Chairperson;
(b) the Director who
shall be the secretary of the council;
(c) a representative from the
Ministries set out in the Second
Schedule who by nature of their work in
their ministries are relevant for
purposes of this Act;
(d) not
more than 2 members appointed from among
major suppliers and users of official
statistics;
(e) a representative
of the National University of Lesotho
nominated by the University;
(f)
a representative of the Central Bank of
Lesotho who shall be nominated by the
Governor of the Bank.
(2) The
Chairperson and the members referred to
in subsection (1)(d), (e) and (f) shall
be persons who qualify for appointment
by virtue of their professional
qualifications and experience in
statistics and business-oriented
management.
Tenure of office
7. A person appointed under section 6
shall hold office for a term of 3 years
and shall be eligible for
re-appointment.
Vacancy
8.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a member
referred to in section 6 shall cease to
be a member of the council if he-
(a) resigns;
(b) is removed
from office by the Minister in
consultation with the council-
(i)
on grounds of inability to perform the
functions of his office by reason of
infirmity of body or mind; or
(ii) for any other just cause;
(c) is convicted of an offence involving
moral turpude without the option of a
fine;
(d) is declared insolvent.
(e) is withdrawn by the authority
which nominated him.
(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to a
member referred to in section 6 (1) (b).
(3) Where a vacancy has occurred
under this section, the Minister shall,
subject to section 6, appoint a person
to fill the vacancy for the remaining
period.
Meetings of the Council
9. (1) The Council shall ordinarily meet
at least once in every 3 months at place
and time fixed by the Chairperson.
(2) The Chairperson may summon a
special meeting of the Council on a
written request by not less than 5
members of the Council, and in his
absence the Director may summon such
meeting.
(3) Five members of the
Council shall form a quorum at any
meeting of the Council.
(4) The
Chairperson shall preside at all
meetings and in the absence of the
Chairperson a member elected by the
members present from among their number
shall preside.
(5) A question
proposed at any meeting of the Council
shall be determined by a simple majority
of the members present and voting and,
where there is an equality of votes, the
person presiding at the meeting shall
have a second or casting vote.
(6) The Council may co-opt any person
who is not a member to attend any of its
meetings as an advisor and that person
may speak at the meeting on any matter
in relation to which that person's
advice is sought but shall have any
right to vote on any matter coming for
decision before the meeting.
(7)
Except as otherwise expressly stated in
this Act, the Council shall regulate its
own procedure.
(8) The Director
shall record and keep or cause to be
recorded and kept the minutes of every
meeting of the Council.
(9) The
minutes recorded under subsection (8)
shall be submitted to the Council for
confirmation at its next meeting
following that to which the minutes
relate and when so confirmed, shall be
signed by the Chairperson and the
Director in the presence of the members.
(10) A copy of the minutes signed
under subsection (9) shall, as soon as
possible, be submitted to the Minister
by the Director.
Remuneration
10. subject to the Public Service
Act 19951, a member of the Council or a
person co-opted-opted under section 9
(6) may be paid such allowance and
traveling expenses incurred in the
performance of his duties as the
Minister may, after consultation with
the Minister responsible for finance,
determine.
Functions of the Council
11. (1) The functions of the Council
shall be-
(a) to advise and
review statistical work plans as well as
priority needs of the Bureau and users
of statistics;
(b) to ensure
adequate coordination between producers
and users of statistics;
(c) to
perform any other functions as may be
assigned by the Minister.
(2) The
Council may, subject to such conditions
and restrictions as it may impose,
delegate, in writing, any of its
functions under subsection (1) to any of
the committees of the Council
established under section 12 (1) or the
Director.
Committees
12. (1) The Council may establish
expert advisory Committees in respect
of-
(a) Economic Statistics;
(b) Demography and Social
Statistics;
(c) Agricultural
Statistics and any other field as may be
necessary.
(2) The Director may
establish ad hoc specialist advisory
committees in the fields of
International Trade, National Accounts,
Price Measurements, Service Statistics,
Science and Technology Statistics,
Environmental Statistics, Statistical
Methodology and in any other field as
and when the need arises.
(3)
Members of the Advisory Committees shall
be appointed by the Minister based on
their expertise and shall advise the
Director and discuss recommendations in
different fields of official statistics.
(4) The Director may, from time to
time, on conditions and periods
determined by the Director establish
committees consisting of the Director or
any officer in the service of the Bureau
designated by the Director, who shall be
the Chairperson, and such number of
other members as in the opinion of the
Director is representative of persons or
institutions with a direct interest in
the compilation, preparation or making
of any document referred to in this Act,
to advise and assist the Director in the
execution of the Director's duties
regarding the compilation, preparation
or making of such document.
(5)
The Bureau of Statistics shall function
as Secretariat for the committees that
may be established under this section. |
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PART V - THE
DIRECTOR AND OTHER STAFF |
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The Director
13. (1) There shall be a director
and other staff of the Bureau of
Statistics who shall be appointed by
the Public Service Commission.
(2) The Director shall be the
chief executive officer of the
Bureau and shall be responsible for
the day-to-day management of the
Bureau, and he shall have the
authority to collect statistical
information in relation to the
matters listed in the First
Schedule.
(3) The Director
shall be an ex-officio member of the
Council.
(4) The Director
shall liaise or coordinate with line
Ministries in the production of
official statistics to ensure that
the Bureau fulfills the requirements
of the provisions of this Act.
Authorized officers
14. The Public Service Commission
may appoint officers on temporary
terms or designate additional
persons as authorized officers for
the purpose of collecting specific
statistical information under this
Act on such terms and conditions as
may be determined. |
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PART VI -
COLLECTION OF STATISTICAL INFORMATION |
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Census
15 (1) The Minister may, on the
recommendation of the Council,
direct, by Notice in the Gazette,
that a census be taken in Lesotho on
any matter specified in the First
Schedule of this Act, and such
Notice may specify-
(a) the
dates on which or between which the
census is to be taken; and
(b) the information to be obtained
in the census.
(2) No other
authority of the government shall
authorize a new survey or extension
of an ongoing survey for the
collection of statistics without
prior consultation with the
Minister.
Powers of the Minister
16. (1) The Minister may, in
consultation with the Minister
responsible for Foreign Affairs,
enter into arrangements with the
government of any State relating to
any matter necessary or convenient
for the purpose of effectively
carrying out the provisions of this
Act.
(2) Notwithstanding any
other law, the Minister may enter
into arrangements with any Lesotho
government institutions or local
authorities of any district relating
to any matter necessary or
convenient for the purpose of this
Act, and relating in particular to
all or any of the following matters-
(a) the exercise or performance
by any person in the employment of
any government institution
concerned, of any function entrusted
to, or any power conferred on, or
duty imposed upon, any officer of
the Bureau under this Act;
(b) the collection by such person of
any statistics required for the
purpose of carrying out any matters
requiring to be carried out under
this Act;
(c) the furnishing
of any statistics collected by the
government institution concerned by
way of a survey;
(d) the
granting of access to the Director
or an authorized officer to
documents of the government
institution concerned; and
(e) the withdrawal or retrieval of
any information regarded by the
Director as statistics, from the
documents of the government
institution concerned.
(3)
Any person in the employment of a
government institution and
exercising any function entrusted
to, or power conferred, or duty
imposed upon the Director under this
Act in pursuance of any arrangement,
entered into under this section,
shall, for the exercising of that
function or the performance of that
duty, be deemed to be a person
acting under an assignment referred
to in section 17 of this Act.
Assignment
17. (1) The Director may, in
writing, assign any power conferred
or duty imposed upon or function
entrusted to him in terms of this
Act, to any other officer of the
Bureau, but shall not by any such
assignment be divested of any such
power, duty or function, and may at
any time himself exercise any such
power or function or perform any
such duty.
(2) Whenever an
officer exercises any power or
function or performs any duty in
terms of this Act, he shall, at the
request of any person affected
thereby, exhibit to such person the
written assignment issued to him
under subsection (1)
Power to obtain particulars
18. (1) Where any statistical
information is being collected in
accordance with this Act, the
Director, an officer of the Bureau
or any authorized officer may
require a person to supply him with
such particulars as may be
prescribed, or in accordance with
the instructions contained in, or
accompanying a form, the particulars
specified in that form, or such of
those particulars as the Director
may consider necessary or prescribe
in relation to the collection of the
information.
(2) A person, on
being required to give information
under subsection(1) shall, to the
best of his knowledge and belief,
complete any forms, make any
returns, answer the questions and
give all the necessary information,
in the manner and within the time
specified by the Director, an
officer appointed under section 14
or an authorized officer.
(3)
An officer appointed under section
14 or an authorized officer may
require any person to supply him
with particulars either by-
(a) interviewing that person; or
(b) sending by telephonic
transfer or leaving t or posting to
his last address, a form containing
a notice requiring the form to be
completed and returned in the manner
and within the time specified in the
notice.
(4) Where any
particulars are, by any document
issued by an authorized officer,
required to be supplied by any
person, it shall be presumed, until
the contrary is proved, that the
particulars may lawfully be required
from that person in accordance with
this Act.
(5) The power to
obtain statistical information shall
be vested in the Director and no
other person shall obtain such
information unless authorized, in
writing, by the Director.
Power of entry and inspection
19. For the purposes of collecting
statistical information under this
Act, the Director or an authorized
officer may, at all reasonable time
and without a warrant, but upon
production of written authorization
or identification card, enter and
inspect any land, building, vehicle,
vessel or aircraft and make such
inquiries and take such measurements
as may be necessary for the
collection of such information, and
may take samples of any crops grown
on any land for the purpose of
collecting information on crop
yields.
Confidentiality
20. (1) Subject to subsections (2)
and (4), except for purposes of a
prosecution under this Act-
(a) no individual return or part of
the turn made for the purpose of
this Act;
(b) no answer given
to any question put for the purpose
of this Act;
(c) no report,
abstract or document, containing any
particulars in such return or answer
and so arranged as to tender
possible identification of those
particulars with any person,
business or undertaking; and
(d) no data set or part thereof
stored in a computer or any other
electronic media,
shall be
published, admitted in evidence, or
shown to any person not employed in
the execution of a duty under this
Act except with the written consent
of the person making the return or
giving the answer, or, in the case
of a business or undertaking, from
the person having control,
management or superintendent of the
business or undertaking.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply where
the person, business or undertaking
has published the return, answer,
report, abstract or document and
opened up a computerized data set
for general access.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall
prevent or restrict the publication
of any report, abstract or document
without the consent referred to in
subsection (1) where the particulars
contained in the report, abstract or
document render identification
possible merely by reason of the
fact that they relate to an
undertaking or business within its
particular sphere of activities, if
the particulars do not render
possible identification of the costs
or production of, or the capital
employed or profits arising in the
undertaking or business.
(4)
The Director may release unit
records on computer media, with
identifiers removed, if-
(a)
he is satisfied that unit records so
released are to be used for genuine
research purposes;
(b) he
obtains from the recipient of the
records a written undertaking that
the records shall not be released to
any other person without the written
consent of the Director;
(c)
he obtains from the recipient a
written undertaking to make
available a copy of the research
findings to the bureau; or
(d) he is satisfied that the unit
records cannot be identified as
relating to any particular person or
business enterprise.
Dissemination of statistical
information
21. The Director shall ensure that
any statistical data collected,
after appropriate processing and
ascertaining its accuracy, and also
after ensuring confidentiality with
respect to any individual who
provided any statistical information
to which section 20 relates, is
released for general dissemination.
Relationship with other lead
agencies
22. (1) The Director shall, to
the greatest possible extent
consistent with the performance of
his functions, in promoting and
facilitating the development of an
integrated national system or in the
exercise of any other function under
this Act, consult and cooperate with
other lead agencies having duties
related to, or having aims or
objectives related to, those of the
Bureau.
(2) It shall be the
duty of all lead agencies to
cooperate with the Bureau in the
carrying out of its functions under
this Act.
Offences and penalties
23. (1) any person employed in
carrying out any of the provisions
of this Act who-
(a) puts an
improper or offensive question to
any person;
(b) knowingly
makes a false return or compiles for
issue any false statistics or
information;
(c) asks,
receives or takes, in respect of in
connection with his employment under
this Act from any person, other than
an officer of the Government duly
authorized thereto, any payment or
reward;
(d) by virtue of such
employment comes into possession of
any information which might exert
influence upon or affect the market
value of any share, property,
interest, product or article and who
before such information is made
public, directly or indirectly uses
such information for personal gain;
(e) without lawful authority
publishes or communicates to any
person other than in the ordinary
course of his employment, any
information in pursuance of the
provisions of Act;
(f) being
in possession of any information
which to his knowledge has been
disclosed in contravention of this
Act, publishes or communicates to
any person such information;
(g) without sufficient cause, fails
to exercise any such function or
power or to perform any such duties
or to exercise reasonable diligence
or care in the exercise of the
performance;
(h) in the
execution of any other purpose or
duty under this Act fails to comply
with or contravenes any other terms
or condition of his oath as
stipulated in the Third Schedule,
commits an offence and shall, on
conviction, be liable to a fine of
not less than M2000 and not
exceeding M10,000 or to imprisonment
for a period of not less than one
year and not exceeding 5 years or
both.
(2) Any person who
impersonates an officer of the
Bureau for the purpose of obtaining
information from any person,
undertaking or government
institution, commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to a fine of
not less than M4000 and not
exceeding M12,000 or to imprisonment
for a period of not less than 2
years and not exceeding 6 years or
both.
(3) Any person who
falsely represents himself to be
collecting information under an
assignment referred to in section 17
of this Act commits an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a
fine of not less than M4000 and not
exceeding M12,000 or imprisonment
for a period of not less than 2
years and not exceeding 6 years or
both.
(4) Any person who-
(a) willfully hinders or
obstructs the Director or any
authorized officer in the lawful
performance of any of the functions
under this Act;
(b) in case
of an obligation, willfully refuses
or neglects
(i) to complete
and supply, within such time as may
be specified for the purpose, the
particulars required in any return,
form or other document left or sent
to that person;
(ii) to
answer any questions or inquiries
put to him, under this Act;
(c) without lawful authority
destroys, defaces, mutilates any
return, form or other document
containing particulars collected
under this Act,
commits an
offence and is liable on conviction
to a fine M2000 or imprisonment for
a period not exceeding one year or
both:
Provided that no
prosecution under this subsection
shall be made without the consent of
the Director of Public Prosecutions.
(5) Any person who signs,
delivers, compiles, prepares or
makes or causes to be signed,
delivered, compiled, prepared or
made, any return form or other
document completed by him under this
Act, in answer to any question or
inquiry put or made to him under
this Act, any statement which is
false in any material particulars,
knowing the same to be false,
commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of not less
M1000 and not exceeding M6000 or
imprisonment for a period of not
less than 6 months and not exceeding
3 years or both.
Regulations
24. (1) The Minister may make
Regulations for giving effect to
this Act.
(2) Without
prejudice to the general effect of
subsection (1)
Regulations
may be made for-
(a)
prescribing the particulars and
information to be furnished in
relation to any matter in respect of
which statistics may be collected
under this Act;
(b)
prescribing the manner and form in
which, the time and place at which,
and the person by whom, such
particulars and information shall be
furnished;
(c) prescribing
any fees for anything done by the
Bureau in carrying out its
objectives;
(d) prescribing
penalties in respect of any
contravention of the Regulations for
a fine not exceeding M 4000 or
imprisonment not exceeding 2 years
or both.
Amendment of fine and Schedules
25. The minister may, in
consultation with the Council, amend
the fines and the Schedules to this
Act.
Oath of office and secrecy
26. (1) Every person employed in the
execution of any power or duty under
this Act shall, before commencing
his duties take and subscribe an
oath before a Commissioner of Oaths
or before the Director, who is
hereby authorized to administer such
oath, in the form set out in Third
Schedule.
(2) A person who in
the execution of any duty under this
Act fails to comply with or
contravenes any term or condition of
the oath or affirmation commits an
offence and shall be liable upon
conviction to a fine of not less
than M2000 and not exceeding M10,000
or to imprisonment for a period of
not less than one year and not
exceeding 5 years or both.
Repeal and saving
27. (1) The Statistics Act of 19652
is repealed.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), any
lawful act carried out under the
repealed Act shall be deemed to have
been carried out under this Act.
1 Act No. 13 of 1995
2 Act
No. 11 of 1965 |
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SCHEDULES |
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First Schedule
Statistical information
Matters Relating to which
Statistical Information may be
collected, compiled, analysed,
abstracted and published or
disseminated-
A. DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
1. Population 2. Housing
3. Vital occurrences 4.
Migration
B. TRADE
1. Internal and External Trade
2. Manufacturing 3. Building
4. Construction 5. Productive
Industries 6. Distributive
trades 7. Commercial
undertakings 8. Capital
investment 9. Stocks of
manufacture and un-manufactured
goods 10. Wholesale and
retail prices and costs of
living
C. AGRICULTURE
1. Animal Husbandry 2.
Horticulture and allied
industries 3. Forestry and
logging 4. Land tenure and
the occupation and use land
5. Hunting 6. Fishing
D. NATURAL RESOURCES
1.
Mining 2. Quarrying 3.
Prospecting of metallic,
non-metallic and natural gaseous
substance and petroleum 4.
Fuel and power
E. FINANCE
1.
Banking 2. Insurance 3.
Income 4. Earnings 5
.Profit 6. Interest 7.
Personal expenditure and
consumption 8. Savings 9.
External finance and shall
matters appertaining to a
balance of payments
F. COMMUNICATIONS
1. Transport 2. Posts 3.
Telephones 4. Telegraphs
5. Telefaxes 6. Other means
of communication
G. SPORTS AND CULTURE
1. Recreational Services 2.
Community Services
H. EMPLOYMENT
1. Labour, including industries
disturbances and disputes, and
industrial injuries, accidents
and compensation including wages
2. Employment and unemployment
I. HEALTH
1.Health 2. Social Welfare
J.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT K. EDUCATION
L. ENVIRONMENT M. TOURISM
N. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION O.
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS
P. OTHERS AS MAY BE APPROVED BY
COUNCIL
Second Schedule Ministries to
be represented in the Council
section 6 (1) (c)
1. Trade
and Industry 2. Labour and
Employment 3. Finance 4.
Local Government 5.
Agriculture 6. Health and
Social Welfare 7. Development
Planning 8. Education
Third Schedule
Oath of
Office and Secrecy
(section 25)
I
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do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully and honestly fulfil
my duties as
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in conformity with the
requirements of the Lesotho
Bureau of Statistics Act 2001
and shall not without authority,
reveal any information acquired
by virtue of my duties, nor,
until such information is made
public, directly or indirectly
use it for personal gain.
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Office of the Director
Bureau of Statistics P.O. Box 445 Maseru 100,
LESOTHO Tel. (+266) 22
325349-Direct, Tel. (+266)
22 323852-Ext. 210 Fax
(+266) 22 310177 e-mail:
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