CENSUS: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
INDEX TO SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
(section 11)
(24th May, 1991)
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
REGULATION
1. Citation
2. Duties of census officers
3. Duty of persons enumerated to give information concerning other members of household
4. Persons who may be required to give information
5. Schedule prescribed
6. Offences
Schedule – Information to be Obtained by Census Officer in respect of any Person
S.I. 63, 1991,
S.I. 29, 2001,
S.I. 42, 2011.
These Regulations may be cited as the Census Regulations.
The duties of officers appointed to be census officers shall be—
(a) to enumerate persons within Botswana during the period the census is to be taken at such times, other than the periods between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m, and at such places as may be expedient;
(b) to ask such questions of any persons so enumerated as may be necessary in order to obtain, in respect of that person and, where expedient, in respect of any other person such as is referred to in regulation 4, the information specified in the Schedule hereto; and
(c) to map inhabited areas of Botswana and to include in the maps, among other things, all arable land and cattle post areas.
3. Duty of persons to give information concerning other members of household
Every person questioned by a census officer in or within the precincts of any house or dwelling shall, if so required by such census officer—
(a) give to the best of his knowledge and belief the information referred to in the Schedule in respect of any member of the household who is absent from the house or other dwelling at the time of such questioning;
(b) give such information as he may possess as to how long any member of the household who is absent from Botswana has been so absent; and
(c) give to the best of his knowledge and belief, the information referred to in the Schedule in respect of any other person who spent the preceding night at the house or other dwelling.
4. Persons who may be required to give information
A census officer may require any person who has attained the age or apparent age of 12 years to give any information required by or under these Regulations.
Forms to be used for purposes of section 6, 7 and 9 of the Act shall be such forms as may be approved therefor by the Minister.
(1) Any person who, without reasonable cause—
(a) fails to give any information which he is required by or under these Regulations to give;
(b) for purposes of the census, gives to any census officer any information which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true; or
(c) wilfully hinders or obstructs any census officer in the exercise of the powers or the performance of the duties conferred or imposed on him by the Act or these Regulations,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of P400 and to imprisonment for three months.
(2) In any proceedings for an offence under subregulation (1), the court shall presume that the accused person acted without reasonable cause unless the contrary is proved.
SCHEDULE
INFORMATION TO BE OBTAINED BY CENSUS OFFICER IN RESPECT OF ANY PERSON
(reg. 2(b))
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Name ……………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Relationship ………………………………………………………………………………. |
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Sex ………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Age ………………………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Citizenship ………………………………………………………………………………… |
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Place of birth ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Place of usual residence (now, a year ago, five years ago.) |
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Parental survival …………………………………………………………………………. |
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Language spoken ………………………………………………………………………… |
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Education (attendance and attainment) ……………………………………………. |
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Field of education (tertiary institutions) ……………………………………………. |
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Religion ……………………………………………………………………………………. |
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Marital status …………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Economic activity (usual and current) ……………………………………………… |
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Occupation ……………………………………………………………………………….. |
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Industry …………………………………………………………………………………… |
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Number of children born alive (relate to women only)…………………………… |
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Births 12 months prior to census ……………………………………………………… |
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Household members outside Botswana ……………………………………………… |
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Number of children who have died …………………………………………………… |
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Any disability of member of household ……………………………………………… |
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Death in the household 12 months prior to the census …………………………… |
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Ownership of livestock …………………………………………………………………. |
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Agricultural activity and ownership of agricultural land ……………………….. |
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Method of land acquisition for agricultural land …………………………………. |
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Source of household income …………………………………………………………… |
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Type of housing unit …………………………………………………………………….. |
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Method of acquisition of housing unit ………………………………………………. |
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Duration of occupation of housing unit …………………………………………….. |
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Number of rooms in housing unit …………………………………………………….. |
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Material of construction of housing unit (walls, floor, roof) ……………………. |
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Water supply to the household ………………………………………………………… |
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Type of toilet facility of the household ………………………………………………. |
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Refuse disposal …………………………………………………………………………… |
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Energy source for lighting, heating and cooking…………………………………… |
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Ownership of durable goods …………………………………………………………… |
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Information Communication Technology (ICT) |