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The Statistics Act is an Act by the Canadian government in 1918 which created the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, now called Statistics Canada since 1971. The Statistics Act gives Statistics Canada the authority to "collect, compile, analyze, abstract, and publish information on the economic, social and general conditions of the country and its citizens." To balance Statistics Canada's extensive powers to collect information, the Act establishes the legal requirement for the agency to protect the confidentiality of respondents to Statistics Canada surveys. The legislation makes a formal commitment to respondents that the information they provide will never be released to anyone in a form that will identify them without their authorization. ==Legal requirement== Citizens who refuse to participate in providing information, or who provide false information, have committed an offence under the (Statistics Act ) under c. S-19: ''...information collected under the authority of the Statistics Act, R.S.C. 1985...and must be provided by law.'' Refusal to provide information: ''...are liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or/and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.'' "Voluntary surveys 8. The Minister may, by order, authorize the obtaining, for a particular purpose, of information, other than information for a census of population or agriculture, on a voluntary basis, but where such information is requested section 31 does not apply in respect of a refusal or neglect to furnish the information. 1980-81-82-83, c. 47, s. 41." Other legislation relating to this act include: * Access to Information Act 1983 * Privacy Act 1983 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Statistics Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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