Presidency of the Council of Ministers
Law of 22/2/1979
Law implemented through the decree n° 1793
issued on February 22, 1979 (official journal N°9)
Creation of a public administration called "Central
administration of statistics at the presidency of the
Council of Ministers
The president of the Republic
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By virtue
of the constitution, especially its' article 58,
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Whereas
the
government has referred to the parliament,
through the decree
n° 1078, dated on 18/3/1978, an urgent draft law aiming at
the creation of a public administration called "
administration of central statistics ".
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Whereas
more than 40 days have elapsed since the submission of the
foresaid urgent draft law to the parliament, without
deciding on it.
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According
to the proposal of the prime minister.
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After the
approval of the council of ministers on 3/1/1979
Decrees
the following :
Article
1: The urgent draft law, referred to the parliament
through the decree N° 1078, dated on 18/3/1978, aiming at the
creation of a public administration called "Central
Administration of Statistics " shall be enforced, Its text is
the following :
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Article 1
: A public administration called " Central
Administration of statistics, is created at the presidency
of the council of ministers.
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Article 2 : The word administration in the law is
intended to mean the public administrations, the public
institutions, the municipalities and the other moral
entities in the public sector.
Article
3 : The Central administration of Statistics assumes
the following functions :
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To assume
itself or in cooperation with the involved administrations
to set forth all statistics related to the economical and
social life of the country.
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To unify
the data bases related to institutions or individuals used
in the administrations to extract the statistical data
from it, and to supervise technically the statistics that
the administrations lay down and to centralize and
coordinate it.
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To set up
the internal economical accountings (the national
accounts), the balance of payments, and the other annual
statement regarding the economical and social activities
of the country.
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To carry
out the statistics, investigations, and studies requested
by the Council of Development and Reconstruction, and the
other economical studies requested by the other
administrations.
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To carry
out mandatory statistical surveying , should be considered
as mandatory any statistical survey carried out by the
central administrations of statistics directly, or through
another institution, and published in the official
journal.
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Analysis
and publication of the statistics that are laid down.
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To
contribute, with the Civil Service Council, to the
preparation and training of the employees working with
statistical units related to the administrations.
Article
4 :
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The
Central administration of statistics is composed of
administrative and technical units, created and cancelled
by decrees enacted in the Council of ministers, after the
approval of the civil service Council, in compliance with
the provisions of clause 2 of this article.
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The
government within one year of the inured date of this law
should, determine through decrees enacted in the council
of ministers, after the approval of the civil service
council, the cadre of the central administration of
statistics , the designation of the functions of this
cadre, the special conditions of appointment, the
hierarchy of its grades and salaries, the special
indemnities of the employees working in said
administration, and the conditions of the classification
of the employees for the central statistics directorate at
the cancelled general plan ministry of the created jobs.
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The units
of the central administration of statistics shall be
organized, and the functions and the powers of their
functionaries shall be determined through decrees to be
enacted in the council of ministers, after the approval of
the Council of civil service.
Article
5 : All the administrations shall put at the disposal
of the central administration central of statistics the
documents, instruments and information it needs so as to set
out the statistics; The physical and moral entities of the
private sector shall respond to the statements and application
forms related to mandatory investigations carried out by the
central administration central of statistics provided that
this matter would not prejudice the secret of the profession,
nor any other secrecy provided for in the law.
Article 6 : Any physical entity refusing to give
information requested from him during a mandatory
investigation, or deliberately gives false information, shall
be inflicted a fine ranging between 50 and 200 Lebanese
pounds.
Are excepted from the provisions of the previous clause the
information related to the private and familial life of the
individuals, and those which the binding to give them
constitutes violation of their individual and public freedom.
Any moral entity refusing to give the information requested
from him in a mandatory investigation, or gives deliberately
false or wrong information, shall be submitted to a fine
ranging between 1000 and 5000 Lebanese pounds.
Are excepted from the provisions of the previous clause the
information related to the identity of physical entities
constituting the moral entities, and to their private and
familial life, and those which the binding to give them
constitutes a violation of their individual and public
freedom.
Article 7 : The employees of the central
administration of statistics, and the other workers, are
prohibited from disclosing to other people, included
administrations, the information related to private and
familial life of individuals, and to the financial and
professional situations of the physical and moral entities.
Article 8 : The employees of the central
administration of statistics, and the other workers it, must
administer, before taking office, the following oath before
the civil court of first instance :
" I swear to God the greatest to keep the secret of the job
and to carry out its tasks with fidelity and sincerity".
Article 9 : The central administration of
statistics may sell its publications, cash the value of
technical services it renders to other people, and determine
the prices of each unit of publications and services, through
a resolution issued by the prime minister.
The proceeds of such publications and services are considered
an income for the treasury.
Article 10 : This law is enforced as of its
promulgation in the official journal.
Article 2 : This decree shall be promulgated and
notified where necessary, and shall be observed immediately
after its promulgation in the official journal.
Baabda on February 22, 1979
signed : Elias Sarkis
Issued by the president of the Republic
The Prime Minister
signed : Salim El-Hoss
The Prime Minister
signed : Salim El-Hoss
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