Statistics Act Article 13

Agencies shall draft the survey implementation programs before conducting the Designated Statistical Survey or General Statistical Survey on the general public that reach or surpass the certain sample size specified by the Central BAS Agency, and do as follows:1.The Designated Statistical Survey shall be approved by the Central BAS Agency.2.The General Statistical Survey conducted by the central government shall be approved by the Central BAS Agency; while surveys conducted by the local governments shall be approved by the BAS department in the special municipal government and in the county /city government, and then submit to the Central BAS Agency for recordation.For the statistical survey approved pursuant to the preceding Paragraph, the conducting agency shall mark the approval issue number on its questionnaire.Any modification or suspension of the approved statistical survey implementation program shall be submitted for approval pursuant to Paragraph 1; when necessary, the approving agency or the Central BAS Agency may request the conducting agency to modify the survey implementation program or suspend an approved statistical survey.