Section 5: Establishment of the Bureau.

(1) There is established the National Bureau of Statistics (in this Act referred to as "the Bureau").
(2) The Bureau shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3) The Bureau shall be an autonomous public authority responsible to the Presidency.
(4) In order to protect and enhance the integrity and impartiality of official statistics, the Bureau shall exercise professional independence in the way it collects, processes, analyses, and reports and disseminates statistical information.
(5) The proceedings of the Board shall be as set out in the Schedule.