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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Census Act, 1948 Section 16

TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF OTHER LAWS AS TO MODE OF TAKING CENSUS IN MUNICIPALITIES - Notwithstanding anything in any

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Census Act, 1948 Section 16 is part of Census Act, 1948 - TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF OTHER LAWS AS TO MODE OF TAKING CENSUS IN MUNICIPALITIES - Notwithstanding anything in any. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 16: TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF OTHER LAWS AS TO MODE OF TAKING CENSUS IN MUNICIPALITIES - Notwithstanding anything in any enactment or rule with respect to the mode in which a census is to be taken in any municipality, the municipal authority, in consultation with the 30[Director of Census Operation] or with such other authority as the31[State Government] may authorise in this behalf, shall, at the time appointed for the taking of any census cause the census of the municipality to be taken wholly or in part by any method authorised by or under this Act.

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What does Census Act, 1948 Section 16 provide?

Section Section 16 of the Census Act, 1948 (TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF OTHER LAWS AS TO MODE OF TAKING CENSUS IN MUNICIPALITIES - Notwithstanding anything in any) is reproduced on this page as part of the Census Act, 1948. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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