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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Census Act 1948 Section 5

Status of Census Authorities as Public Servants

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Census Act 1948 Section 5 is part of Census Act 1948 - Status of Census Authorities as Public Servants. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

The Census Commissioner, all 1 [Directors of Census Operations] and all census-officers shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code.

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1. Substituted for the words "Superintendent of Census Operations", by the Repealing and Amending Act (Act 56 of 1974).

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What does Census Act 1948 Section 5 provide?

Section Section 5 of the Census Act 1948 (Status of Census Authorities as Public Servants) 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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