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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Census Act 1948

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/51648

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Census Act 1948 is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Census Act, 1948
Section1 - Short Title and Extent
Section2 - Definitions
Section2A - Rule of Construction Respecting Enactments Not Extending to Jammu and Kashmir
Section3 - Central Government to Take Census
Section4 - Appointment of Census Staff
Section4A - Staff of Every Local Authority to He Made Available for Taking Census
Section5 - Status of Census Authorities as Public Servants
Section6 - Discharge of Duties of Census-officers in Certain Cases
Section7 - Power to Call Upon Certain Persons to Give Assistance
Section7A - Requisitioning Premises, of Vehicles, Etc. for Taking of a Census
Section7B - Payment of Compensation
Section7C - Power to Obtain Information
Section7D - Power of Entry into and Inspection of Premises, Etc
Section7E - Eviction from Requisitioned Premises
Section7F - Release of Premises from Requisition
Section7G - Delegation of Functions of the Central Government with Regard to Requisitioning
Section7H - Penalty for Contravention of Any Order Regarding Requisitioning.
Section8 - Asking of Questions and Obligation to Answer
Section9 - Occupier to Permit Access and Affixing of Numbers
Section10 - Occupier or Manager to Fill Up Schedule
Section11 - Penalties
Section12 - Sanction Required for Prosecutions
Section13 - Operation of Other Laws Not Barred
Section13A - Certain Offences to Be Cognizable and Triable Summarily
Section14 - Jurisdiction
Section15 - Records of Census Not Open to Inspection nor Admissible in Evidence
Section15A - Protection of Service Interests of Members of Census Staff
Section15B - Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith
Section16 - Temporary Suspension of Other Laws as to Mode of Taking Census in Municipalities
Section17 - Grant of Statistical Abstracts
Section17A - Power to Extend the Provisions of Act to Other Operations
Section18 - Power to Make Rules

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What is the Census Act 1948?

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