Act Info:
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