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Census Act 1948 Section 4

Title: Appointment of Census Staff

State: Central

Year: 1948

(1) The Central Government may appoint a Census Commissioner to supervise the taking of the census throughout the area in which the census is intended to be taken and 1 [Directors of Census Operations] to supervise the taking of the census within the several States. (2) The State Government may appoint persons as census-officers 2 [with such designations as that Government may deem necessary] to take, or aid in or supervise the taking of, the census within any specified local area and such persons, when so appointed, shall be bound to serve accordingly. (3) A declaration in writing, signed by any authority authorised by the State Government in this behalf, that any person has been duly appointed a census-officer for any local area shall be conclusive proof of such appointment. (4) The State Government may delegate to such authority as it thinks fit the power of appointing census-officers conferred by sub-section (2). ___________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "Superintendents of Census Operations', by the Repealing and Amending Act (Act 56 of 1974). 2. Inserted by The Census (Amendment) Act, 1993, (Act 11 of 1994) w.e.f 14.01.1994.

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Title: Census Act 1948

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....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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Census Act 1948 Section 15A

Title: Protection of Service Interests of Members of Census Staff

State: Central

Year: 1948

1[15A. Protection of service interests of members of census staff No member of the census staff shall suffer any disability in service by reason of his being on census duty and the period spent by him on such census duty shall be deemed to be the duty under his lending employer and any duty performed under this Act shall not in any manner affect the right of promotion or other advancement in his original service. ___________________________ 1. Inserted by The Census (Amendment) Act, 1993, (Act 11 of 1994) w.e.f 14.01.1994.

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Census Act 1948 Section 16

Title: Temporary Suspension of Other Laws as to Mode of Taking Census in Municipalities

State: Central

Year: 1948

Notwithstandinganything in any enactment or rule with respect to the mode in which a census isto be taken in any municipality, the municipal authority, in consultation withthe 1 [Director of Census Operation] or with such other authority asthe State Government may authorise in this behalf, shall, at the time appointedfor the taking of any census cause the census of the municipality to be takenwholly or in part by any method authorised by or under this Act. ___________________________ 1.Substituted for the words'Superintendent of Census Operation" by the Repealing and Amending Act (56 of1974).

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Census Act 1948 Preamble 1

Title: Census Act, 1948

State: Central

Year: 1948

CENSUS ACT, 1948 [Act, No. 37 of 1948] [3rd September, 1948] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for certain matters in connection with the taking of census. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the taking of census in India or any part thereof whenever necessary or desirable and to provide for certain matters in connection with the taking of such census. It is hereby enacted as follows: -

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Census Act 1948 Section 4A

Title: Staff of Every Local Authority to He Made Available for Taking Census

State: Central

Year: 1948

1[4A- Staff of Every Local authority to he made available for taking census Every local authority in a State shall, when so directed by a written order by the Central Government or by an authority appointed by that Government in this behalf, make available to any Director of Census Operations such staff as may be necessary for the performance of any duties in connection with the taking of census.] ___________________________ 1. Inserted by The Census (Amendment) Act, 1993, (Act 11 of 1994) w.e.f 14.01.1994.

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Census Act 1948 Section 5

Title: Status of Census Authorities as Public Servants

State: Central

Year: 1948

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

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Census Act 1948 Section 6

Title: Discharge of Duties of Census-officers in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1948

.....of the census persons are living shall perform such of the duties of a census-officer in relation to the persons who at the time of the taking of the census are under his command or charge, or are inmates of his house, or are present on or in such immovable property or are employed under him as may be specified in the order. (2) All the provisions of this Act relating to census-officers shall apply, so far as may be, to all persons while performing such duties under this section, and any person refusing or neglecting to perform any duty which under this section he is directed to perform shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 187 of the Indian Penal Code-.

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Bombay Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Act, 1950, (Maharashtra) Preamble

Title: the Bombay Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Act, 1950

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1950

THE BOMBAY LOCAL AUTHORITIES CENSUS EXPENSES CONTRIBUTION ACT, 19501 [ Act No. 23 of 19502] [10th May, 1950] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for contribution by local authorities to census expenses. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for contribution by local authorities of a portion of the expenses incurred in connection with the taking of any census in the State of Bombay and for certain other purposes hereinafter appear ing; It is hereby enacted as follows :- NOTES Objects.- With a view to securing uniformity of law throughout the State of Bombay it was proposed to extend the Bombay Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Act, 1950, as in force in the pre-Reorganisation State of Bombay excluding the transferred territories to the remaining areas of the re-organised State of Bombay and to repeal the corresponding law in force in the Vidarbha.- vide Statement of Objects and Reasons.- Mah. 68 of 1959. _________________ 1. This Act was extended to, and, shall in virtue of such extension be in force in the rest of the State of Bombay (vide Bom. 68 of 1959, Section 2). 2. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1950; Part V,.....

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Census Act 1948 Section 7A

Title: Requisitioning Premises, of Vehicles, Etc. for Taking of a Census

State: Central

Year: 1948

1[7A. Requisitioning premises, of vehicles, etc. for taking of a census (1) If it appears to the Central Government that, in connection with taking of a census,-- (a) Any premises are needed or are likely to be needed, or (b) Any vehicle, vessel or animal is needed or is likely to be needed, that Government may by order in writing requisition such premises or vehicle, vessel or animal, as the case may be, and make such further orders as may appear to it to be necessary or expedient in connection with the requisitioning. (2) The requisition shall be effected by an order in writing addressed to the person deemed by the Central Government to be the owner or person in possession of the property, and such order shall be served in the prescribed manner on the person to whom it is addressed. (3) Whenever any property is requisitioned under sub-section (1), the period of such requisition shall not extend beyond the period for which such property is required for any of the purposes mentioned in that sub-section. ___________________________ 1. Sections 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G and 7H inserted by The Census (Amendment) Act, 1993, (Act 11 of 1994) w.e.f. 14.01.1994.

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