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Collection of Statistics Act 2008 Chapter III

Title: Disclosure of Information in Certain Cases and Restrictions of their Use

State: Central

Year: 2008

.....consider necessary. Section 10 - Appropriate Government authorised to disclose certain information Notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose the following information, namely:-- (a) information supplied by informant in respect of which disclosure is consented to in writing by the informant or by any person authorised by the said informant; (b) information otherwise available to the public under any Act or as a public document; (c) information in the form of an index or list of the names and addresses of informants together with the classification, if any, allotted to them and the number of persons engaged. Section 11 - Disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes (1) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose individual returns or formats or information schedules to other agency or person or institutions or universities solely for bona fide research or statistical purposes pursuant to their functions and duties. (2) No individual return or information schedule shall be disclosed pursuant to this.....

Collection of Statistics Act 2008 Section 11

Title: Disclosure of Information Schedules for Bona Fide Research or Statisticalpurposes

State: Central

Year: 2008

.....research or statistical project makes a declaration to use the schedules disclosed to them only for bona fide research or statistical purposes; and (c) the appropriate Government, making such disclosure is satisfied that the security of the schedules and any information contained therein shall not be impaired. (3) The published results of any research or statistical project shall not divulge any more information than what the agency authorised for collection of statistics could publish under this Act. (4) Every agency or person or institutions or universities to whom any individual return or information schedule is disclosed under this section shall comply with directions given by the agency authorised for collection of statistics making the disclosure relating to the schedules and any information contained therein.

Collection of Statistics Act 2008 Chapter IV

Title: Offences and Penalties

State: Central

Year: 2008

.....and no court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act. Section 25 - Sanction for prosecution No prosecution for an offence committed by any informant shall be instituted except by or with the sanction of the statistics officer, and no prosecution for an offence committed by persons other than informants shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the appropriate Government. Section 26 - Power of court to try cases summarily Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974), all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or by a Metropolitan Magistrate and the provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial: Provided that when in the course of, a summary trial under this section it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that it is, for any reason, undesirable to try the case summarily, the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties, record an order to that effect and thereafter recall.....

Collection of Statistics Act 2008 Section 20

Title: Penalty for Failure to Carry out Duties and Functions by Employees

State: Central

Year: 2008

If any person employed in the execution of any duty or functions under this Act -- (a) omits without lawful excuse to carry out his duty, or knowingly makes any false declaration, statement or return; or (b) pretends performance of his duties or obtains or seeks to obtain information which he is not authorised to obtain; or (c) fails to keep inviolate the secrecy of the information gathered or entered in the information schedules collected pursuant to this Act and, except as permitted under this Act, divulges the contents of any schedule filled in or any information furnished by any informant under this Act, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.

Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2008

COLLECTION OF STATISTICS ACT, 2008 COLLECTION OF STATISTICS ACT, 2008 7 OF 2009 An Act to facilitate the collection of statistics on economic, demographic, social, scientific and environmental aspects, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY: SECTION 1: Short title, extent and commencement: (1) This Act may be called the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 2: Definitions: In this Act, unless; the context otherwise requires,- (a) "agency" includes a person or persons engaged by the appropriate Government, directly or by outsourcing, for collection of statistics; (b) "appropriate Government" means- (i) any Ministry or Department in the Central Government; or (ii) any Ministry or Department in a State Government or Union territory Administration; or (iii) any local government that is to say, Panchayats or Municipalities,.....

Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 Section 18

Title: Disclosure of Information to Unauthorised Person

State: Central

Year: 2005

(1) Any person who may be or has been employed or engaged as a private security guard by the private security agency shall not divulge to anyone other than the employer, or in such manner and to such person as the employer directs, any information acquired by him during such employment with respect to the work which he has been assigned by such employer, except such disclosure as may be required under this Act or in connection with any inquiry or investigation by the police or as may be required by an authority or process of law. (2) All private security guards of a private security agency shall render necessary assistance to the police or to such authority in the process of any investigation pertaining to the activities of that agency. (3) If violation of any law is noticed by any private security guard during the course of discharge of his duties, he shall bring it to the notice of his superior, who in turn shall inform the police either through his employer or agency or on his own.

Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 Chapter VIII

Title: Miscellaneous

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....followed by credit information companies or may develop in due course in relation to their functions, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, rules and regulations made and directions issued thereunder from time to time in pursuance thereof. Section 30 - Protection of Action Taken in Good Faith (1) No suit or other legal proceedings or prosecution shall lie against the Reserve Bank or the Central Government or credit information company or credit institution, or their chairperson, director, member, auditor, adviser, officer or other employee, or agent or any person authorised by the Reserve Bank or the Central Government or credit information company or credit institution to discharge any function under this Act, for any loss or damage caused or as is likely to be caused by anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done, in pursuance of this Act or any other law for the time being in force. (2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall affect the right of any person to claim damages against a credit information company, a credit institution or their chairperson, director, member, auditor, adviser, officer or other employee or agents, as the case.....

Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 Section 29

Title: Obligations as to Fidelity and Secrecy

State: Central

Year: 2005

(1) Every credit information company shall observe, except as otherwise required by law, the practices and usages customary among credit information companies and it shall not divulge any information relating to, or to the affairs of, its members or specified users. (2) Every chairperson, director, member, auditor, adviser, officer or other employee of a credit information company shall, before entering upon his duties, make a declaration of fidelity and secrecy in the form, as may be prescribed in this regard. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section and section 30, the terms "practices and usages customary" means such practices and usages which, are generally followed by credit information companies or may develop in due course in relation to their functions, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, rules and regulations made and directions issued thereunder from time to time in pursuance thereof.

Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....in any other form or manner; (B) who has raised or seeks to raise money by issue of security as defined in clause (h) of (S.2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956) (42 of 1956) or by issue of commercial paper, depository receipt or any other instrument; (C) whose financial standing has been assessed or is proposed to be assessed by a credit institution or any other person or institution as may, by notification, be directed by the Reserve Bank; (d) "credit information" means any information relating to (i) the amounts and the nature of loans or advances, amounts outstanding under credit cards and other credit facilities granted or to be granted, by a credit institution to any borrower; (ii) the nature of security taken or proposed to be taken by a credit institution from any borrower for credit facilities granted or proposed to be granted to him; (iii) the guarantee furnished or any other non-fund based facility granted or proposed to be granted by a credit institution for any of its borrowers; (iv) the credit worthiness of any borrower of a credit institution; (v) any other manner which the Reserve Bank may, consider necessary for inclusion in the credit information.....

The Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 2005

THE PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (REGULATION) ACT, 2005 THE PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES (REGULATION) ACT, 2005 An Act to provide for the regulation of private security agencies and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament, in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:" SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act, 2005. (2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires," (a) "armoured car service" means the service provided by deployment of armed guards along with armoured car and such other related services which may be notified by the Central Government or as the case may be, the State Government from time to time; (b) "Controlling Authority" means the Controlling Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 3; (c) "licence" means a licence granted under sub-section (5) of section 7; (d) "notification".....