Census Act, 1948
Bare Act · 1948
An Act to provide for certain matters in connection with the taking of census.
- Act number
- 37 of 1948
- Enacted
- 3 September 1948
- Contents
- 32 sections
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Contents
- Section 1 – Short title and extent
- Section 2 – Definitions
- Section 2A – Rule of construction respecting enactments not extending to Jammu and Kashmir
- Section 3 – Central Government to take census
- Section 4 – Appointment of census staff
- Section 4A – Staff of every local authority to be made available for taking census (preview)
- Section 5 – Status of census authorities as public servants (preview)
- Section 6 – Discharge of duties of census-officers in certain cases (preview)
- Section 7 – Power to call upon certain persons to give assistance (preview)
- Section 7A – Requisitioning premises, of vehicles, etc., for taking of a census (preview)
- Section 7B – Payment of compensation (preview)
- Section 7C – Power to obtain information (preview)
- Section 7D – Power of entry into and inspection of premises, etc (preview)
- Section 7E – Eviction from requisitioned premises (preview)
- Section 7F – Release of premises from requisition (preview)
- Section 7G – Delegation of functions of the Central Government with regard to requisitioning (preview)
- Section 7H – Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning (preview)
- Section 8 – Asking of questions and obligation to answer (preview)
- Section 9 – Occupier to permit access and affixing of numbers (preview)
- Section 10 – Occupier or manager to fill up schedule (preview)
- Section 11 – Penalties (preview)
- Section 12 – Sanction required for prosecutions (preview)
- Section 13 – Operation of other laws not barred (preview)
- Section 13A – Certain offences to be cognizable and triable summarily (preview)
- Section 14 – Jurisdiction (preview)
- Section 15 – Records of census not open to inspection of admissible in evidence (preview)
- Section 15A – Protection of service interests of members of census staff (preview)
- Section 15B – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 16 – Temporary suspension of other laws as to mode of taking census in municipalities (preview)
- Section 17 – Grant of statistical abstracts (preview)
- Section 17A – Power to extend the provisions of Act to other operations (preview)
- Section 18 – Power to make rules (preview)