The Indian Census Act 1910, 16 of 1910, (Rep., Act 12 of 1927)

Section 5. _

Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08

5. ( 1 ) The District Magistrate, or such officer as the Local Government may appoint in this behalf for any local area, may, by written order, which shall have effect throughout the limits of his district 'or of such local area, as the case may be, call upon- powerof Dietrict,,Magistrate `to` call, ; ; give assist. Pi,Pe. trict,,Magistrate `to` call, as the Local Government may appoint in this behalf ; (a) all owners and occupiers of land, tenoreholders,, farme'rs, assignees of laidrevenue and lessees of fisheries under the Burma Fisheries Act, `1905,` or the Upper laidBur. III Burma 1%. Bur. III of 1910.1 `147` Ccnsus. Den. VI of 1870. Burina Land and Revenue Regulation, 1889, or their agents, (b) all village-officers and servants in estates as defined in the Madras I'roprietary Estates' Village Service Act, 1894 (Madras), and (c) all members of panchayats appointea under the Village Chaukidari Act, 18'70 ( B h - gal), or the Sylhet and Cachax Rural Police Regulation, 1883, all ghatwals and all circle-tahsildars appointed under the Chota Nagpur Rural Police Act, 188'7 (Bengal), and all village-headmen in the Kumaun Division of the United Provinces, to give such assistance as he needs towards the taking of a census of the persons who are at the time of the taking of the census on the lands of such owners, occupiers, holders, farmers and assignees, or within the limits of such fisherties or in the villages or other areas for which such village-officers and servants, panchayats; ghatwals, circle-tahsildars or village-headmen are appointed, as the case inay be. - `(2)` Such order shall specify the nature of the assistance required, and such owners, occupiers, holders, farmers, assignees, lessees or their agents, and such village-officers and servants, the members of such panchayats and such ghatwals, circle-tahsildars and village-headmen shall be bound to obey it.

Source: India Code