Section 18. In any of the follomring cases, namely :

18. In any of the follomring cases, namely :- P enalt,ies. (a) if a census-officer or a person appoii~ted to be a census-oEicer or a persoil lawfully required to girc assistance towarcls tlie taliilly Jurisdiction in proseou. tioos. taklrig of a censw refuses or neglects to use reasonable diligence in performing any duty imposed upon him or in obeying any order issucd to Iiin~ in accordance with this Act9 or with any rule duly made thereunder, 0 - (b) if a census-oEcer intentionally puts any ofl'ensive or improper question or knowingly makes any false return, (c) if any person refuses to answer to the best of his knowledge or belief any question asked of him by census-officer nrhich he is legally bound by section 7 so to answer, (d) if any person occupying any house, enclosure, vessel or otlier place refuses to allow a census-officer silcll reasonable access thereto as he is required by section 8 to allow, - '(e) if any person removes, obliterates, alters or injiires before the thirty-first day of 3rlarcl1, 1901, ally lettera, marks or numbers ~vliich have been painted or affixed for the purposes of the census, ( f ) if a~1~7 occupier of a dwelling-house o r part tliereor l i n ~ ~ i l l g l ~ r and without sufficient cmse fails to comply with the provisions of section 9 or makes any false return under that section, he shall be punishable with fine rrkiich may extend to fifty rupees.