In force
The Census Act, 1948
27 sections · As amended up to 2026-08
Sections
- 0Section 0
- 1The Act has been extended to:
- 2Definitions
- 2A[
- 3Central Government to take census
- 4Appointment of census staff
- 5Status of census authorities as public servants
- 6Discharge of duties of census-officers in certain cases
- 7Power to call upon certain persons to give assistance
- 7BPayment of compensation
- 7CPower to obtain information
- 7DPower of entry into and inspection of premises, etc
- 7EEviction from requisitioned premises
- 7FRelease of premises from requisition
- 7GDelegation of functions of the Central Government with regard to requisitioning
- 7HPenalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning
- 8Asking of questions and obligation to answer
- 9Occupier to permit access and affirming of numbers
- 10Occupier or manager to fill up schedule
- 11Penalties
- 13Operation of other laws not barred
- 14Jurisdiction
- 15Records of census not open to inspection of admissible in evidence
- 15BProtection of action taken in good faith
- 16Temporary suspension of other laws as to mode of taking census municipalities
- 17Grant of statistical abstracts
- 18Power to make rules