Notwithstanding anything in any enactment or rule with respect to the mode in which a census is to be taken in any municipality, the municipal authority, in consultation with the [Director of Census Operation] or with such other authority as the State Government may authorise in this behalf, shall, at the time appointed for the taking of any census cause the census of the municipality to be taken wholly or in part by any method authorised by or under this Act.
Section 16: Temporary suspension of other laws as to mode of taking census in municipalities.
The Census Act, 1948Central Act · Act 37 of 1948
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Census Act, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Section | 16 |
| Marginal note | Temporary suspension of other laws as to mode of taking census in municipalities. |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
How this provision has been amended
Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.
- substituted, Act 56 of 1974. Subs. by Act 56 of 1974, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "Superintendent of Census Operations" (w.e.f. 20-12-1974).
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