The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare its intention of taking a census in the whole or any part of the territories to which this Act extends, whenever it may consider it necessary or desirable so to do, and there upon the census shall be taken.
Section 3: Central Government to take census.
The Census Act, 1948Central Act · Act 37 of 1948
Where this provision sits
| Act | The Census Act, 1948 |
|---|---|
| Section | 3 |
| Marginal note | Central Government to take census. |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
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