Section 4: Appointment of census staff.

The Census Act, 1948Central Act · Act 37 of 1948

(1) The Central Government may appoint a Census Commissioner to supervise the taking of the census throughout the area in which the census is intended to be taken, and [Directors of Census Operations] to supervise the taking of the census within the several States.

(2) The State Government may appoint persons as census-officers [with such designations as that Government may deem necessary] to take, or aid in or supervise the taking of, the census within any specified local area and such persons, when so appointed, shall be bound to serve accordingly.

(3) A declaration in writing, signed by any authority authorised by the State Government in this behalf, that any person has been duly appointed a census-officer for any local area shall be conclusive proof of such appointment.

(4) The State Government may delegate to such authority as it thinks fit the power of appointing census-officers conferred by sub-section (2).

Where this provision sits

Act	The Census Act, 1948
Section	4
Marginal note	Appointment of census staff.
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 "Superintendents of Census Operations" (w.e.f. 20-12-1974).
inserted, Act 11 of 1994. Ins. by Act 11 of 1994, s. 3 (w.e.f. 14-1-1994).

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