The District Magistrate, or such authority as the State Government may appoint in this behalf for any local area, may, by written order which shall have effect throughout the extent of his district or of such local area, as the case may be, call upon—
(a) all owners and occupiers of land, tenure-holders, and farmers and assignees of land revenue, or their agents,
(b) all members of the district, municipal, panchayat and other local authorities and officers and servants of such authorities, and
(c) all officers and members of staff of any factory, firm or establishment,
to give such assistance as shall be specified in the order towards the taking of a census of the persons who are, at the time of the taking of the census, on the lands of such owners, occupiers, tenure-holders, farmers and assignees, or in the premises of factories, firms and other establishments, or within the areas for which such local authorities are established, as the case may be, and the persons to whom an order under this section is directed shall be bound to obey it and shall, while acting in pursuance of such order, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
(a) all owners and occupiers of land, tenure-holders, and farmers and assignees of land revenue, or their agents,
(b) all members of the district, municipal, panchayat and other local authorities and officers and servants of such authorities, and
(c) all officers and members of staff of any factory, firm or establishment,
to give such assistance as shall be specified in the order towards the taking of a census of the persons who are, at the time of the taking of the census, on the lands of such owners, occupiers, tenure-holders, farmers and assignees, or in the premises of factories, firms and other establishments, or within the areas for which such local authorities are established, as the case may be, and the persons to whom an order under this section is directed shall be bound to obey it and shall, while acting in pursuance of such order, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
Explore the next section or browse this act in the selected language.
Next · Section 7ARequisitioning premises, of vehicles, etc., for taking of a census. →All sections / सभी धाराएँThe Census Act, 1948 →
More sections of this act
Section 1 · Short title and extent.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 2A · Rule of construction respecting enactments not extending to Jammu and Kashmir.Section 3 · Central Government to take census.Section 4 · Appointment of census staff.Section 4A · Staff of every local authority to be made available for taking census.Section 5 · Status of census authorities as public servants.Section 6 · Discharge of duties of census-officers in certain cases.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 18 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2018-03-21. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.