Occupier or manager to fill up schedule
Section 10 of the Census Act, 1948 deals with occupier or manager to fill up schedule. Subject to such orders as the [Census Commissioner] may issue in this behalf, a census-officer may, within the local area for which he is appointed, leave or cause to be left a schedule at any dwelling-house or with the manager or any officer of any commercial or industrial establishment, for the pu The Act came into force on 03 Sep 1948.
(1) Subject to such orders as the 1 [Census Commissioner] may issue in this behalf, a census-officer may, within the local area for which he is appointed, leave or cause to be left a schedule at any dwelling-house or with the manager or any officer of any commercial or industrial establishment, for the purpose of its being filled up by the occupiers of such house or of any specified part thereof or by such manager or officer with such particulars as the 1 [Census Commissioner] may direct regarding the inmates of such house or part thereof, or the persons employed under such manager or officer, as the case may be, at the time of the taking of the census.
(2) When such schedule has been so left, the said occupier, manager or officer, as the case may be, shall fill it up or cause it to be filled up to the best of' his knowledge or belief so far as regards the inmates of such house or part thereof or the persons employed under him, as the case may be, at the time aforesaid, and shall sign his name thereto and, when so required, shall deliver the schedule so filled up and signed to the census-officer or to such person as the census-officer may direct.
Section 10, The Census Act, 1948 (Act 37 of 1948).
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Questions about Section 10
What does Section 10 of the Census Act deal with?
Section 10 of the Census Act is headed "Occupier or manager to fill up schedule". Subject to such orders as the [Census Commissioner] may issue in this behalf, a census-officer may, within the local area for which he is appointed, leave or cause to be left a schedule at any dwelling-house or with the manager or any officer of any commercial or industrial establishment, for the pu
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What should I read with Section 10 of the Census Act, and has it changed?
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When did Section 10 of the Census Act come into force?
Section 10 of the Census Act, cited as Census Act 1948 10, came into force on 03 Sep 1948, having been enacted on 03 Sep 1948. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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