Disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes
Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 deals with disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes. Notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose individual returns or formats or information schedules to other agency or person or institutions or universities solely for bona fide research or statistical purposes pursuant to their function The Act came into force on 11 Jun 2010.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose individual returns or formats or information schedules to other agency or person or institutions or universities solely for bona fide research or statistical purposes pursuant to their functions and duties.--
(2) No individual return or information schedule shall be disclosed pursuant to this section unless--
(a) the name and address of the informant by whom the schedule or related information was supplied is deleted;
(b) every agency or person or institutions or Universities involved in the research or statistical project makes a declaration to use the schedules disclosed to them only for bona fide research or statistical purposes; and
(c) the appropriate Government, making such disclosure is satisfied that the security of the schedules and any information contained therein shall not be impaired.
(3) The published results of any research or statistical project shall not divulge any more information than what the agency authorised for collection of statistics could publish under this Act.
(4) Every agency or person or institutions or universities to whom any individual return or information schedule is disclosed under this section shall comply with directions given by the agency authorised for collection of statistics making the disclosure relating to the schedules and any information contained therein.
Section 11, The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (Act 7 of 2009).
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Questions about Section 11
What does Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act deal with?
Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act is headed "Disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes". Notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose individual returns or formats or information schedules to other agency or person or institutions or universities solely for bona fide research or statistical purposes pursuant to their function
How do I find court cases under Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Collection of Statistics Act 11, section 11 Collection of Statistics Act, section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 9 (Security of information), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 3 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently Collection of Statistics Rules, 2024 (2024), then COLLECTION OF STATISTICS RULES, 2011 (2011).
When did Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act come into force?
Section 11 of the Collection of Statistics Act, cited as Collection of Statistics Act 11, came into force on 11 Jun 2010, having been enacted on 07 Jan 2009. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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