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The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008

Powers of appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc

In force From 11 Jun 2010 Act 7 of 2009 As on 15 Oct 2026

Act 7 of 2009 Ministry Statistics and Programme Implementation Enacted 07 Jan 2009 In force 11 Jun 2010 Cited by 3 provisions Instruments 40

Section 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 deals with powers of appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc. The appropriate Government may appoint or cause to appoint an officer to be the statistics officer for any geographical unit for the purpose of collecting any statistics directed by it. The Act came into force on 11 Jun 2010.

(1) The appropriate Government may appoint or cause to appoint an officer to be the statistics officer for any geographical unit for the purpose of collecting any statistics directed by it.

(2) The appropriate Government may appoint any agency or persons working in such agencies to take, or aid in, or supervise the collection of the statistics within any specified geographical unit and such agencies or persons, when so appointed, shall be bound to serve accordingly.

(3) The appropriate Government may employ on contract basis any agency or company or organisation or association or person, on such terms and conditions and on such safeguards as may be prescribed, for the purpose of collecting the statistics directed by it.

(4) The appropriate Government may delegate to any statistics officer, as it thinks fit, the power of appointing agencies or persons working in such agencies or employing on contract basis any agency or company or organisation or association of persons, conferred on it by sub-sections (2) and (3) within the geographical unit for which such statistics officer is appointed.

(5) The appropriate Government may, by order specify the form, the particulars required or the interval within which, and the statistics officer to whom, the statistical information by the informants shall be furnished.

(6) The appropriate Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, delegate to any statistics officer, as it thinks fit, any power conferred under sub-section (5) for the purpose of the collection of statistics under a direction issued by it under section 3.

Section 4, The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (Act 7 of 2009).

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 3 Collection of statistics

Referred to by 3

  1. s. 2 Definitions
  2. s. 5 Power of statistics officer to call for information
  3. s. 33 Power to make rules

Made under this section, and citing it

33 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.

Another 7 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.

All subordinate legislation

Questions about Section 4

What does Section 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act deal with?

Section 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act is headed "Powers of appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc". The appropriate Government may appoint or cause to appoint an officer to be the statistics officer for any geographical unit for the purpose of collecting any statistics directed by it.

How do I find court cases under Section 4 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 4, section 4 Collection of Statistics Act, section 4 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 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 3 (Collection of statistics), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 3 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 33: most recently Annual survey of Industries 2023-24,Notification Under Act The collection of Statistics Act,2008 (2025), then Annual survey of Industries 2022-23,Notification Under Act The collection of Statistics Act,2008 (2024), and 31 more.

When did Section 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act come into force?

Section 4 of the Collection of Statistics Act, cited as Collection of Statistics Act 4, 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.

Other sections of this Act

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