Security of information
Section 9 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 deals with security of information. The statistics officer or any person or agencies authorised under this Act shall, for statistical purposes, use any information furnished under section 6 in such manner as may be prescribed.]. The Act came into force on 11 Jun 2010.
1[(1) The statistics officer or any person or agencies authorised under this Act shall, for statistical purposes, use any information furnished under section 6 in such manner as may be prescribed.].
(2) No person other than a person engaged in the work of collection of statistics under this Act or preparation of statistics resultant to such collection shall be permitted to see any information schedule or any answer to a question asked, except for the purposes of a 2[penalty] under this Act.
(3) No information contained in any information schedule and no answer to any question asked shall, except for the purposes of a 2[penalty] under this Act, be separately published, or disclosed without suppressing the identification of informants to any agency.
(4) All statistical information published by any agency shall be arranged in such a manner so as to prevent any particulars becoming identifiable by any person (other than the informant by whom those particulars were supplied) as the particulars relating to the informant who supplied it, even through the process of elimination, unless---
(a) that informant has consented to their publication in that manner; or
(b) their publication in that manner could not reasonably have been foreseen by the concerned agency or any employee thereof.
(5) For the purposes of sub-section (4), the Central Government may make such rules or make such arrangement, as it may consider necessary.
Section 9, The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (Act 7 of 2009).
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3 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 9
What does Section 9 of the Collection of Statistics Act deal with?
Section 9 of the Collection of Statistics Act is headed "Security of information". The statistics officer or any person or agencies authorised under this Act shall, for statistical purposes, use any information furnished under section 6 in such manner as may be prescribed.].
How do I find court cases under Section 9 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 9, section 9 Collection of Statistics Act, section 9 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 9 of the Collection of Statistics Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 6 (Duty of informants), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 4 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. 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 9 of the Collection of Statistics Act come into force?
Section 9 of the Collection of Statistics Act, cited as Collection of Statistics Act 9, 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
- 2. Definitions413 words
- 33. Power to make rules399 words
- 4. Powers of appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc254 words
- 3. Collection of statistics243 words
- 15. Penalty for neglect or refusal to supply particulars and other contraventions225 words
- 11. Disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes216 words
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