Section 1Short title and extent

Section 1: Short title and extent

1. Short title and extent

(1)

This Act may be called the Census Act, 1948.

[(2) It extends to the whole of India * * *].

Amendment notes (2)
  1. Subs Subs., ibid, for the sub-section (2).
  2. omitted . The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 22 of 1959, s. 2 (w.e.f 19-5-1959).