5. Status of census authorities as public servants
The Census Commissioner, all [Directors of Census Operations] and all census-officers shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
Amendment notes (1)
- Subs Subs by Act 56 of 1974, s. 3 and the Second Schedule for "Superintendents of Census Operations" (w.e.f. 20-12-1974.