Section 5:
Status of census authorities as public servants.
The Census Commissioner, all 1
[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).
Notes:
1 Subs by Act 56 of 1974, s. 3 and the Second Schedule for "Superintendents of Census Operations" (w.e.f. 20-12-1974.