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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 6^th July, 2010

S.O. 1597(E) Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

number S.O.384 (E),dated the 15^th February, 2010 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section

(ii) and issued under sub-section(I) of section 3A of the National Highways Act, 1956(48 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the said

Act), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire the land specified in the Schedule annexed to the said notification for

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building (widening/ six-laning, etc.), maintenance, management and operation of National Highway No.4 on the stretch of land from

Km.433.000 to Km. 515.000 (Dharwad-Belgaum Section) in Districts Dharwad and Belgaum in the State of Karnataka;

And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in “Vijay Karnataka (Kannada Daily)’’ and “Deccan

Herald (English Daily)” both dated the 24^th March,2010 under sub-section (3) of Section 3A of the said Act;

And whereas objections have been received and the same have been considered and disallowed by the competent

authority.

And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority has submitted its

report to the Central Government;

Now, therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the Competent Authority and in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

Section(1) of Section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby declares that the land specified in the said Schedule should

be acquired for the aforesaid purpose;

And further, in pursuance of Sub-Section(2) of Section 3D of the Act, the Central Government hereby declares that on

publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the said Schedule shall vest absolutely in the Central

Government, free from all encumbrances.

SCHEDULE

Brief Description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, falling within the stretch of land from Km. 433.000 to

Km.515.000 (Dharwad - Belgaum Section) on the National Highway No.4 in the State of Karnataka.

Sl.

No.

Name of

the district

Name of the

taluk

Name of the

village

Survey

number

Type of

land

Nature

of land

Area

(in

Square

meters)

Name of the land owner

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1 1. Dharwad Dharwad

( 1 ) Kumbapur

109

Private

Wet

690

I) Basappa s/o Veerupakshappa Sogi

2) Irappa s/o Veerupakshappa Sogi

3) Channabasappa s/o Veerupakshappa Sogi

4) Sivarudrappa s/o Veerupakshappa Sogi

5) Shivappa s/o Veerupakshappa Sogi

108

Private

Wet

990

1) Jayaram s/o Sina Shetty

105

Private

Wet

1020

1) Fakkirappa s/o Tirakappa Bavikatti

2) Chidanand s/o Basavenneppa Sadhani

3) Basavaraj s/o Dyamappa Nigadi

4) Rayanagoud s/o Basanagouda Patil

104/4

Private

Wet

303 1) Andanappa s/o Veerappa Hullur

104/3

Private

Wet

255

1) Shambulingappa s/o Basappa Danappanavar

2) Channabasappa s/o Basappa Danappanavar

104/2D

Private

Wet

270

1) Sumangala w/o Halesh Antaravalli

104

Private

Wet

400

Basappa A/F Fakkirappa Narayanapur

103

Private

Wet

870

Prabhu s/o Gangappa Nadakatti

2 2. Belgaum Belgaum

(1) Hirebagewadi

118

Private

Dry

404

1) Shantaveerayya s/o Rachayya Hirematha

2) Rachayya Urf Chandrayya s/o Santaveerayya

Hirematha

119

Private

Dry

13000 1) Surendra s/o Sivappa Chikkodi

126

Private

Wet

1658

1) Shivappa s/o Basalingappa Kumbar

2) Iranna s/o Mallappa Kumbar and others

127

Private

Wet

3700

1) Umesh s/o Naganagouda Kadroli Urf Patil

2) Vijay Kumar s/o Naganagouda Kadroli Urf

Patil

146

Private

Wet

4000

1) Basanagouda s/o Goudappa Barigidada

145/1A

Private

Dry

1922

1) Basavanneppa s/o Adiveppa Huchchannavar

2) Bagwan Abdulrahim Gousasab

145/1B

Private

Wet

164

1) Huleppa s/o Basavanneppa Giriyaannavar

2) Raghu A/F Chandra Shekar patil

3) Bagwan Abdulrahim Gousasab

(2) Kolikoppa

33

Private

Dry

810

1) Yellappa s/o Adiveppa Jogannavar

2) Basavanni D/o Adiveppa Jogannavar

3) Maruthi s/o Adiveppa Jogannavar

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(3) Tarihal

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Private

Dry

2145

1) Riyaaz slo Mohamadsab Attar

281

Private

Dry

900

1) Riyaaz s/o Mohamadsab Attar

(4) Kamkaratii

14

Private

Dry

945

I) Nagappa s/o Chudappa Kamannavar

2) Ramappa s/o Chudappa Kamannavar

3) Fakira s/o Chudappa Kamannavar

4) Bhakanna s/o Ponappa Kamannavar

5) Gouravva w/o Maruthy Kamannavar

6) Narayana s/o Ponappa Kamannavar

7) Parasuram s/o Ponappa Kamannavar

8) Fakira s/o Ponappa Kamannavar

9) Manohar slo Ponappa Kamannavar

10) Somanath s/o Chanappa Kamannavar

II) Sadasiva s/o Chanappa Kamannavar

I

12) Hanumantha s/o Chanappa Kamannavar

Total 34446

[F. No. NHAI/11013/01/201O-LA/KRT/DHA]

S. S. GULlA, Dy. Secy.

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

(Legislative Department)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 27^th July, 2010

S.O.1845(E)-In pursuance of clause(2) of article 324 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to appoint Shri

Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi as the Chief Election Commissioner with effect from the 30^th July,2010

(F.No.A.12026/1/2010-Admn.1(L.D))

V.K. BHASIN,Secy.

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi the 28^th July,2010.

S.O 1848(E) – In exercise of powers conferred by sub-rule(2A) of rule 87 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules,1989, the

Central Government hereby notifies the details of the National Permit Account and the Share of the States and Union Territories out

of the consolidated fee deposited in the National Permit Account as under:-

(a) National Permit Account:-

Major Head 8499-Other Deposits,

Minor Head 121-National Permit Account, 01-National Permit for goods transport vehicles, and

(b) Share of the States and Union Territories in every rupees fifteen thousand collected towards con-solidated fee for

National Permit:-

TABLE

Sl.No.

States and Union Territories

Share of the States and

Union Territories in every

rupees fifteen thousand

(rounded up to nearest

rupees)

1

2

3

1

Andhra Pradesh

712

2

Andaman and Nicobar Island

Nil

3

Arunachal Pradesh

1

4

Assam

203

5

Bihar

660

6

Chandigarh

184

7

Chhattisgarh

259

8

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

68

9

Daman and Diu

65

10

Delhi

606

11

Goa

93

12

Gujarat

915

13

Haryana

720

14

Himachal Pradesh

269

15

Jammu and Kashmir

77

16

Jharkhand

604

17

Karnataka

1170

18

Kerala

364

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19

Lakshadweep

Nil

20

Madhya Pradesh

1427

21

Maharashtra

1487

22

Manipur

2

23

Meghalaya

16

24

Mizoram

3

25

Nagaland

13

26

Orissa

434

27

Punjab

504

28

Puducherry

139

29

Rajasthan

1106

30

Sikkim

1

31

Tamil Nadu

511

32

Tripura

9

33

Uttarakhand

364

34

Uttar Pradesh

1484

35

West Bengal

530

Grand Total

15000

(F.No.RT-11036/19/2010-MVL)

SAROJ KUMAR DASH, Jt. Secy.

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Health and Family welfare)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 29^th July,2010

S.O 1855(E)-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of Section 1 of the Food Safety and Standards Act,

2006 (34 of 2006),the Central Government hereby appoints the 29^th day of July, 2010 as the day on which the provisions of Sections

19 to 21 (both inclusive), Sections 23 to 29(both inclusive), Sections 31 to 35(both inclusive), Sections 48 to 80(both inclusive),

Section 89, Section 94 to 98 (both inclusive) and Section 100 of the said Act, shall come into force.

(F.No.L.303/DADG/2010)

P.R. No. 49

VINEET CHAWDHRY, Jt. Secy.

.

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 9^th June, 2010

S.O. 1416(E)-In exercise of the powers conferred by Sub-Section (3) of Section.1 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008

(7 of 2009), the Central Government hereby appoints the 11^th of June, 2010 as the date on which the provisions of the said Act shall

come into force.

[No. M-15011/1/2007-Admn III]

ARVIND KUMAR, Jt.Secy.

MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

(Legislative Department)

New Delhi, the 9^th January, 2009/ pausa 19, 1930 (Saka)

The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 7^th January, 2009, and is hereby published for

general information:-

THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS ACT, 2008

No.7 OF 2009

(7^th January, 2009)

An Act to facilitate the collection of statistics on economic, demographic, social, scientific and environmental aspects, and

for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth year of the Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title extent and commencement:

(1) This Act may be called the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008.

(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,

appoint.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

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(a) “ agency” includes a person or persons engaged by the appropriate Government, directly or by outsourcing,

for collection of statistics;

(b) “appropriate Government” means,-

(i)

any Ministry or Department in the Central Government; or

(ii)

any Ministry or Department in a State Government of Union territory Administration; or

(iii) any local Government that is to say, Panchayats or Municipalities, as the case may be,

in relation to the collection of statistics under a direction issued by it under section 3;

(c) “informant” means any person, who supplies or is required to supply statistical information and includes a owner or

occupier or person in-charge or his authorised representative in respect of persons or a firm registered under the Indian

Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932) or a co-operative society registered under any Co-operative Societies Act or a company

registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or a Society registered under the societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of

1860) or any association recognised or registered under any law for the time being the force;

(d) “information schedule” means any book, document, form, card tape, disc or any storage media on which information

required is entered or recorded or is required to be entered or recorded for statistical purposes under this Act;

(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(f) “sampling” means a statistical procedure by which information relating to a particular field of inquiry is derived by

applying statistical techniques to information obtained in respect of a proportion of the total number of persons or units concerned

relevant to the field of inquiry;

(g) “statistical survey” means a census or a survey, whereby information is collected from all the informants in the field of

inquiry or from a sample thereof, by an appropriate Government under this Act or any other relevant Act, wholly or primarily for the

purposes of processing the summarising by appropriate statistical procedures;

(h) “statistics” means statistics derived by collecting, classifying the using statistics, specially in or for large quantities or

numbers by appropriate Government from statistical surveys, administrative and registration records, and other forms and papers,

the statistical analysis of which are whether in a published or unpublished form,

(i) “statistics officer” means any officer appointed under section 4 for the purposes of any direction issued under section 3

of this Act.

CHAPTER II

COLLECTION OF STATISTICS

3. Collection of statistics:-The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the

statistics on economic, demographic, social, scientific and environmental aspects shall be collected through a statistical survey or

otherwise, and thereupon the provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to those statistics:

Provided that-

(a) nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to authorise a State Government or Union territory Administration or

any local Government to issue any direction with respect to the collection of statistics relating to any matter falling under any of the

entries specified in List I (Union List) in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution; or

(b) where the Central Government has issued any direction under this section for the collection of statistics relating to any

matter, no State Government or Union territory Administration or any local Government shall, except with the previous approval of

the Central Government, issue any similar direction for so long as the collection of such statistics by the Central Government

remain to the completed; or

(c) where a State Government or Union territory Administration or any local Government has issued a direction under this

section for the collection of statistics relating to any matter, the Central Government shall not issue any similar direction for so long

as the collection of such statistics by the State Government remain to be completed, except in cases where such statistics have to

be collected with reference to two or more States or Union territories.

4. Powers of appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc:- (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.

5. Power of statistics officer to call for information:-The statistics officer may, for the purpose of collection of statistics

on any specified subject in any geographical unit for which the said officer was appointed-

(a) serve or cause to be served on any informant a notice in writing asking him to furnish the information specified under

sub-section (5) of section 4 or cause a information schedule to be given to any informant for the purpose of its being filled up; or

(b) cause all questions relating to the subject to be asked from any informant; or

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(c) seek information through tele fax or telephone or e-mail or in any other electronic mode or in a combination of different

modes for different sets of information so specified.

6. Duty of informants:-The informants who are asked to furnish any information under the provisions of this Act shall

be bound to furnish the information so asked in the prescribed manner to the best of knowledge or belief, and in cases where only a

portion of a particular class or group of persons or units is asked to furnish information because of any sampling procedure, it shall

not be a defence in failure on the part of any informant to furnish that information, if so asked.

7. All agencies to assist:-Every agency shall render such help and assistance and furnish such information to the

statistics officer or a person or an agency authorised by him in writing, as he may require for the discharge of his functions, and

shall make available for inspection and examination of such records, plans and other documents, as may be necessary.

8. Right of access to records or documents:-The statistics officer or any person authorised by him in writing in this

behalf shall for the purposes of collection of any statistics under this Act, have access to any relevant record or document in the

possession of any informant required to furnish any information under this Act, and may enter at any reasonable time any premises

where he believes such record or document is kept and may inspect or take copies of relevant records or documents or ask any

question necessary for obtaining any information required to be furnished under this Act.

CHAPTER III

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN CERTAIN CASES

AND RESTRICTIONS OF THEIR USE

9. Security of information:- (1) Any information furnished to the statistics officer or to any person or agencies authorised

under this Act shall only be used for statistical purposes.

(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 prosecution 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 prosecution 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.

10. Appropriate Government authorised to disclose certain information:-Notwithstanding the provisions contained in

section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose the following information, namely;-

a) information supplied by informant in respect of which disclosure is consented to in writing by the informant or by any

person authorised by the said informant;

b) information otherwise available to the public under any Act or as a public document;

c) information in the form of an index or list of the names and addresses of informants together with the classification, if

any, allotted to them and the number of persons engaged.

11. Disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes:-(1) Notwithstanding the

provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government may disclose individual returns of formats or information

schedules to other agency or person or institutions or universities solely for bona fide research of statistical purposes pursuant to

their functions and duties.

(2) No individual return or information schedule shall be disclosed pursuant to this section unless –

(a) the name and address of the informant by whom the schedule or related information was supplied is deleted;

(b) every agency or person or institutions or Universities involved in the research or statistical project makes a declaration

to use the schedules disclosed to them only for bona fide research or statistical purposes; and

(c) the appropriate Government, making such disclosure is satisfied that the security of the schedules and any information

contained therein shall not be impaired.

(3) The published results of any research or statistical project shall not divulge any more information than what the agency

authorised for collection of statistics could publish under this Act.

(4) Every agency of person of institutions or universities to whom any individual return or information schedule is disclosed

under this section shall comply with directions given by the agency authorised for collection of statistics making the disclosure

relating to the schedules and any information contained therein.

12. Disclosure of historical documents:-Notwithstanding anything contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate

Government may release such documents relating to information schedules, which in its opinion have attained historical importance.

13. Security of recorded information:-The statistics officer or any person or agency authorised for collection of statistics

shall, while copying or recording any statistical information collected pursuant to this Act from individual returns, information

schedules, worksheets or any other confidential source by means of cards, tapes, discs, film or any other method, whether using

encoded or plain language symbols for processing, storage or reproduction of particulars, take and cause to take such steps as are

necessary to ensure that the security provisions of this Act are complied with.

14. Restrictions on use of information:-Save as otherwise provided under this Act,-

(a) no information obtained pursuant to this Act and no copy of the information in the possession of any informant shall be

disclosed or used as evidence in any proceedings whatsoever; and

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(b) no person who has access to any information because of his official position in the collection of any statistics shall be

compelled in any proceedings whatsoever to give oral testimony regarding the information or to produce any schedule, document,

or record with respect to any information obtained in the course of administering this Act,

except in the manner provided under this Act.

CHAPTER IV

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

15. Penalty for neglect or refusal to supply particulars:-(1) Whoever, fails to produce any books of accounts,

vouchers, documents or other business records or whoever neglects or refuses to fill in and supply the particulars required in any

information schedule or return given or sent to him or whoever neglects or refuses to answer any question or inquiry addressed to

him as may be required under or for the purposes of any provision of this Act and the rules made thereunder, shall be punishable

with a fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to five thousand

rupees.

(2) The conviction of a person or company for an offence shall not relieve him or it of the obligations under sub-section (2)

and if after the expiry of fourteen days from the date of conviction, he or it still fails to give the required particulars or continues to

neglect or refuses to fill in and supply the particulars or to answer the question or inquiry, then he or it shall be punishable with a

further fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to five thousand

rupees, for each day after the first during which the failure continues.

16. Penalty for making false statement:-Whoever, wilfully make any false or misleading statement or material omission

in any information schedule or return filled in or supplied, or in answer to any question asked to him under this Act or the rules made

there under, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may

extend to one thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both.

17. Penalty for mutilation or defacement of information schedule:- Whoever, destroys, defaces, removes, or mutilates

any information schedule, form, or other document containing particulars collected under this Act or requesting any such particulars

shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may extend to two

thousand rupees or, in the case of a company with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.

18. Penalty for obstruction of employees:-Whoever, interferes with, hinders, or obstructs any employee in the exercise

of any power or duty conferred by this Act, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months

or with a fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or, in the case of a company with a fine which may extend to ten thousand

rupees or with both.

19. Penalty for other offences. Who ever: (a) acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or

any requirement imposed under this Act; or

(b) wilfully deceives or attempts to deceive any statistics officer or any agency or any employee thereof,

shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may extend to two

thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.

20. Penalty for failure to carry out duties and functions by employees:-If any person employed in the execution of

any duty or functions under this Act,-

(a) omits without lawful excuse to carry out his duty, or knowingly makes any false declaration, statement or return; or

(b) pretends performance of his duties or obtains or seeks to obtain information which he is not authorised to obtain; or

(c) fails to keep inviolate the secrecy of the information gathered or entered in the information schedules collected

pursuant to this Act and, except as permitted under this Act, divulges the contents of any schedule filled in or any

information furnished by any informant under this Act,

shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may extend to two

thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.

21. Penalty for impersonation of employee:-Whoever, not being authorised to collect statistics under the provisions of

this Act, by words, conduct or demeanor pretends that he is authorised to do so, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a

term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may extend to two thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a

fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.

22. General penalty:-Whoever, commits an offence under this Act for which no penalty is prescribed elsewhere than in

this section, shall be punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may

extend to two thousand rupees or, in the case of a company, with a fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees or with both.

23. Offences by companies:- (I) Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who

at the time the offence was committed was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the

company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and

punished accordingly.

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in this

Act, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the

commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (I), where an offence under this Act has been committed by a

company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent of connivance of, or is attributable to, any neglect

on the part of any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer

shall also be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Explanation :- For the purpose of this section –

(a) “company” means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals ; and

(b) “Director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.

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24. Cognizance of offences:-No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except on a complaint made by

the appropriate Government or an officer authorised in this behalf by such appropriate Government or, as the case may be, the statistics officer, and no

court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.

25.Sanction for prosecution for offence:- No prosecution for an offence committed by any informant shall be instituted

except by or with the sanction of the statistics officer, and no prosecution for an offence committed by persons other than informants shall be instituted

except by or with the consent of the appropriate Government.

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26. Power of court to try cases summarily:-Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974)

all offences under this Act shall be tried in a summary way by a Judicial Magistrate of the first class or by it Metropolitan Magistrate and the

provisions of sections 262 to 265 (both inclusive) of the said Code shall, as far as may be, apply to such trial:

Provided that when in the course of, a summary trial under this section it appears to the Magistrate that the nature of the case is such that it

is, for any reason, undesirable to try the case summarily. the Magistrate shall after hearing the parties, record an order to that effect and thereafter

recall any witness who may have been examined and proceed to hear or rehear the case in the manner provided by the said Code.

CHAPTER V

POWER IN RESPECT OF CORE STATISTICS

27. Power in respect of core statistics.- Without prejudice to the provisions contained in this Act, the Central Government may, by

notification in the Official Gazette, declare from time to time any subject for the collection of statistics of national importance as 'core statistics' and

make such arrangement, as it may consider necessary, for regulating the collection and dissemination of statistics on the subject so declared.

CHAPTER VI

MISCELLANEOUS

28. Power to give directions:-The Central Government may give directions to any State Government or Union territory Administration or

to any local Government that is to say Panchayats or Municipalities, as to the carrying into execution of this Act in the State or Union territory or

Panchayats or Municipalities, as the case may be.

29. Public servants:-Any statistics officer and any person authorised for the collection of statistics or preparation of official statistics

under the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to be a pubic servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45

0f 1860)

30. Bar of jurisdiction.-No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which the

appropriate Government or the statistics officer or the agency is empowered by or under this, Act to determine. and no injunction shall be granted

by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Act.

31. Protection of action taken in good faith.-No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against the appropriate Government or

agency or any statistics officer or other officers or employees in respect of anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance

of this Act or the rules or directions issued thereunder.

32. Overriding effect:-The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any

other law for the time being in force except in relation to the conduct of human population census as per the directions. if any, issued under the

Census Act, 1948 (38 of 1948)

33. Power to make rules:-(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the

provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power. the Central Government may make rules under this

section for all or any of the following matters, namely:---

(a) principles for coordinating as effectively as possible to achieve the objectives of section 3 including nomination and registration of

statistics officers by the Central Government and also to avoid unnecessary duplication in the collection of statistics;

(b) the terms, conditions and safeguards under which any person or agency or company or organization or association may be

engaged by the appropriate Government for the purpose of collection of statistics under sub-section (3) of section 4;

(c) principles for prescribing the form and manner in which the information may be required to be furnished;

(d) principles for prescribing the manner in which the right of access to documents and the right of entry conferred by section 8 may be

exercised; and

(e) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act.

(3) Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of

Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions,

and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any

modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be

of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything

previously done under that rule.

34. Repeal and savings:-(1) The Collection of Statistics Act, 1953 (32 of 1953) is hereby repealed,

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the said Act shall be deemed to have been done or taken

under the corresponding provisions of this Act.

(3) All rules made under the said Act shall continue to be in force and operate till new rules are made under this Act.

T. K. VIS WANATHAN

Secy. to the Govt. of India.

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