THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS ACT, 2008 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 

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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title, extent and commencement. 
2.  Definitions. 

CHAPTER II 

COLLECTION OF STATISTICS 

3.  Collection of statistics. 
3A. Nodal officer. 
4.  Powers of appropriate Government to appoint statistics officer, etc. 
5.  Power of statistics officer to call for information. 
6.  Duty of informants. 
7.  All agencies to assist. 
8.  Right of access to records or documents. 

CHAPTER III 

DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION IN CERTAIN CASES AND RESTRICTIONS OF THEIR USE 

9.  Security of information. 
10.  Appropriate Government authorised to disclose certain information. 
11.  Disclosure of information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes. 
12.  Disclosure of historical documents. 
13.  Security of recorded information. 
14.  Restrictions on use of information. 

CHAPTER IV 

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES 

15.  Penalty for neglect or refusal to supply particulars. 
16.  Penalty for making false statement. 
17.  Penalty for mutilation or defacement of information schedule. 
18.  Penalty for obstruction of employees. 
19.  Penalty for other offences. 
20.  Penalty for failure to carry out duties and functions by employees. 
21.  Penalty for impersonation of employee. 
22.  General penalty. 
23.  Offences by companies. 
24.  Cognizance of offences. 
25.  Sanction for prosecution for offence. 
26.  Power of court to try cases summarily. 

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CHAPTER V 

POWER IN RESPECT OF CORE STATISTICS 

SECTIONS 

27.  Power in respect of core statistics. 

CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

28.  Power to give directions. 
29.  Public servants. 
30.  Bar of jurisdiction. 
31.  Protection of action taken in good faith. 
32.  Overriding effect. 
33.  Power to make rules. 
34.  Repeal and savings.  

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THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS ACT, 2008 

ACT No. 7 OF 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:– 

[7th January, 2009.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1.  Short  title,  extent  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Collection  of 

Statistics Act, 2008. 

1[(2) It extends to the whole of India: 

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(3) It shall come into force on such date3 as the Central Government may, by notification in the 

Official Gazette, appoint. 

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

(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 or 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 in 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; 

4[(da) “nodal officer” means the officer designated as a nodal officer under sub-section (1) of 

section 3A;]. 

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

1. Subs. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 2 ( w.e.f. 3-10-2017). 
2. The proviso omitted by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, vide  
notification No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of 
Central Laws) Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020). 
3. 11th June, 2010, vide notification No. S.O. 1416(E), dated 9th June, 2010, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 
Part II, sec. 3(ii). 
4. Ins. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 3 (w.e.f. 3-10-2017). 

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(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 and 
summarising by appropriate statistical procedures; 

(h) “statistics” means statistics derived by collecting, classifying and 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 be 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. 
1[3A.  Nodal  officer.–(1)  The  Central  Government  or  a  State  Government  or  Union  territory 
Administration  shall  designate  one of its  officers  as a  nodal  officer for the  purposes  of statistics 
under this Act. 

 (2) The nodal officer shall coordinate and supervise such statistical activities in the Central 
Government  or  the  State  Government  or  Union  territory  Administration,  as  the  case  may  be,  in 
which he is designated, and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, as may 
be prescribed.]. 

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. 

1. Ins. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 4 (w.e.f. 3-10-2017). 

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(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 

(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[“(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.].  

1. Subs. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 5, for “sub-section (1)” (w.e.f. 3-10-2017). 

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(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  or  formats  or  information  schedules  to  other  agency  or  person  or 
institutions  or  universities  solely  for  bona  fide  research  or  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  or  person  or  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 

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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 

(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 account, 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 (1) 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  makes  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 thereunder, 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.–Whoever– 

(a) acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any provision of this Act or any requirement 

imposed under this Act; or 

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(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.–(1)  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  (1),  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 
or 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. 

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. 

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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. 

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 a 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  public 
servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 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 
(37 of 1948). 

33. Power to make rules.–(1) The Central Government may, 1[subject to the condition of previous 
publication] by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this 
Act. 

1. Ins. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 6 (w.e.f. 3-10-2017). 

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(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; 

1[(aa)  the  coordination  and  supervision  of  statistical  activities  by  the  nodal  officer  and  the 

powers and duties of the nodal officer under sub-section (2) of section 3A;]; 

(b)  the  terms,  conditions  and  safeguards  under  which  any  person  or  agency  or  company  or 
organisation  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;  

1[(da) the manner of use of information under sub-section (1) of section 9;] 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. 

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1. Ins. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 6 (3-10-2017). 

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