MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Office of the Registrar General , India) NOTIFICATION — THE CENSUS ACT, 1948

MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (Office of the Registrar General , India) NOTIFICATION CENSUS RULES , 1990 1 (As amended on 19.7.94 , 2009 and 2018) S.O. 967(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub – section (1) of section 18 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: - 1 . (1) Short title and commencement . -These rules may be called the Census Rules , 1990 . They shall come into force from the date 2 of their publication in the Official Gazette 2 . . Definitions (a) “ Act . - In these rules unless the context otherwise requires:- means the Census Act , 1948 (37 of 1948); (b) "Census Commissioner " means the Census Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Act; (c) "Census Schedule " means the schedule containing questions referred to in sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act; (d) "Charge Officer " "Additional Charge Officer " and "Sub Charge Officer " mean the census officers appointed as such under subsection (2) of section 4 of the Act and includes Tehsildar , Mamlatdar , Block Development Officer , Chief Administrative Officer of a town , executive officer and other officers; (e) "Director of Census Operations " means the Director of Census Operations appointed under sub- section (1) of section 4 of the Act to supervise the taking of census within a State or Union Territory; (f) "District Census Officer" , "Sub -divisional Census Officer " and "Additional District Census Officer " mean the census officers appointed under sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Act; (g) "Enumerator " means an officer appointed under sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Act; 1 : -Vide G.S.R 967(E) , dated 31 st December , 1990 , published in the gazette of India , Extra. , Pt . II , Sec . 3(ii) , dated 3