THE EAST PUNJAB ENUMERATION OF DWELLINGS ACT, 1948

[ 1948 . gast Pb. Act XXIV.] ENUMERATION OF 22§ DWELLINGS T PUNJAB ENUMERATION OF DWELLINGS EAS THE ACT, 1948. ge ctions. R T R N © ® = 10. 11. 12. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Short title and extent. Interpretation. Appointment of enumeration staff. Status of enumeration officers as public servants. Power to call upon certain persons to give information. QOccupier to permit access and affixing of numbers or marks. Penalties. Sanction required for prosecution. Operation of other laws not barred. Jurisdiction. Records of enumeration to be public Power to make rules. documents. (948 - East Pb. Act XXIV.] ENUMERATION OF " DWELLINGS 27 \rHE EAST PUNJAB ENUMERATIO LINGS ACT, 1948. N OF DWEL- E/}STIPUNJAB A;THNO. XXIV of 1948 Received 1he assent of His Excellency the Go [ the 10th April, 1948, and was firsty pu;JeIish:Zer,;: , 3:: East Punjab Government Gazette (Extroardinary) of April 12, 1948.] 1 2 3 3 — | " Year No. Short title Whether repealed or other wise affected by legislation & .| XXIV | East Punjab E Amendmed on 1948 .. L numera- (Amendme in part by the Adaptati tion of Dwellings Act,; of Laws Ordell-), 1950? Sapston 1948 |gxtended to the territorics, which imme- diatelv, before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Union, by Punjab Act 41 of 1960.% L Amended by the Punjab Reorganisation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on ?;ag; and Concurrent Subjects) Order, - Tt is hereby enacted as follows :— 1. ('1) This Act may be called the East Punjab stort tile and Enumeration of Dwellings Act, 1948. extent. (2) It extends to the whole of the 3[Union Territory of Chandigarh]. 2. In this Act “dwelling house” means a building or structure used or constructed or adapted to be used wholly or principally for human habitation and includes any part of 2 house where that part is separately occupied for such habitation. 3. (J) The #[Central Gover O e ervise the making 0 t Enumeration Commissioner t0 sup enumeration of dwelling houses throughout the s[State]. Interpretation. i Appointmen of nment] may appomt an emfnegr!:liont stafl. € rnment] may, by general of by name of (Extraordina; ry), 1948, page 298 ; for proce: sses Volume II, 1948, pages 943 Gorermment Gazett® *For Statement of Objects and Reasons, S€€ Punjab (Extra-crdinar; y), 1960, page 590. - b Reo Chaggoubstitut aState of Punjab” by the Punj® 1968 ¢ d'g‘“h)l (lfl\?i:;?;fit:: &ofgsws on State and ‘Concurrent Subjects) Order, “Substituted for the words ‘State Government”’ bY ibid. i Qrder, 1950- *Substituted for the word *“Proviace” bY th Adaptatari of Laws €5 228 TioN OF [1948 : East Pb At XX1y DWELLINGS or supervise the ma]'dpgd of the enumeration in syc}, locg areas as may be specified. IrCentral Government] may C!ele_gate to sug authg%t;r ;1: it[th?nks fit the power 'of a132p01nt1ng emlmerak.l tion officers conferred by sub-section (2). ; issioner and all enyp, Status of 4. The Enumeration Commissioner mera. ration offer g tion officers shall be public servants within the meaning o iy public servants, the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Power to call upon S. The District Magistrate or the enumeration officer e miebersons 10 for any local area may by written order which shall hay, P asstanes effect throughout the extent of his district or of such loca] area, as the case may be, call upon all members of district, municipal, panchayat and other local authorities and officers and servants of such authorities, to give such assist- ance as shall be specified in the order towards the makin of the enumeration within the areas for which such local authorities are established, and the persons to whom such order is directed shall be bound to obey it and shall while acting in pursuance of such order be deemed to be public XL, servants within the meaning of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 18, Occupier to permit 6. Every person occupying a_dwelling house or other of ouend affixing place shall ailow enumeration officers such access thereto arks, i be reasonable and shall allow them to paint on, or affix to, the dwelling-house or place such letters, marks or numbers as may be necessary for the purpose. Penalties. (6) Any enumeration offj i kes any false roturn. of cer who knowingly make 1Substituted for the By 5 aaat (Chandigarn) (Adaptation of Lsys S0 Governmant® by th Punjab_Reorganisation 3 0n State and Coancurrent Subjacts) Order, 1968. . East Pb. Act XXIV.] ENUMERATION 1948 DWELLINGS oF 229 (c) Any person occupying any dwelling hou jace ho refuses _to allow any enumerat%on oi‘gig;rothcr feasonable access thereto as he is required by sectionsgfl: alloWs oAny person who removes, obliteratr € \s any letters, marks or nu;nbers whichs’n?zlxt;rliaez mag’s i flfien painted or affixed for the purpose of the enumera- tion,— 11 be punishable with fine which ;1:& L b pecs. may extend to two 8. No prosecution under this Act shall be instituted jon required except with the previous sanction of the ![Central Govern- fm&'fi"“ ment] or of an authority empowered in this behalf by the 1[Centra1 Government]. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to prevent Operation of other any person from being prosecuted under any other law e e G for any act or omission which constitutes an offence under this Act : Provided that no such prosecution shall be instituted except with the previous sanction referred to in section 8. 10. No court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the Jurisdicton. Second Class shall try, whether under this Act, or under any other law, anything which constitutes an offence under this Act. 11. All records or registers made under this Act or Records of em- the rules made thereunder shall be deemed to be public mz*:{;mm documents within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. 12. (I) The '[Central Government] may make rules Power to make for carrying out the purpose of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the entral Govern- generallit; i ower, the 1[C allity of the fore going pow ; the[ o boitment of ment] may make rules providing fo enumeration officers and persons to perform any of the duties of enumeration officers or to give assistance in the e general instruc- i‘.‘aking of the enumeration, and for th ions to be issued to such officers and persons: ) " jab Reorganisation nt bythoPu;Jmom" 1968 Substituted for the words “State Go . (Chandigac) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subj