Section 14 of the Census Act, 1948 – Jurisdiction

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Section 14: Jurisdiction

No Court inferior to that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class, shall try, whether under this Act or under any other law, any act or omission which constitutes an offence under this Act.

Amendment notes (numbers in square brackets in the text above):

  1. 3. Subs. by Act 11 of 1994, s. 11, for certain words.
  2. 4. The words and letter “or in a Part B State, Magistrate corresponding to magistrate of second class” omitted by Adaptation of Laws (No. 3) Order, 1956.

Source: official text of The Census Act, 1948 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Census Act, 1948.

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