THE HIMACHAL PRADESH ENUMERATION OF DWELLINGS ACT, 1976
The Himachal Pradesh Enumeration of Dwelling Act, 1976
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This law establishes a legal framework for counting all residential buildings across the entire state of Himachal Pradesh. It empowers the state government to appoint officials to conduct this census and requires local authorities and residents to assist by providing access and allowing house numbers to be painted. The legislation ensures that the enumeration process is carried out effectively by making it mandatory for people to cooperate and by defining penalties for those who refuse to help, obstruct officers, or damage the assigned numbers, thereby facilitating accurate data collection for the state.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definition
- 3. Appointment of enumeration staff
- 4. Status of enumeration officers as public servants.- The
- 5. Power to call upon certain persons to give assistance.- The
- 6. Occupier to permit access and affixing of number or marks.-
- 7. Penalties
- 8. Sanction required for prosecution.- No prosecution under this
- 9. Operation of other laws not barred
- 10. Jurisdiction
- 11. Records of enumeration to be public documents
- 12. Power to make rules.- (1) The State Government may make rules
- 13. Repeal and savings
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