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.
(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:—
1. Ins. by Act 21 of 2017, s. 6 (w.e.f. 3-10-2017).
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(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;
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[(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;
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[(da) the manner of use of information under sub-section (1) of section 9;] and
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[(db) the manner of holding inquiry and imposing penalty under sub-section (1) of section
15A;
(dc) the form and manner of preferring appeal under sub-section (1) of section 15B;]
(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.