Statement of Objects and Reasons. - "The next decennial census of India will take place in 1961. It is considered expedient that the actual census operations should follow complete enumeration of houses and dwellings in the Province. The object of the Bill is to provide legal cover under which Government can proceed with such enumeration and in particular with collection of the necessary details". (vide East Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated the 20th March 1948, p. 298.)
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