(1) This Act may be called the Census Act, 1948.
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2* * *].
1[(2) It extends to the whole of India 2* * *].
1 Subs., ibid, for the sub-section (2).
2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 22 of 1959, s. 2 (w.e.f 19-5-1959).