Kohima, June 10 (DIPR): The Government has directed and appealed to the public in the State of Nagaland to cooperate in furnishing accurate and unambiguous information in respect of the questions put to them by Census Officials.
Failure to cooperate shall invite penalties as prescribed under section 11 of the Census Act 1948 as reproduced in the following; any person who intentionally give a false answer to, or refuses to answer to the best of his knowledge or belief, any question asked of him by a Census Officer which he is legally by section 8 to answer, or any person occupying any house, enclosure, vessel or other place who refuse to allow a census-officer such reasonable access thereto as he is required by section 9 to allow, or any person who removes, obliterates, alters or damages any letters, marks or numbers which have been painted or affixed for the purposes of the census, or any person who having been required under section 10 to fill up a schedule, knowingly and without sufficient cause fail to comply with the provision of that section, or any false return under or any person who trespasses into census office, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees.
This Notification is issued by the Chief Secretary Nagaland, Lalthara to the Government of Nagaland.
