law: Census Act, 1948
  1. Short title and extent:- 
  (1) This Act may be called the Census Act,
  
  1948.
  {Subs., ibid., for the former sub-section.}
  [(2) It extends to the whole of India {Subs. by Act 51 of
  
  1950, s.2, for "except the States of Hyderabad, Jammu and Kashmir, 
  
   Mysore and  Travancore -Cochin ".} [ except 
  
  the State of  Jammu and Kashmir ].]
  {Ins., ibid., s.3.The original s.2 was  rep.by the A.O.1950.}