law: The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  11. Disclosure of
  
  information schedules for bona fide research or statistical purposes -
  1.  
  
    Notwithstanding
  
  the provisions contained in section 9 of this Act, the appropriate Government
  
  may disclose individual returns or formats or information schedules to other
  
  agency or person or institutions or universities solely for bona fide research
  
  or statistical purposes pursuant to their functions and duties.
  2.  
  
    No
  
  individual return or information schedule shall be disclosed pursuant to this
  
  section unless -
  a.   the name and address
  
  of the informant by whom the schedule or related information was supplied is
  
  deleted;
  b.   every agency or
  
  person or institutions or Universities involved in the research or statistical
  
  project makes a declaration to use the schedules disclosed to them only for
  
  bona fide research or statistical purposes; and
  c.   the appropriate
  
  Government, making such disclosure is satisfied that the security of the
  
  schedules and any information contained therein shall not be impaired.
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  3.  
  
    The
  
  published results of any research or statistical project shall not divulge any
  
  more information than what the agency authorised for collection of statistics
  
  could publish under this Act.
  4.  
  
    Every
  
  agency or person or institutions or universities to whom any individual return
  
  or information schedule is disclosed under this section shall comply with
  
  directions given by the agency authorised for collection of statistics making
  
  the disclosure relating to the schedules and any information contained therein.