law: Census Act, 1948
  
  16.Temporary suspension of other laws as to mode of taking census in municipalities:-
  Notwithstanding anything in any enactment or
  
  rule with respect to the mode in which a census is to be taken in any
  
  municipality, the municipal authority, in consultation with the Superintendent
  
  of Census Operations or with such other authority as the State Government may
  
  authorize in this behalf, shall, at the time it appointed for the taking of any
  
  census cause the census of the municipality to be taken wholly or in part by
  
  any method authorized by or under this Act.