law: The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  6. Duty of
  
  informants. -
  The informants who
  
  are asked to furnish any information under the provisions of this Act shall be
  
  bound to furnish the information so asked in the prescribed manner to the best
  
  of knowledge or belief; and in cases where only a portion of a particular class
  
  or group of persons or units is asked to furnish information because of any
  
  sampling procedure, it shall not be a defence in failure on the part of any
  
  informant to furnish that information, if so asked.