Section 12

Every householder must, when so required in writing by a registration officer, submit in respect of his or her household the returns, at the times during the year, that may be prescribed for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

Such returns must be sent by a householder to any public officer or public authority that may be declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be a public officer or public authority for the purposes of this section.

The owner, manager or other person in charge of a hotel, boarding house, hostel or other like dwelling place may be required by a registration officer to submit the returns required under subsection (1).[9