8. Section 15 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :
| 15, The Superintendent of Census shall obtain by such ways and means as shall appear to him best adapted for the purpose the information required by this Act or by the rules made by the Minister with respect to
| | (a) any body of men belonging to the Sri Lanka naval, army or air forces or to any vessel of war ; and | | |
| | (b) all persons who during the time appointed for taking any census were travelling or on shipboard, or for any other reason were not abiding in any house, of which account is to be taken by the census officer as aforesaid, | | |
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