Section 4. Number affixed on any house or other place under the Census Act, 1948, to be deemed to be affixed by local authority

4. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law, the numbers painted or affixed on any houses, enclosure or other place under section 9 of the Census Act, 1948, shall, in the case of any local authority or class of local authorities declared in that behalf by the State Government by notification in the Gazette, be deemed for purposes of any enactment relating to such local authority or class of local authorities to be numbers affixed or marked in pursuance of the provisions of the enactment applicable to them.