Loksabha passes The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019 that was introduced in Lok Sabha on July 25, 2019 by the Minister of Law and Justice, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad. The Bill seeks to repeal 68 Acts in whole and makes minor amendments to two other laws.
Repealing certain laws in whole: The Bill repeals 58 laws that have been listed in the First Schedule of the Bill. These include:
| The Public Accountants’ Defaults Act, 1850. |
| The Municipal Taxation Act, 1881. |
| The Government Management of Private Estates Act, 1892. |
| The Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act, 1956. |
| The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act, 1958. |
| The Cotton Transport (Amendment) Act, 1960. |
| The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Amendment) Act, 1963. |
| The Dramatic Performances (Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963. |
| The Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Amendment |
| Act, 1964. |
| The Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal) Act, 1968. |
| The Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) |
| Act, 1973. |
| The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976. |
| The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour |
| Welfare Fund Act, 1976. |
| The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976. |
| The Tea (Amendment) Act, 1980. |
| The Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1981. |
| The Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982. |
| The Transformers and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1983. |
| The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies (Appointment |
| of Special Officers) Amendment Act, 1988. |
| The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Amendment Act, 1998. |
| The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2001. |
| The Registration and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2001. |
| The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2002. |
| The Delhi University (Amendment) Act, 2002. |
| The Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of |
| Undertakings) Amendment Act, 2006. |
| The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Act, 2007. |
| The Prevention of Money-laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| The Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| The Civil Defence (Amendment) Act, 2009. |
| The Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Act, 2011. |
| The Customs (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2011. |
| The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012. |
| The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012. |
| The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Act, 2014. |
| The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Act, 2014. |
| The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 2015. |
| The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015. |
| The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015. |
| The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2016. |
| The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016. |
| The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| The Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016. |
| The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2017. |
| The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017. |
| The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017. |
Amendment of certain laws: The Bill makes minor amendments to two Acts which relate to substitution of certain words. The two Acts are: (i) the Income Tax Act, 1961, and (ii) the India Institutes of Management Act, 2017.
