List of acts of the Parliament of India

This list is complete and up to date as of October 2024.

This is a chronological and complete list of acts passed before 1861, by the Imperial Legislative Council between 1861 and 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 1947 and 1949, the Provisional Parliament between 1949 and 1952, and the Parliament of India since 1952. Apart from Finance Act, there are 891 Acts which are still in force as on 15.10.2024, majority of which have been amended from time to time. This list of Central acts which are in force is taken from the website of Ministry of Law and Justice.

19th Century (1836-1900) (108 Acts)

Name of the act Year Act Number
Bengal Indigo Contracts Act 1836 10
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1838 5
Coasting Vessels Act 1838 19
Madras Rent and Revenue Sale Act 1839 7
The Inheritance Act 1839 30
Revenue Bombay Act 1842 13
Revenue Commissioners, Bombay Act 1842 17
Boundary-marks, Bombay Act 1846 3
Bengal Land holders' Attendance Act 1848 20
Madras Revenue Commissioner Act 1849 10
Forfeited Deposits Act 1850 25
Improvements in Town Act 1850 26
The Indian Tolls Act 1851 8
Madras City Land Revenue Act 1851 12
Bombay Rent-free Estates Act 1852 11
Extending Certain Act 1852 14
Rent Recovery Act 1853 6
Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act 1853 11
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854 5
Police Agra 1854 16
The Legal Representative's Suits Act 1855 12
Fatal Accidents Act 1855 13
Bengal Embankment Act 1855 32
Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856 9
Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1856 18
Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act 1857 4
Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act 1859 5
Bengal Land-revenue Sales Act 1859 11
Madras District Police Act 1859 24
Societies Registration Act 1860 21
Police Act 1861 5
The Stage-Carriages Act 1861 16
Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act 1863 19
The Religious Endowments Act 1863 20
Waste-Lands (Claims) Act 1863 23
The Indian Tolls Act 1864 15
The Public Gambling Act 1867 3
Sarais Act 1867 22
Oudh Estates Act 1869 1
The Divorce Act 1869 4
The Bombay Civil Courts Act 1869 14
Court Fees Act 1870 7
Oudh Taluqdars’ Relief Act 1870 24
The Cattle-Trespass Act 1871 1
Dehra Dun 1871 21
The Pensions Act 1871 23
Punjab Laws Act 1872 4
The Indian Contract Act 1872 9
The Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 15
The Madras Civil Courts Act 1873 3
The Government Savings Banks Act 1873 5
The Northern India Canal and Drainage Act 1873 8
The Married Women's Property Act 1874 3
Laws Local Extent Act 1874 15
The Majority Act 1875 9
Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act 1876 6
The Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1876 10
Oudh Laws Act 1876 18
Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act 1877 14
Indian Treasure Trove Act 1878 6
The Northern India Ferries Act 1878 17
Dekkhan Agriculturists’ Relief Act 1879 17
Legal Practitioners Act 1879 18
The Religious Societies Act 1880 1
The Kazis Act 1880 12
Central Provinces Land-revenue Act 1881 18
The Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 26
The Indian Trusts Act 1882 2
The Transfer of Property Act 1882 4
The Indian Easements Act 1882 5
The Powers-of-Attorney Act 1882 7
The Presidency Small Cause Courts Act 1882 15
The Land Improvement Loans Act 1883 19
The Panjab District Boards Act 1883 20
Explosives Act 1884 4
Agriculturists' Loans Act 1884 12
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886 6
Deo Estate 1886 9
The Indian Tramways Act 1886 11
The Suits Valuation Act 1887 7
The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act 1887 9
The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act 1887 12
Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 16
Punjab Land-revenue Act 1887 17
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1887 19
The Indian Reserve Forces Act 1888 4
City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act 1888 12
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1888 14
The Revenue Recovery Act 1890 1
The Charitable Endowments Act 1890 6
The Guardians and Wards Act 1890 8
North-Western Provinces and Oudh Act 1890 20
Easements (Extending Act V of 1882) 1891 8
The Moorshedabad Act 1891 15
The Bankers Books Evidence Act 1891 18
Bengal Military Police Act 1892 5
The Madras City Civil Court Act 1892 7
The Partition Act 1893 4
Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit Act 1893 6
The Prisons Act 1894 9
Epidemic Disease Act 1897 3
The General Clauses Act 1897 10
Live-stock Importation Act 1898 9
Central Provinces Tenancy Act 1898 11
Indian Stamp Act 1899 2
The Government Buildings Act 1899 4
Central Provinces Court of Wards Act 1899 24
The Prisoners Act 1900 3

20th century (1901–2000) (571 Acts)

Name of the act Year Act Number
The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act 1901 2
The Works of Defence Act 1903 7
The Victoria Memorial Act 1903 10
The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 7
The Indian Railway Board Act 1905 4
Code of Civil Procedures 1908 5
The Explosive Substances Act 1908 6
Central Provinces Financial Commissioner’s Act 1908 13
The Indian Ports Act 1908 15
Registration Act 1908 16
Presidency Towns Insolvency Act 1909 3
The Anand Marriage Act 1909 7
The Indian Museum Act 1910 10
The Co-operative Societies Act 1912 2
The Official Trusteers Act 1913 2
The White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1913 5
The Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914 2
Local Authorities Loans Act 1914 9
The Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act 1915 10
The Banaras Hindu University Act 1915 16
The Hindu Disposition of Property Act 1916 15
The Destruction of Records Act 1917 5
King of Oudh's Estate Validation Act 1917 12
The Post Office Cash Certificates Act 1917 18
The Usurious Loans Act 1918 10
The Poisons Act 1919 12
The Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act 1919 15
Provisional Insolvency Act 1920 5
The Charitable and Religious Trusts Act 1920 14
The Indian Red Cross Society Act 1920 15
The Passport (Entry into India) Act 1920 34
Aligarh Muslim University Act 1920 40
The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act 1921 18
The Delhi University Act 1922 8
The Boilers Act 1923 5
The Indian Naval Armament Act 1923 7
The Employees Compensation Act 1923 8
The Official Secrets Act 1923 19
Mussalman Wakf Act 1923 42
The Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act 1925 4
The Provident Funds Act 1925 19
Sikh Gurudwaras (Supplementary) Act 1925 24
The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925 26
Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act 1925 35
The Indian Succession Act 1925 39
Trade Unions Act 1926 16
Indian Forest Act 1927 16
Sale of Goods Act 1930 3
Hindu Gains of Learning Act 1930 30
Indian Partnership Act 1932 9
Murshidabad Estate Administration Act 1933 23
Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 2
Aircraft Act 1934 22
Petroleum Act 1934 30
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 3
Payment of Wages Act 1936 4
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1937 1
Arya Marriage Validation Act 1937 19
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937 26
Insurance Act 1938 4
Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act 1938 5
Cutchi Memons Act 1938 10
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 8
Registration of Foreigners Act 1939 16
Commercial Documents Evidence Act 1939 30
Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 23
Coffee Act 1942 7
Reciprocity Act 1943 9
Central Excise Act 1944 1
Public Debt Act 1944 18
International Monetary Fund and Bank Act 1945 0
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946 20
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 25
Foreigners Act 1946 31
Industrial Disputes Act 1947 14
Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act 1947 15
Rubber Act 1947 24
United Nations (Security Council) Act 1947 43
United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1947 46
Indian Nursing Council Act 1947 48
Pharmacy Act 1948 8
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1948 9
Minimum Wages Act 1948 11
Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act 1948 12
Damodar Valley Corporation Act 1948 14
Dentists Act 1948 16
National Cadet Corps Act 1948 31
Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act 1948 33
Employees' State Insurance Act 1948 34
Census Act 1948 37
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1948 41
Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948 46
Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act 1948 53
Territorial Army Act 1948 56
Central Silk Board Act 1948 61
Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act 1948 62
Factories Act(India) 1948 63
Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act 1948 66
Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) 1949 2
Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act 1949 7
Seaward Artillery Practice Act 1949 8
Banking Regulation Act 1949 10
West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act 1949 20
Chartered Accountants Act 1949 38
Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act 1949 54
Police Act 1949 64
Central Reserve Police Force Act 1949 66
High Courts (Seals) Act 1950 7
Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act 1950 10
Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act 1950 12
Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1950 18
Transfer of Prisoners Act 1950 29
Union Territories (Laws) Act 1950 30
Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act 1950 40
Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act 1950 42
Representation of the People Act 1950 43
Air Force Act 1950 45
Army Act 1950 46
Contingency Fund of India Act 1950 49
Road Transport Corporations Act 1950 64
Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act 1950 78
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act 1951 25
Visva-Bharati Act 1951 29
President's Emoluments and Pension Act 1951 30
Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1951 33
Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1951 37
Marking of Heavy Packages Act 1951 39
Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951 41
Representation of the People Act 1951 43
Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1951 47
Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act 1951 54
All India Services Act 1951 61
State Financial Corporations Act 1951 63
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 65
Plantations Labour Act 1951 69
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 19
Inflammable Substances Act 1952 20
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952 30
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952 31
Mines Act 1952 35
Cinematograph Act 1952 37
Notaries Act 1952 53
Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952 58
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952 60
Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act 1952 62
State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act 1952 63
Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act 1952 74
Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1953 16
Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act 1953 20
Tea Act 1953 29
Andhra State Act 1953 30
Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act 1953 41
Coir Industry Act 1953 45
Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act 1954 18
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954 21
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954 27
High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1954 28
Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act 1954 30
Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act 1954 31
Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act 1954 32
Special Marriage Act 1954 43
Essential Commodities Act 1955 10
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 22
State Bank of India Act 1955 23
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 25
Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act 1955 32
Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act 1955 36
Prize Competitions Act 1955 42
Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1955 45
Manipur (Courts) Act 1955 56
Citizenship Act 1955 57
University Grants Commission Act 1956 3
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Act 1956 25
Hindu Succession Act 1956 30
Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956 31
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956 32
Interstate River Water Disputes Act 1956 33
States Reorganisation Act 1956 37
Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956 40
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956 42
National Highways Act 1956 48
River Boards Act 1956 49
Lok Sahayak Sena Act 1956 53
Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956 55
Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act 1956 61
Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act 1956 62
Central Sales Tax Act 1956 74
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA) 1956 78
Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act 1956 80
Faridabad Development Corporation Act 1956 90
Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act 1956 96
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 104
Copyright Act 1957 14
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act 1957 20
Railway Protection Force Act 1957 23
Wealth-Tax Act 1957 27
Inter-State Corporation Act 1957 38
Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act 1957 42
Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act 1957 44
Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act 1957 46
Delhi Development Act 1957 61
Navy Act 1957 62
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957 66
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 67
Gift-tax Act 1958 18
Probation of Offenders Act 1958 20
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958 24
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 28
Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act 1958 29
Sugar Export Promotion Act 1958 30
Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1958 41
International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1958 42
Merchant Shipping Act 1958 44
Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act 1958 57
Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 59
Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959 10
Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 23
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act 1959 31
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act 1959 47
Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act 1959 48
Arms Act 1959 54
Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act 1959 56
Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 57
Geneva Conventions Act 1960 6
Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act 1960 10
Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960 11
Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act 1960 24
International Development Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1960 32
Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 33
Delhi Primary Education Act 1960 39
Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 43
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 59
Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act 1960 63
Acquired Territories (Merger) Act 1960 64
Advocates Act 1961 25
Salar Jung Museum Act 1961 26
Motor Transport Workers Act 1961 27
Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 28
Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act 1961 30
Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act 1961 33
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act 1961 35
Income-tax Act 1961 43
Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act 1961 46
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 1961 47
Apprentices Act 1961 52
Maternity Benefit Act 1961 53
Institutes of Technology Act 1961 59
Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act 1962 1
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act 1962 13
National Co-operative Development Corporation Act 1962 26
State of Nagaland Act 1962 27
Atomic Energy Act 1962 33
Extradition Act 1962 34
Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act 1962 42
Pondicherry (Administration) Act 1962 49
Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act 1962 50
Defence of India Act 1962 51
Customs Act 1962 52
Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act 1962 55
State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1962 56
Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1962 57
Warehousing Corporations Act 1962 58
Marine Insurance Act 1963 11
Official Languages Act 1963 19
Government of Union Territories Act 1963 20
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 1963 22
Limitation Act (Section 5 of the Indian Limitation Act) 1963 36
Textiles Committee Act 1963 41
Administrators-General Act 1963 45
Specifice Relief Act 1963 47
Central Boards of Revenue Act 1963 54
Companies (Profits) Surtax Act 1964 7
Taxation Laws (Continuation and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act 1964 11
Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act 1964 14
Legal Tender (Inscribed Notes) Act 1964 28
Food Corporation of India Act 1964 37
Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act 1965 20
Payment of Bonus Act 1965 21
Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Arbitration Act) Act 1965 30
Railways Employment of Members of the Armed Forces Act 1965 40
Cardamom Act 1965 42
Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act 1965 49
Seamen's Provident Fund Act 1966 4
Asian Development Bank Act 1966 18
Delhi High Court Act 1966 26
Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966 29
Punjab Reorganisation Act 1966 31
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1966 32
Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act 1966 33
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act 1966 51
Jawaharlal Nehru University Act 1966 53
Seeds Act 1966 54
Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act 1967 13
Passports Act 1967 15
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 37
Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Supplementary) Act 1968 3
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1968 24
Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1968 25
Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act 1968 26
Civil Defence Act 1968 27
Enemy Property Act 1968 34
Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act. 1968 36
Insecticides Act 1968 46
Border Security Force Act 1968 47
Central Industrial Security Force Act 1968 50
Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968 51
Essential Service Maintenance Act 1968 59
Legislative Assembly of Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act 1968 61
President (Discharge of Functions) Act 1969 16
Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 18
Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act 1969 19
Foreign Marriage Act 1969 33
Bihar Land Reforms Laws (Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act 1969 42
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act 1969 43
Oaths Act 1969 44
Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act 1969 55
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970 5
Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act 1970 16
Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act 1970 28
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 37
Patents Act 1970 39
State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1970 53
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 34
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act 1971 40
Defence and Internal Security of India Act 1971 42
Emergency Risks (Goods) Insurance Act 1971 50
Emergency Risks (Under-Takings) insurance Act 1971 51
Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act 1971 56
Naval and Aircraft Prize Act 1971 59
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971 69
Contempt of Courts Act 1971 70
Manipur (Hill Areas District Council) Act 1971 76
North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act 1971 81
Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1971 82
North-Eastern Council Act 1971 84
Marine Products Export Development Authority Act 1972 13
Newspapers (Price Control) Act 1972 15
Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act 1972 18
Architects Act 1972 20
Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1972 25
National Service Act 1972 28
Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act 1972 30
Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 39
Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act 1972 43
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 52
Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 53
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act 1972 57
Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act 1972 59
Carriage by Air Act 1972 69
Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1972 78
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1973 2
Delhi School Education Act 1973 18
North-Eastern Hill University Act 1973 24
Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act 1973 50
Delhi Urban Art Commission Act 1974 1
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 6
Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act 1974 12
University of Hyderabad Act 1974 39
Interest-tax Act 1974 45
Oil Industry (Development) Act 1974 47
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act 1974 52
East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1974 54
Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1974 57
Tobacco Board Act 1975 4
Tokyo Convention Act 1975 20
Rampur Raza Library Act 1975 22
Delhi Sales Tax Act 1975 43
Customs Tariff Act 1975 51
Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act 1976 10
Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1976 11
Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1976 13
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 19
Regional Rural Banks Act 1976 21
Equal Remuneration Act 1976 25
Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act 1976 31
High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act 1976 57
Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act 1976 59
Betwa River Board Act 1976 63
Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act 1976 72
Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act 1976 77
Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act 1976 80
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1976 108
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act 1977 15
Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act 1977 33
Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 34
High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act 1978 11
Interest Act 1978 14
Public Sector Iron and Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1978 16
Coast Guard Act 1978 30
Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act 1978 33
Delhi Police Act 1978 34
Press Council Act 1978 37
Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1978 41
Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act 1978 43
Coconut Development Board Act 1979 5
Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act 1979 24
Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1979 30
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1979 31
Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act 1980 7
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 40
Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act 1980 41
National Company (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 42
Brahmaputra Board Act 1980 46
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act 1980 52
Hotel-Receipts Tax Act 1980 54
Company Secretaries Act 1980 56
Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act 1980 62
National Security Act 1980 65
Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act 1980 67
Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Act 1980 69
Hind Cycles Limited and Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1980 70
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 14
High Court and Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and Diu) Act 1981 26
Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981 28
British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1981 29
Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1981 31
Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act 1981 33
Essential Service(Maintenance) Act 1981 42
Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act 1981 42
Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act 1981 48
Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1981 50
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981 61
African Development Fund Act 1982 1
Sugar Development Fund Act 1982 4
Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act 1982 36
Chit Funds Act 1982 40
Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act 1982 43
State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1982 62
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act 1982 66
African Development Bank Act 1983 13
Emigration Act 1983 31
Punjab Disturbed Areas Act 1983 32
Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act 1983 33
Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act 1983 34
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act 1983 39
Public Financial Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity and Secrecy) Act 1983 48
Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984 3
Asiatic Society Act 1984 5
Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1984 17
Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 52
Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings and Transfer) Act 1984 55
Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act 1984 61
Family Courts Act 1984 66
National Capital Region Planning Board Act 1985 2
Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act 1985 10
Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 13
Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act 1985 21
Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act 1985 22
Indira Gandhi National Open University Act 1985 50
Pondicherry University Act 1985 53
Intelligence Organisations (Restriction on Rights) Act 1985 58
Judges (Protection) Act 1985 59
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 61
Inland Waterways Authority of India Act 1985 82
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act 1986 2
Spices Board Act 1986 10
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 25
Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act 1986 27
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 29
Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1986 30
State of Mizoram Act 1986 34
National Security Guard Act 1986 47
Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act 1986 54
Delhi Apartment Ownership Act 1986 58
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 60
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 61
State of Arunachal Pradesh Act 1986 69
Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 1987 10
Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act 1987 16
Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act followed by Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act 1987 18
Expenditure-tax Act 1987 35
National Dairy Development Board Act 1987 37
Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 39
All India Council for Technical Education Act 1987 52
National Housing Bank Act 1987 53
Railway Claims Tribunal Act 1987 54
Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act 1988 2
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act 1988 3
Special Protection Group Act 1988 34
Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1988 41
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act 1988 44
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988 45
Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1988 46
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 49
Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act 1988 51
Auroville Foundation Act 1988 54
Jamia Millia Islamia Act 1988 58
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 59
National Highways Authority of India Act 1988 68
Assam University Act 1989 23
Railways Act 1989 24
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 33
Nagaland University Act 1989 35
Small Industries Development Bank of India Act 1989 39
National Commission for Women Act 1990 20
Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act 1990 21
Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act 1990 25
Public Liability Insurance Act 1991 6
Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1991 41
Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 42
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act 1992 1
Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act 1992 12
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992 15
Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act 1992 16
National Commission for Minorities Act 1992 19
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992 22
Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 1992 27
Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992 34
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act 1992 35
Central Agricultural University Act 1992 40
Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992 41
Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 23
Gold Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1993 25
Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act 1993 28
Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act 1993 33
SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1993 36
Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act 1993 44
Tezpur University Act 1993 45
Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act 1993 46
Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act 1993 51
National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act 1993 64
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 65
Public Records Act 1993 69
National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993 73
Kalakshetra Foundation Act 1994 6
Protection of Human Rights Act 1994 10
Manipur Panchayati Raj Act 1994 26
Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 42
Manipur Municipalities Act 1994 43
New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 44
Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1994 45
Airports Authority of India Act 1994 55
Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act 1994 57
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act 1994 58
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 7
Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1995 39
Wakf Act 1995 43
Technology Development Board Act 1995 44
Depositories Act 1996 22
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 26
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1996 27
Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act 1996 28
Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 40
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act 1997 2
Mahatama Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act 1997 3
Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act 1997 7
Lalitkala Akademi (Taking Over of Management) Act 1997 17
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 24
Vice-President's Pension Act 1997 30
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act 1997 31
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act 1998 13
Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998 17
Leaders of Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act 1999 5
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act 1999 15
Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act 1999 40
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act 1999 41
Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 42
National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act 1999 44
Trade Marks Act 1999 47
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999 48
Mizoram University Act 2000 8
Designs Act 2000 16
Information Technology Act 2000 21
Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 28
Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 29
Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000 30
Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2000 34
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act 2000 37
Coal India (Regulation of Transfer and Validation) Act 2000 45
Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 2000 52
Central Road Fund Act 2000 54

21st Century (2001-2024) (212 Acts)

Name of the act Year Act no.
Indian Council of World Affairs Act 2001 29
Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act 2001 45
Energy Conservation Act 2001 52
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001 53
Delimitation Act 2002 33
Haj Committee Act 2002 35
Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act 2002 36
Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act 2002 39
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act 2002 54
Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2002 58
Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act 2002 60
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act 2002 69
Competition Act 2003 12
Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act 2003 13
Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2003 15
Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act 2003 17
Biological Diversity Act 2003 18
Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003 34
Electricity Act 2003 36
Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003 39
Central Vigilance Commission Act 2003 45
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 2003 49
Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2003 53
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act 2004 1
Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Act 2004 26
National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act 2005 2
Parel Investments and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private Limited (Taking over of Management) Repeal Act 2005 14
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act 2005 21
Right to Information Act 2005 22
Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act 2005 24
University of Allahabad Act 2005 26
Bihar Value Added Tax Act 2005 27
Special Economic Zones Act 2005 28
Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005 29
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act 2005 30
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 42
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 43
National Tax Tribunal Act 2005 49
State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act 2005 50
Disaster Management Act 2005 53
Manipur University Act 2005 54
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act 2006 1
Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act 2006 4
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act 2006 19
Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2006 22
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act 2006 27
National Institute of Fashion Technology Act 2006 28
Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 34
Actuaries Act 2006 35
Government Securities Act 2006 38
Cantonments Act 2006 41
Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act 2006 44
Assam Rifles Act 2006 47
Uttaranchal (Alteration Of Name) Act 2006 52
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2007 2
Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act 2007 5
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2007 6
English and Foreign Languages University Act 2007 7
Rajiv Gandhi University Act 2007 8
Tripura University Act 2007 9
Sikkim University Act 2007 10
Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing With Prasar Bharati) Act 2007 11
national Rural Employment Guarantee(Extension to Jammu And Kashmir) Act 2007 23
National Institutes of Technology Act 2007 29
Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act 2007 37
Carriage by Road Act 2007 41
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2007 43
Tyre Corporation of India Limited (Disinvestment Of Ownership) Act 2007 50
Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 51
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act 2007 52
Sashastra Seema Bal Act 2007 53
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007 54
Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 55
Maintenance And Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 56
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry Act 2008 19
Indian Maritime University Act 2008 22
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Of India Act 2008 27
Unorganized Workers Social Security Act 2008 33
National Investigation Agency Act 2008 34
Gram Nyayalayas Act 2009 4
Limited Liability Partnership Act 2009 6
Collection of Statistics Act 2009 7
South Asian University Act 2009 8
National Jute Board Act 2009 12
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2009 24
Central Universities Act 2009 25
Prevention and Control Of Infectious And Contagious Diseases In Animals Act 2009 27
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 35
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act 2009 40
Legal Metrology Act 2010 1
Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act 2010 16
National Green Tribunal Act 2010 19
Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act 2010 23
Land Ports Authority of India Act 2010 31
Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 38
Nalanda University Act 2010 39
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 42
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special provisions) Act 2011 5
Coinage Act 2011 11
Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act 2011 15
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special provisions) Second Act 2011 20
Factoring Regulation Act 2012 12
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Act 2012 13
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 32
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Act 2012 35
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Act 2012 38
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 14
Companies Act 2013 18
National Food Security Act 2013 20
National Pension System 2013 23
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 25
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Act 2013 26
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 30
Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2014 1
Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 6
Street Vendors Act 2014 7
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act 2014 10
National institute of Design Act 2014 18
National institute of Information Technology Act 2014 30
School of Planning and Architecture Act 2014 37
National Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2014 40
Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act 2015 11
Repealing and Amending Act 2015 17
Repealing and Amending (Second) Act 2015 19
Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act 2015 22
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2016 2
Commercial Courts Act 2016 4
Bureau of Indian Standards Act 2016 11
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 16
National Waterways Act 2016 17
Aadhar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act 2016 18
Repealing and Amendment Act 2016 23
Anti-Hijacking Act 2016 30
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 31
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Act 2016 32
Regional centre for Biotechnology Act 2016 36
Compensatory Afforestation Funds Act 2016 38
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 49
Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) 2017 12
Mental Health Care Act 2017 10
Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 12
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 13
Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 14
Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act 2017 15
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act 2017 16
Footwear Design and Development Institute Act 2017 20
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act 2017 22
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act 2017 23
Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 2017 26
Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 2017 27
Indian Institute of Management Act 2017 33
Repealing and Amendment Act 2018 2
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act 2018 3
Repealing and Amendment(Second) Act 2018 4
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act 2018 17
National commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Act 2018 24
National Sports University Act 2018 25
Central Education Institutes (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act 2019 10
India International Arbitration Centre Act 2019 17
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 20
Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act 2019 21
Codes on Wages Act 2019 29
National Medical Commission Act 2019 30
Repealing and Amending Act 2019 33
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 34
Consumer Protection Act 2019 35
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019 40
Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act 2019 42
Dadra and Nagar Haveli And Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act 2019 44
The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act 2019 45
Recycling of Ships Act 2019 49
International Financial Services Centers Authority Act 2019 50
Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act 2020 3
Central Sanskrit Universities Act 2020 5
National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act 2020 14
Goods and Services (Compensation to States) Act 2020 15
Institute of Teaching and Research In Ayurveda Act 2020 16
Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act 2020 23
Bilateral Netting Qualified Financial Contracts Act 2020 30
Rashtriya Raksha University Act 2020 31
National Forensic Sciences University Act 2020 32
Code on Social Scurity 2020 36
Major Port Authorities Act 2021 1
National Commission For Allied And Health care Professions Act 2021 14
National Bank For Financing Infrastructure And Development Act 2021 17
National Institutes Of food Technology, Entrepreneurship And Management Act 2021 19
Marine Aids to Navigation Act 2021 20
Inland Vessel Act 2021 24
Commission For Air Quality Management National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act 2021 29
Tribunal Reforms Act 2021 33
Farm Laws Repeal Act 2021 40
Dam Safety Act 2021 41
Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021 42
Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2021 47
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022 11
Indian Antarctic Act 2022 13
Maritime Anti-Piracy Act 2023 3
National Dental Commission Act 2023 21
Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act 2023 25
National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act 2023 26
Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act 2023 28
Mediation Act 2023 32
Repealing and Amending Act 2023 37
Post Office Act 2023 43
Telecommunications Act 2023 44
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 45
Bharatiya Sakshya Act 2023 46
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 47
Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act 2023 49
Provision for Collection of Taxes Act 2023 50
Press and Registration of Periodicals Act 2023 51
Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act 2024 1

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