Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015

The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015
Parliament of India
  • An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
CitationAct No. 19 of 2015
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed8 December 2014
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed5 May 2015
Assented to14 May 2015
Commenced14 May 2015
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014
Bill citationBill No. 155 of 2014
Introduced byD.V. Sadananda Gowda
Introduced3 December 2014
Committee reportReport of the Select Committee
Related legislation
Status: Spent

The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015 is an Act of the Parliament of India that repealed 90 obsolete Acts, and also amended the provisions of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008 to correct typographical errors. The Act was the second such repealing act tabled by the Narendra Modi administration aimed at repealing obsolete laws.

Background and legislative history

Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated the repeal of old laws during his 2014 general election campaign. At the 2015 Economic Times Global Business Summit, Modi stated, "Our country suffers from an excess of old and unnecessary laws which obstruct people and businesses. We began the exercise of identifying unnecessary laws and repealing them. 1,877 Central laws have been identified for repeal."[1]

The Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 3 December 2014 by the Minister of Law and Justice, D.V. Sadananda Gowda. The bill sought to repeal 90 Acts and pass amendments to two Acts. The bill sought to completely repeal 88 Acts. The remaining two were amending acts whose changes had been incorporated into the existing Acts. The bill also sought to amend provisions of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008 so as to correct typographical errors.[2][3]

The bill was referred to a Select Committee on 23 December 2014. The Committee submitted its report on the bill on 24 February 2015. The report recommended that the bill be passed, and also suggested adding an "automatic repeal clause" to the Railway Appropriation and Finance Appropriation Acts, as these Acts were only required to be in effect for the duration of one year. The Committee suggested adding similar clauses in other pending Bills as well, and recommended that the Law Ministry consider amending Section 6A of the General Clauses Act, 1897(related to the effect of repeals) to enable the inclusion of an automatic repeal clause in Bills. The Committee further noted that a review and repeal of obsolete laws should be carried out every 5 years.[4]

The bill, as recommended by the Select Committee, was passed by the Lok Sabha on 8 December 2014 and by the Rajya Sabha on 5 May 2015. The bill received assent from President Pranab Mukherjee on 14 May, and was notified in The Gazette of India on 9 May 2015.[5]

Repealed Acts

Of the 90 acts included in the bill's First Schedule, 88 were completely repealed and two were partially repealed.[6]

This list is complete and up to date as of April 2022.
№ Year Act No. Short title Extent of repeal
1 1999 1 The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1998 The whole
2 1999 7 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1998 The whole
3 1999 16 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1999 The whole
4 2000 1 The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
5 2000 7 The Small Industries Development Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
6 2000 12 The Food Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
7 2000 15 The National Housing Bank (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
8 2000 17 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
9 2000 18 The Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Amendment Act, 2000 The whole
10 2000 22 The Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
11 2000 23 The Insecticides (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
12 2000 35 The Border Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
13 2000 39 The State Financial Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
14 2000 44 The Multimodal Transportation of Goods (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
15 2000 55 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole
16 2001 10 The Chit Funds (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
17 2001 23 The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
18 2001 27 The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
19 2001 38 The Government of Union Territories and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
20 2001 40 The Inland Waterways Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
21 2001 46 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
22 2001 54 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole
23 2002 14 The Inter-State Water Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
24 2002 29 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
25 2002 30 The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
26 2002 31 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
27 2002 34 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
28 2002 40 The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 2002 The whole
29 2002 42 The Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
30 2002 51 The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
31 2002 52 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
32 2002 55 The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 The whole
33 2002 56 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
34 2002 62 The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
35 2003 7 The High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2002 The whole
36 2003 8 The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2002 The whole
37 2003 10 The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
38 2003 11 The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole
39 2003 35 The Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
40 2003 37 The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
41 2003 44 The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
42 2003 48 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
43 2003 51 The Railways (Second Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
44 2003 58 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
45 2003 59 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
46 2004 4 The Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
47 2004 6 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
48 2004 9 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole
49 2004 16 The Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004 The whole
50 2004 24 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2004 The whole
51 2004 30 The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2004 The whole
52 2005 19 The Government of Union Territories and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole
53 2005 32 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole
54 2005 40 The Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole
55 2005 45 The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole
56 2005 46 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2005 The whole
57 2006 2 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole
58 2006 5 The Government of Union Territories and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole
59 2006 6 The Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole
60 2006 26 The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole
61 2006 40 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole
62 2006 45 The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings and Financial Institutions Laws (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole
63 2006 54 The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2006 Sections 2 to 5
64 2007 17 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole
65 2007 18 The National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole
66 2007 30 The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks Laws) Amendment Act, 2007 The whole
67 2007 32 The State Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole
68 2007 35 The Inland Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole
69 2007 40 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole
70 2008 4 The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2008 The whole
71 2008 30 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2008 The whole
72 2009 5 The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008 The whole
73 2009 11 The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008 The whole
74 2009 20 The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009 The whole
75 2009 23 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2009 The whole
76 2009 48 The State Bank of Saurashtra (Repeal) and the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Amendment Act, 2009 Sections 3 to 11
77 2010 27 The State Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole
78 2010 37 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole
79 2010 41 The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole
80 2010 43 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole
81 2011 7 The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Amendment Act, 2011 The whole
82 2011 17 The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks Laws) Amendment Act, 2011 The whole
83 2012 5 The New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Act, 2011 The whole
84 2012 8 The Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011 The whole
85 2012 11 The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2011 The whole
86 2012 26 The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole
87 2012 36 The Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole
88 2013 1 The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole
89 2013 4 The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole
90 2013 27 The Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013 The whole

See also

  • List of legislations repealed under Modi government

References

  1. ^ "| NITI Aayog".
  2. ^ "The Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014".
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ http://www.indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/2015/201519.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)