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	\|date_passed2 = 2 August 2019		\|date_passed2 = 2 August 2019
			\| assented_by = [[President of India\|President]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
	\|date_assented = 8 August 2019		\|date_assented = 8 August 2019
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	\|bill_citation = [https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/The%20Repealing%20and%20Amending%20Bill%2C%202019.pdf Bill No. 188 of 2019]		\|bill_citation = [https://www.prsindia.org/sites/default/files/bill_files/The%20Repealing%20and%20Amending%20Bill%2C%202019.pdf Bill No. 188 of 2019]
	\|bill_date = 25 July 2019		\|bill_date = 25 July 2019
	\|introduced_by = [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]		\|introduced_by = [[Minister of Law and Justice]] [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
	\|repeals = 58 Acts		\|repeals = 58 Acts
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	'''~~The~~ Repealing and Amending Act, 2019''' is an [[Act of Parliament\|Act]] of the [[Parliament of India]] that repealed 58 Acts. It also made minor amendments to the ''[[~~The~~ Income-tax ~~Act, 1961\|Income Tax~~ Act, 1961]]'' and ''[[~~Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017\|The~~ Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017]]''. The ~~Act~~ was the sixth ~~such repealing act~~ aimed at repealing obsolete laws tabled by the [[Narendra Modi]] administration, and the first tabled during its [[Second Modi ministry\|second term]]. The government had repealed 1,428 ~~Acts~~ during its [[First Modi ministry\|first term]] between 2014 and 2019.		The '''Repealing and Amending Act, 2019''' is an [[Act of Parliament\|Act]] of the [[Parliament of India]] that repealed 58 Acts. It also made minor amendments to the [[Income-tax Act, 1961]] and the [[Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017]]. The act was the sixth Act aimed at repealing obsolete laws tabled by the [[Narendra Modi]] administration, and the first tabled during its [[Second Modi ministry\|second term]]. The government had repealed 1,428 acts during its [[First Modi ministry\|first term]] between 2014 and 2019.

	==Background and legislative history==		==Background and legislative history==
	Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] advocated for 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://niti.gov.in/content/repealing-old-statutes\|title = \| NITI Aayog}}</ref>		Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] had advocated for 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."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://niti.gov.in/content/repealing-old-statutes\|title = \| NITI Aayog}}</ref>

	''The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019'' was introduced in the [[Lok Sabha]] on 25 July 2019 by the [[Minister of Law and Justice]], [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]. The bill sought to repeal 58 Acts and pass minor amendments to two Acts. The amendments were made to substitute certain words in the ''Income Tax Act, 1961'' and ''The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/repealing-and-amending-bill-2019\|title=The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019\|website=PRSIndia\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.prsindia.org/node/842826/chapters-at-a-glance\|title=Chapter At A Glance\|website=PRSIndia\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> Moving the bill for a vote in the House on 29 July, Prasad stated that the Modi administration had repealed 1,428 "old and archaic Acts" during its first term. The Minister also noted that most of the laws being repealed were enacted before independence and that only 1,929 old laws had been repealed between 1950 and 2004. Prasad also urged the House to pass the bill unanimously.<ref name="FE"/><ref name="Zee"/><ref name="ANI"/>		''The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019'' was introduced in the [[Lok Sabha]] on 25 July 2019 by the [[Minister of Law and Justice]], [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]. The bill sought to repeal 58 Acts and pass minor amendments to two Acts. The amendments were made to substitute certain words in the ''Income Tax Act, 1961'' and ''The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/repealing-and-amending-bill-2019\|title=The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019\|date=2019-07-25\|website=PRSIndia\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.prsindia.org/node/842826/chapters-at-a-glance\|title=Chapter At A Glance\|website=PRSIndia\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> Moving the bill for a vote in the House on 29 July, Prasad stated that the Modi administration had repealed 1,428 "old and archaic Acts" during its first term. The Minister also noted that most of the laws being repealed were enacted before independence and that only 1,929 old laws had been repealed between 1950 and 2004. Prasad also urged the House to pass the bill unanimously.<ref name="FE"/><ref name="Zee"/><ref name="ANI">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/ls-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-acts-in-15-mins20190729205325/\|title=LS passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete Acts in 15 mins\|website=www.aninews.in\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

	[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha\|Speaker]] [[Om Birla]] asked the House whether the bill could be passed unanimously. [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]] MP for [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Shashi Tharoor]] requested the Speaker push the vote on the bill to the next day and instead permit an hour-long discussion. In response, the Speaker permitted Tharoor to speak for ten minutes and stated that the vote would be held afterwards. Tharoor sought changes to some provisions of the [[Indian Penal Code]] including those concerning [[sedition]]. Prasad replied that he disagreed with Tharoor's demand to repeal the sedition law. In the subsequent vote, the bill was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha.<ref name="FE">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-scrap-58-archaic-laws/1659834/\|title=Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 archaic laws\|website=The Financial Express\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref name="Zee">{{Cite web\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-acts-in-15-minutes-2223125.html\|title=Lok Sabha passes bill to repeal 58 obsolete Acts in 15 minutes\|~~website=Zee News\|language=en\|access-~~date=2019-~~08-10}}</ref><ref name="ANI">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/ls-passes-bill-to-repeal~~-~~58-obsolete-acts-in-15-mins20190729205325/\|title=LS passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete Acts in 15 mins~~\|website=~~www.aninews.in~~\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>		[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha\|Speaker]] [[Om Birla]] asked the House whether the bill could be passed unanimously. [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]] MP for [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Shashi Tharoor]] requested the Speaker push the vote on the bill to the next day and instead permit an hour-long discussion. In response, the Speaker permitted Tharoor to speak for ten minutes and stated that the vote would be held afterwards. Tharoor sought changes to some provisions of the [[Indian Penal Code]] including those concerning [[sedition]]. Prasad replied that he disagreed with Tharoor's demand to repeal the sedition law. In the subsequent vote, the bill was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha.<ref name="FE">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-scrap-58-archaic-laws/1659834/\|title=Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 archaic laws\|date=2019-07-29\|website=The Financial Express\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref name="Zee">{{Cite web\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-acts-in-15-minutes-2223125.html\|title=Lok Sabha passes bill to repeal 58 obsolete Acts in 15 minutes\|date=2019-07-29\|website=Zee News\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

	Prasad moved the bill in the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 2 August. He stated, "I would urge the House that this is the initiative in the right direction. I would urge this House and through this House the entire country and state governments that periodic review of obsolete and irrelevant laws must become a part of good governance."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-laws/story-ZgzMukdqyXG4N7IL60hvcP.html\|title=Parliament passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete laws\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> [[Bharat ~~Rasthra~~ Samithi]] MP [[K. Keshava Rao]] expressed concern over the repeal of ''The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014'' and ''The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015''. Prasad responded that the state's interest were protected as the provisions of the amendments had been incorporated into the main Act.<ref name="TOI"/>		Prasad moved the bill in the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 2 August. He stated, "I would urge the House that this is the initiative in the right direction. I would urge this House and through this House the entire country and state governments that periodic review of obsolete and irrelevant laws must become a part of good governance."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-laws/story-ZgzMukdqyXG4N7IL60hvcP.html\|title=Parliament passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete laws\|date=2019-08-02\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi]] MP [[K. Keshava Rao]] expressed concern over the repeal of ''The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014'' and ''The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015''. Prasad responded that the state's interest were protected as the provisions of the amendments had been incorporated into the main Act.<ref name="TOI"/>

	The Minister also responded to a suggestion to repeal ''The Cinematograph Act, 1952'' stating that he agreed with the idea having previously served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. However, he noted that "the film community should have one voice on this". Other members who participated in the discussion included [[Jaya Bachchan]] (SP), [[Prashanta Nanda\|Prashant Nanda]] (BJD), [[Subhashish Chakraborty]] (AITC), [[Amee Yajnik]] (Congress), [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]a (AIADMK), [[Kahkashan Perween]] (JD-U), [[K. Somaprasad]] (CPI-M), Binay Visham (CPI), [[Bhupender Yadav\|Bhupendra Yadav]] (BJP), [[Veer Singh (politician)\|Veer Singh]] (BJP) and [[Ram Kumar Verma]] (BJP). The bill received support from members across party lines and was passed by the Rajya Sabha through [[voice vote]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/parliament-approves-bill-to-scrap-58-archaic-laws/articleshow/70499323.cms\|title=Parliament approves bill to scrap 58 archaic laws\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>		The Minister also responded to a suggestion to repeal ''The Cinematograph Act, 1952'' stating that he agreed with the idea having previously served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. However, he noted that "the film community should have one voice on this". Other members who participated in the discussion included [[Jaya Bachchan]] (SP), [[Prashanta Nanda\|Prashant Nanda]] (BJD), [[Subhashish Chakraborty]] (AITC), [[Amee Yajnik]] (Congress), [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]a (AIADMK), [[Kahkashan Perween]] (JD-U), [[K. Somaprasad]] (CPI-M), Binay Visham (CPI), [[Bhupender Yadav\|Bhupendra Yadav]] (BJP), [[Veer Singh (politician)\|Veer Singh]] (BJP) and [[Ram Kumar Verma]] (BJP). The bill received support from members across party lines and was passed by the Rajya Sabha through [[voice vote]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/parliament-approves-bill-to-scrap-58-archaic-laws/articleshow/70499323.cms\|title=Parliament approves bill to scrap 58 archaic laws\|date=August 2, 2019\|website=The Times of India\|language=en\|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

	The bill received assent from President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] on 8 August, and was notified in ''[[The Gazette of India]]'' on the same date.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=14 August 2019 \|archive-date=14 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814070314/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		The bill received assent from President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] on 8 August, and was notified in ''[[The Gazette of India]]'' on the same date.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=14 August 2019 \|archive-date=14 August 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814070314/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	==Repealed ~~Acts~~==		==Repealed acts==
	The 58 ~~Acts~~ included in the ~~bill~~'s First Schedule were completely repealed.		The 58 acts included in the act's First Schedule were completely repealed.

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	\|56		\|56
	\|The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly(Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act,1958		\|The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act, 1958
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	\|35		\|35
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	\|49		\|49
	\|The Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal)Act, 1968		\|The Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal) Act, 1968
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|long_title = An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
|citation = [http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf Act No. 31 of 2019]
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'''The Repealing and Amending Act, 2019''' is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of India]] that repealed 58 Acts. It also made minor amendments to the ''[[The Income-tax Act, 1961|Income Tax Act, 1961]]'' and ''[[Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017|The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017]]''. The Act was the sixth such repealing act aimed at repealing obsolete laws tabled by the [[Narendra Modi]] administration, and the first tabled during its [[Second Modi ministry|second term]]. The government had repealed 1,428 Acts during its [[First Modi ministry|first term]] between 2014 and 2019.

==Background and legislative history==
Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] advocated for 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://niti.gov.in/content/repealing-old-statutes|title = | NITI Aayog}}</ref>

''The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019'' was introduced in the [[Lok Sabha]] on 25 July 2019 by the [[Minister of Law and Justice]], [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]. The bill sought to repeal 58 Acts and pass minor amendments to two Acts. The amendments were made to substitute certain words in the ''Income Tax Act, 1961'' and ''The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/repealing-and-amending-bill-2019|title=The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019|website=PRSIndia|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.prsindia.org/node/842826/chapters-at-a-glance|title=Chapter At A Glance|website=PRSIndia|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> Moving the bill for a vote in the House on 29 July, Prasad stated that the Modi administration had repealed 1,428 "old and archaic Acts" during its first term. The Minister also noted that most of the laws being repealed were enacted before independence and that only 1,929 old laws had been repealed between 1950 and 2004. Prasad also urged the House to pass the bill unanimously.<ref name="FE"/><ref name="Zee"/><ref name="ANI"/>

[[Speaker of the Lok Sabha|Speaker]] [[Om Birla]] asked the House whether the bill could be passed unanimously. [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] MP for [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Shashi Tharoor]] requested the Speaker push the vote on the bill to the next day and instead permit an hour-long discussion. In response, the Speaker permitted Tharoor to speak for ten minutes and stated that the vote would be held afterwards. Tharoor sought changes to some provisions of the [[Indian Penal Code]] including those concerning [[sedition]]. Prasad replied that he disagreed with Tharoor's demand to repeal the sedition law. In the subsequent vote, the bill was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha.<ref name="FE">{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-scrap-58-archaic-laws/1659834/|title=Lok Sabha passes bill to scrap 58 archaic laws|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref name="Zee">{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/lok-sabha-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-acts-in-15-minutes-2223125.html|title=Lok Sabha passes bill to repeal 58 obsolete Acts in 15 minutes|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref name="ANI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/ls-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-acts-in-15-mins20190729205325/|title=LS passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete Acts in 15 mins|website=www.aninews.in|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

Prasad moved the bill in the [[Rajya Sabha]] on 2 August. He stated, "I would urge the House that this is the initiative in the right direction. I would urge this House and through this House the entire country and state governments that periodic review of obsolete and irrelevant laws must become a part of good governance."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-passes-bill-to-repeal-58-obsolete-laws/story-ZgzMukdqyXG4N7IL60hvcP.html|title=Parliament passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete laws|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> [[Bharat Rasthra Samithi]] MP [[K. Keshava Rao]] expressed concern over the repeal of ''The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014'' and ''The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015''. Prasad responded that the state's interest were protected as the provisions of the amendments had been incorporated into the main Act.<ref name="TOI"/>

The Minister also responded to a suggestion to repeal ''The Cinematograph Act, 1952'' stating that he agreed with the idea having previously served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. However, he noted that "the film community should have one voice on this". Other members who participated in the discussion included [[Jaya Bachchan]] (SP), [[Prashanta Nanda|Prashant Nanda]] (BJD), [[Subhashish Chakraborty]] (AITC), [[Amee Yajnik]] (Congress), [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]a (AIADMK), [[Kahkashan Perween]] (JD-U), [[K. Somaprasad]] (CPI-M), Binay Visham (CPI), [[Bhupender Yadav|Bhupendra Yadav]] (BJP), [[Veer Singh (politician)|Veer Singh]] (BJP) and [[Ram Kumar Verma]] (BJP). The bill received support from members across party lines and was passed by the Rajya Sabha through [[voice vote]].<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/parliament-approves-bill-to-scrap-58-archaic-laws/articleshow/70499323.cms|title=Parliament approves bill to scrap 58 archaic laws|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

The bill received assent from President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] on 8 August, and was notified in ''[[The Gazette of India]]'' on the same date.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814070314/http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2019/210358.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Repealed Acts==
The 58 Acts included in the bill's First Schedule were completely repealed.

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!№
!Year
!Act No.
!Short title
|-
|1
|1850
|XII
|The Public Accountants' Defaults Act, 1850
|-
|2
|1881
|XI
|The Municipal Taxation Act, 1881
|-
|3
|1892
|X
|The Government Management of Private Estates Act, 1892
|-
|4
|1956
|69
|The Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act, 1956
|-
|5
|1958
|56
|The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly(Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act,1958
|-
|6
|1960
|22
|The Cotton Transport (Amendment) Act, 1960
|-
|7
|1963
|1
|The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Amendment) Act, 1963
|-
|8
|1963
|35
|The Dramatic Performances(Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963
|-
|9
|1964
|10
|The Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Amendment Act, 1964
|-
|10
|1968
|49
|The Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal)Act, 1968
|-
|11
|1973
|56
|The Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act, 1973
|-
|12
|1976
|55
|The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976
|-
|13
|1976
|61
|The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976
|-
|14
|1976
|62
|The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976
|-
|15
|1980
|68
|The Tea (Amendment) Act, 1980
|-
|16
|1981
|62
|The Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1981
|-
|17
|1982
|63
|The Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982
|-
|18
|1983
|41
|The Transformers and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer Undertakings) Act, 1983
|-
|19
|1988
|22
|The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies(Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act, 1988
|-
|20
|1999
|3
|The High Denomination Bank Notes(Demonetisation) Amendment Act, 1998
|-
|21
|2001
|39
|The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2001
|-
|22
|2001
|48
|The Registration and Other Related Laws(Amendment) Act, 2001
|-
|23
|2002
|16
|The Institutes of Technology(Amendment) Act, 2002
|-
|24
|2002
|43
|The Delhi University (Amendment) Act, 2002
|-
|25
|2007
|3
|The Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 2006
|-
|26
|2007
|28
|The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Act, 2007
|-
|27
|2009
|21
|The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009
|-
|28
|2009
|22
|The Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2009
|-
|29
|2009
|38
|The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2009
|-
|30
|2010
|3
|The Civil Defence (Amendment) Act, 2009
|-
|31
|2011
|6
|The Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Act, 2011
|-
|32
|2011
|14
|The Customs (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2011
|-
|33
|2012
|28
|The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012
|-
|34
|2012
|34
|The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012
|-
|35
|2014
|8
|The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Act, 2014
|-
|36
|2014
|9
|The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014
|-
|37
|2014
|19
|The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014
|-
|38
|2014
|20
|The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2014
|-
|39
|2014
|31
|The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014
|-
|40
|2014
|32
|The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Act, 2014
|-
|41
|2014
|39
|The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Act, 2014
|-
|42
|2015
|2
|The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 2015
|-
|43
|2015
|3
|The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015
|-
|44
|2015
|5
|The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015
|-
|45
|2015
|10
|The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015
|-
|46
|2015
|12
|The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015
|-
|47
|2015
|14
|The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Act, 2015
|-
|48
|2015
|16
|The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2015
|-
|49
|2015
|21
|The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015
|-
|50
|2016
|10
|The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016
|-
|51
|2016
|13
|The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2016
|-
|52
|2016
|25
|The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016
|-
|53
|2016
|42
|The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2016
|-
|54
|2016
|45
|The Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Act, 2016
|-
|55
|2016
|48
|The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016
|-
|56
|2017
|19
|The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2017
|-
|57
|2017
|21
|The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017
|-
|58
|2017
|25
|The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017
|}

==References==
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