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A Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act 1954 20

Acquired Territories (Merger) Act 1960 64

Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act 1993 33

Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act 1957 58

Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act 1978 40

Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Act 1974 37

Administration of Evacuee Property Act 1950 31

Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 13

Administrative Tribunal (Amendment) Act 1986 19

Administrators-General Act 1963 45

Advocates Act 1961 25

Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act 2001 45

African Development Bank Act 1983 13

African Development Fund Act 1982 01

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985 1986 03

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export 1986 02

Development Authority Act, 1985

Agricultural Produce Cess Act 1940 27

Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1937 01

Agriculturists' Loans Act 1884 12

Aircraft Act 1934 22

Airports Authority of India Act 1994 55

Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act 1994 13

Air Force Act 1950 45

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 14

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act 1987 47

Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act 1950 42

Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings Act 1973 56

Aligarh Muslim University Act 1920 40

All-India Council for Technical Education Act 1987 52

All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Act 1956 25

All-India Services Act 1951 61

All-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act 1975 19

Aluminium Corporation of India Limited Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 43

Aluminium Undertaking Act

Amending Act 1897 05

Amending Act 1901 11

Amending Act 1903 01

Amritsar Oil Works (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1982 50

Anand Marriage Act 1909 07

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958 24

Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 07

Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1959 56

Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act 1968 36

Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1982 71

Undertakings) Act

Andhra State Act 1953 30

Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act 1981 48

Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act 1967 16

Anti-Hijacking Act 1982 65

Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 52

Apprentices Act 1961 52

Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 26

Architects Act 1972 20

Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act 1947 15

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A Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act 1990 21

Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act 1983 34

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 28

Arms Act 1959 54

Army Act 1950 46

Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act 1950 40

Arya Marriage Validation Act 1937 19

Asian Development Bank Act 1966 18

Asian Refractories Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act 1971 65

Asiatic Society Act 1984 05

Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1951 47

Assam Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act 1934 27

Assam Municipal (Manipur Amendment) Act 1961 49

Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act 1969 55

Assam Rifles Act 1941 05

Assam Sillimanite Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act 1976 22

Assam University Act 1989 23

Atomic Energy Act 1962 33

Auroville Foundation Act 1988 54

Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act 1973 50

B Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act 1994 58

Banaras Hindu University Act 1915 16

Bangalore Marriages Validating Act 1936 16

Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1891 18

Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970 05

Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 40

Banking Laws (Application to Co-operative Societies) Act 1965 23

Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 1985 81

Banking Regulation Act 1949 10

Banking Service Commission Act 1984 44

Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act 1956 04

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1966 32

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Amendment Act 1993 41

Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act 1976 56

Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act 1976 62

Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act 1988 45

Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act 1887 12

Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Act 1847 09

Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act 1912 07

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1838 05

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854 05

Bengal Chaukidari Act 1856 20

Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and 1980 58

Transfer of Undertakings) Act

Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act 1925 ..

Bengal Districts Act 1836 21

Bengal Embankment Act 1855 32

Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation of Appointments and 1971 20

Proceedings) Act

Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act 1859 05

Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 57

Undertakings) Act

Bengal Indigo Contracts Act 1836 10

Bengal Land Holders' Attendance Act 1848 20

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B Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1841 12

Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1859 11

Bengal Military Police Act 1892 05

Bengal Rent Act 1859 10

Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act 1932 24

Bengal Tenancy Act 1885 08

Berar Laws Act 1941 04

Betwa River Board (Amendment) Act 1993 49

Betwa River Board Act 1976 63

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 1988 44

(Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act

Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act 1985 21

Bihar Land Reforms Laws (Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act 1969 42

Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 2000 30

Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1968 24

Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956 40

Bikrama Singh's Estates Act 1883 10

Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and 1980 67

Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886 06

Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1978 42

Bombay Civil Courts Act 1869 14

Bombay Municipal Debentures Act 1876 15

Bombay Public Security Measures (Delhi Amendment) Act 1948 52

Bombay Rent-free Estates Act 1852 11

Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960 11

Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1876 10

Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 19

Border Security Force Act 1968 47

Boundaries 1847 01

Boundary-marks, Bombay 1846 03

Brahmaputra Board Act 1980 46

Braithwaite and Company (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1976 96

Undertakings) Act

Brentford Electric (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1987 36

Undertakings) Act

Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur 1978 41

Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer

of Undertakings) Act

British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1981 29

British Statutes (Application to India) Repeal Act 1960 57

Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act 1877 14

Bronze Coin (Legal Tender) Act 1918 22

Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment 1996 27

and Conditions of Service) Act

Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act 1996 28

Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986 63

Burmah Oil Company [Acquisition of Shares of Oil India Limited and of the 1981 41

Undertakings in India of Assam Oil Company Limited and the Burmah Oil

Company (India Trading) Limited] Act

Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act 1976 02

Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation) Act 1976 97

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 07

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C Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act 1953 41

Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act 1919 15

Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1850 23

Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1856 18

Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary 1985 10

Provisions Act

Calcutta Pilots Act 1859 12

Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act 1948 33

Caltex [Acquisition of Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India) Limited and 1977 17

of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India) Limited] Act

Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act 1957 46

Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act 1923 06

Cantonments Act 1924 02

Capital of Punjab Development and Regulation (Chandigarh Amendment) Act 1973 17

Cardamom Act 1965 42

Carriage by Air Act 1972 69

Carriers Act 1865 03

Caste Disabilities Removal Act 1850 21

Cattle-trespass Act 1871 01

Census Act 1948 37

Central Agricultural University Act 1992 40

Central Board of Revenue Act 1963 54

Central Duties of Excise (Retrospective Exemption Act 1986 45

Central Excise Act 1944 01

Central Excises and Salt (Amendment) Act 1985 79

Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 1986 05

Central Excises (Conversion to Metric Units) Act 1960 38

Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act 1999 40

Central Industrial Security Force Act 1968 50

Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1970 51

Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act 1993 44

Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1968 25

Central Provinces Court of Wards Act 1899 24

Central Provinces Financial Commissioner's Act 1908 13

Central Provinces Land-revenue Act 1881 18

Central Provinces Laws Act 1875 20

Central Provinces Tenancy Act 1898 11

Central Road Fund Act 2000 54

Central Reserve Police Force Act 1949 66

Central Sales Tax (Amendment) Act 1969 28

Central Sales Tax Act 1956 74

Central Silk Board Act 1948 61

Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act 1992 16

Chandernagore (Merger) Act 1954 36

Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987 1988 02

Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act 1983 33

Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line 1982 36

(Nationalisation) Act

Charitable Endowments Act 1890 06

Charitable and Religious Trusts Act 1920 14

Chartered Accountants Act 1949 38

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000 2000 34

Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 61

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C Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 19

Children (Pledging of Labour) Act 1933 02

Chit Funds Act 1982 40

Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act 1876 06

Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act 1899 23

Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1975 49

Cinematograph Act 1918 02

Cinematograph Act 1952 37

Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1981 50

Cine-Workers Welfare Cess Act 1981 30

Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act 1981 33

Citizenship Act 1955 57

City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act 1888 12

Civil Defence Act 1968 27

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act 1957 20

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Amendment and 1971 54

Validation Act

Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act 2000 45

Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act 1974 28

Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act 1973 26

Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act 1986 27

Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948 46

Coal Mines (Taking Over of Management) Act 1973 15

Coast Guard Act 1978 30

Coasting Vessels Act 1838 19

Coconut Development Board Act 1979 05

Code of Civil Procedure 1908 05

Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 1974 02

Coffee Act 1942 07

Coinage Act 1906 03

Coir Industry Act 1953 45

Coking Coal Mines (Emergency Provisions) Act 1971 64

Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act 1972 36

Collection of Statistics Act 1953 32

Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act 1891 16

Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act 1955 19

Commercial Documents Evidence Act 1939 30

Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952 60

Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 1988 03

Companies Act 1956 01

Companies (Amendment) Act 1988 31

Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act 1951 54

Companies (Profits) Surtax Act 1964 07

Company Secretaries Act 1980 56

Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of 1971 56

Service) Act

Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act 1963 21

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of 1974 52

Smuggling Activities Act

Consumer Protection Act 1986 68

Contempt of Courts Act 1971 70

Contingency Fund of India Act 1950 49

Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act 1948 38

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C Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 37

Converts' Marriage Dissolution Act 1866 21

Cooch-Behar (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1950 67

Co-operative Societies Act 1912 02

Coroners Act 1871 04

Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 23

Cotton Copra and Vegetable Oils Cess (Abolition) Act 1987 04

Countess of Dufferin's Fund Act 1957 63

Court-fees Act 1870 07

Court-fees (Delhi Amendment) Act 1967 28

Criminal and Election Laws Amendment Act 1969 35

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932 23

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1938 20

Criminal Law Amendment Act 1961 23

Customs Act 1962 52

Customs (Amendment) Act 1985 80

Customs and Central Excises Laws (Amendment) Act 1988 29

Customs and Excise Revenues Appellate Tribunal Act 1986 62

Customs Duties and Cesses (Conversion to Metric Units) Act 1960 40

Customs Tariff Act 1975 51

Cutchi Memons Act 1938 10

D Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act 1961 35

Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act 1964 14

Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1981 31

Damodar Valley Corporation Act 1948 14

Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act 1983 35

Decrees and Orders Validating Act 1936 05

Dehra Dun 1871 21

Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act 1879 17

Delhi Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act 1976 87

Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act 1948 66

Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act 1952 38

Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Centonment Repeal) Act 1968 49

Delhi Apartment Ownership Act 1986 58

Delhi Co-operative Societies Act 1972 35

Delhi Delegation of Powers Act 1964 23

Delhi Development Act 1957 61

Delhi Development Authority (Validation of Disciplinary Powers) Act, 1998 1999 06

Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act 1986 56

Delhi High Court Act 1966 26

Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act 1980 37

Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act 1949 24

Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act 1960 24

Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act 1972 30

Delhi Laws Act 1912 13

Delhi Laws Act 1915 07

Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1962 57

Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957 66

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Validation of Electricity Tax) Act 1966 35

Delhi Police Act 1978 34

Delhi Primary Education Act 1960 39

Delhi Rent Act 1995 33

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D Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 59

Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act 1941 12

Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act 1971 71

Delhi Sales Tax Act 1975 43

Delhi Sales Tax (Amendment and Validation) Act 1976 91

Delhi School Education Act 1973 18

Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1971 82

Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 25

Delhi University Act 1922 08

Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act 1961 30

Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 1973 1974 01

Delimitation Act 1972 76

Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954 27

Dentists Act 1948 16

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and 1972 18

Production of Documents) Act

Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act 1976 59

Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 1961 47

Deposit Insurance Corporation (Amendment and Miscellaneous 1978 21

Provisions) Act

Depositories Act 1996 22

Designs Act 2000 16

Destruction of Records Act 1917 05

Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914 02

Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act 1992 12

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1948 41

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu 1973 02

and Kashmir) Act

Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act 1972 43

Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act 1989 03

Direct-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act 2000 20

Displaced Persons (Claims) Supplementary Act 1954 12

Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act 1954 44

Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act 1951 70

Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act 1977 16

Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 08

Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act 1976 77

Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1948 09

Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major 1997 31

Ports) Act

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act 1986 54

Dourine Act 1910 05

Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 28

Dramatic Performances Act 1876 19

Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 23

Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954 21

Drugs (Control) Act 1950 26

Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act 1955 36

E Easements (Extending Act 5 of 1882) 1891 08

East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1974 54

Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act 1974 12

Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners 1991 11

and Transaction of Business) Act

Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act 1976 10

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E Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998 14

Electricity (Supply) Act 1948 54

Elephants' Preservation Act 1879 06

Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 12

Emigration Act 1983 31

Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 19

Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act 1988 33

Employees' State Insurance Act 1948 34

Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act 1989 29

Employers' Liability Act 1938 24

Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act 1959 31

Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines 1993 46

(Prohibition) Act

Enemy Property Act 1968 34

Energy Conservation Act 2001 52

Environment (Protection) Act 1986 29

Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 03

Equal Remuneration Act 1976 25

Essential Commodities Act 1955 10

Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act 1980 41

Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act 1974 04

Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act 1951 64

Exchange of Prisoners Act 1948 58

Excise (Malt Liquors) Act 1890 13

Excise (Spirits) Act 1863 16

Expenditure-tax Act 1987 35

Explosive Substances Act 1908 06

Explosives Act 1884 04

Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981 28

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 1963 22

Extradition Act 1962 34

F Factories Act 1948 63

Family Courts Act 1984 66

Faridabad Development Corporation Act 1956 90

Fatal Accidents Act 1855 13

Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1951 33

Food Corporations Act 1964 37

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 49

Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 42

Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1947 47

Foreign Marriage Act 1969 33

Foreign Recruiting Act 1874 04

Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992 22

Foreigners Act 1946 31

Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act 1962 42

Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 69

Forfeited Deposits Act 1850 25

Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act 1972 59

Fort William Act 1881 13

Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act 1952 74

Futwah-Islampur Light Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act 1985 83

Ganesh Flour Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 16

Undertakings) Act

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G Ganges Tolls 1867 01

General Clauses Act 1897 10

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act 1972 57

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act 1985 03

Geneva Conventions Act 1960 06

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999 48

Gift-tax Act 1958 18

Glanders and Farcy Act 1899 13

Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act 1965 50

Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act 1962 01

Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil Procedure and the 1965 30

Arbitration Act) Act

Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as 1987 16

Mining Leases) Act

Goa, Daman and Diu (Opinion Poll) Act 1966 38

Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act 1987 18

Gold Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1993 25

Government Buildings Act 1899 04

Government Grants Act 1895 15

Government Management of Private Estates Act 1892 10

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 1992 01

Government of Union Territories Act 1963 20

Government Savings Banks Act 1873 05

Government Savings Certificates Act 1959 46

Government Seal Act 1862 03

Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act 1982 43

Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1977 42

Undertakings) Act

Guardians and Wards Act 1890 08

H Hackney-carriage Act 1879 14

Haj Committee Act 1959 51

Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act 1985 22

Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act 1970 16

Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1979 31

High Court and Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and 1981 26

Diu) Act

High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act 1976 57

High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act 1954 28

High Courts (Seals) Act 1950 07

High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act 1978 11

Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act 1954 32

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) 1958 56

Validation Act

Hind Cycles Limited and Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1980 70

Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act 1962 13

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 78

Hindu Disposition of Property Act 1916 15

Hindu Gains of Learning Act 1930 30

Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act 1928 12

Hindu Marriage Act 1955 25

Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act 1960 19

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956 32

Hindu Succession Act 1956 30

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H Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1978 13

Hire-Purchase Act 1972 26

Homoeopathy Central Council Act 1973 59

Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and 1984 55

Transfer of Undertakings) Act

Hotel-Receipts Tax Act 1980 54

Howrah Offences Act 1857 21

I Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 33

Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act 1983 39

Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 2000 52

Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act 1950 10

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 104

Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act 1948 51

Imperial Library (Indentures Validation) Act 1902 01

Improvements in Towns 1850 26

Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited 1984 17

(Nationalisation) Act

Income-tax Act 1961 43

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 60

Indian Bar Councils Act 1926 38

Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856 09

Indian Boilers Act 1923 05

Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925 26

Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 15

Indian Council of World Affairs Act 2001 29

Indian Contract Act 1872 09

Indian Copper Corporation (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act 1972 58

Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act 1908 14

Indian Divorce Act 1869 04

Indian Easements Act 1882 05

Indian Electricity Act 1910 09

Indian Evidence Act 1872 01

Indian Fisheries Act 1897 04

Indian Forest Act 1927 16

Indian Independence Pakistan Courts (Pending Proceedings) Act 1952 09

Indian Iron and Steel Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1976 89

Indian Law Reports Act 1875 18

Indian Majority Act 1875 09

Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1948 40

Indian Medical Council Act 1956 102

Indian Medical Degrees Act 1916 07

Indian Medicine Central Council Act 1970 48

Indian Museum Act 1910 10

Indian Naval Armament Act 1923 07

Indian Nursing Council Act 1947 48

Indian Partnership Act 1932 09

Indian Penal Code 1860 45

Indian Ports Act 1908 15

Indian Post Office Act 1898 06

Indian Railway Board Act 1905 04

Indian Red Cross Society Act 1920 15

Indian Reserve Forces Act 1888 04

Indian Rifles Act 1920 23

Indian Securities Act 1920 10

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I Indian Short Titles Act 1897 14

Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act 1925 04

Indian Stamp Act 1899 02

Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 57

Indian Succession Act 1925 39

Indian Telegraph Act 1885 13

Indian Tolls Act 1851 08

Indian Tolls Act 1888 08

Indian Tolls Act 1864 15

Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act 1901 02

Indian Tramways Act 1886 11

Indian Tramways Act 1902 04

Indian Treasure-trove Act 1878 06

Indian Trusts Act 1882 02

Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 52

Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933 17

Indira Gandhi National Open University Act 1985 50

Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act 1992 35

Industrial Development Bank of India Act 1964 18

Industrial Disputes Act 1947 14

Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 36

Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act 1949 54

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946 20

Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 23

Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1997 07

Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Act 1984 62

Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 65

Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and 1992 41

Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act

Inflammable Substances Act 1952 20

Information Technology Act 2000 21

Inland Vessels Act 1917 01

Inland Waterways Authority of India Act 1985 82

Insecticides Act 1968 46

Institutes of Technology Act 1961 59

Insurance Act 1938 04

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act 1999 41

Intelligence Organisations (Restriction on Rights) Act 1985 58

Interest Act 1978 14

Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Under- 1993 32

takings Act

Interest-tax Act 1974 45

International Development Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1960 32

International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1958 42

International Monetary Fund and Bank Act 1945 00

Inter-State Corporation Act 1957 38

Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions 1979 30

of Service) Act

Inter-State Water Disputes Act 1956 33

Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare 1976 55

Cess Act

Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare 1976 61

Fund Act

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J Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act 1951 25

Jamia Millia Islamia Act 1988 58

Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act 1956 62

Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Supplementary) Act 1968 03

Jawaharlal Nehru University Act 1966 53

Jayanti Shipping Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1971 63

Jubbalpore and Chhattisgarh Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation) Act 1935 13

Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968 51

Judges (Protection) Act 1985 59

Judicial Officers Protection Act 1850 18

Junagarh Administration (Property) Act 1948 26

Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act 1980 62

Jute Manufacturers Cess Act 1983 28

Jute Manufacturers Development Council Act 1983 27

Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 1987 10

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Chiuldren) Act 2000 56

K Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993 1994 06

Kazis Act 1880 12

Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act 1950 78

Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act 1956 61

Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act 1969 43

King of Oudh's Estate Act 1887 19

King of Oudh's Estate Act 1888 14

King of Oudh's Estate Validation Act 1917 12

Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act 1973 62

Kosangas Company (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act 1979 28

L Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers 1988 51

by certain Establishments) Act

Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous 1977 34

Provisions) Act

Lalitkala Akademi (Taking Over of Management) Act 1997 17

Land Acquisition Act 1894 01

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1962 31

Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act 1967 13

Land Acquisition (Mines) Act 1885 18

Land Improvement Loans Act 1883 19

Laws Local Extent Act 1874 15

Laxmirattan and Atherton West Cotton Mills (Taking over of Management)Act 1976 98

Leaders of Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament 1999 05

(Facilities) Act, 1998

Legal Practitioners Act 1879 18

Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act 1926 21

Legal Practitioners (Women) Act 1923 23

Legal Representatives' Suits Act 1855 12

Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 39

Legal Tender (Inscribed Notes) Act 1964 28

Legislative Assembly of Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act 1968 61

Legislative Councils Act 1957 37

Lepers Act 1898 03

Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act 1976 31

Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956 31

Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act 1976 72

Light House Act 1927 17

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L Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act 1972 62

Limitation Act 1963 36

Live-stock Importation Act 1898 09

Local Authorities Loans Act 1914 09

Local Authorities Pensions and Gratuities Act 1919 01

Lok Sahayak Sena Act 1956 53

Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998 17

Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act 1954 18

M Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 28

Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act 1925 35

Madras City Civil Court Act 1892 07

Madras City Land Revenue Act 1851 12

Madras Civil Courts Act 1873 03

Madras Compulsory Labour Act 1858 01

Madras District Police Act 1859 24

Madras Forest (Validation) Act 1882 21

Madras Public Property Malversation Act 1837 36

Madras Rent and Revenue Sales Act 1839 07

Madras Revenue Commissioner Act 1849 10

Madras Uncovenated Officers' Act 1857 07

Mahatama Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996 1997 03

Mahendra Pratap Singh Estate (Repeal) Act 1960 48

Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act 1921 18

Major Port Trusts Act 1963 38

Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act 1949 02

Manipur and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act 1958 35

Manipur (Courts) Act 1955 56

Manipur (Hill Areas District Council) Act 1971 76

Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 33

Manipur Municipalities Act 1994 43

Manipur Panchayati Raj Act 1994 26

Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act 1962 55

Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act 1956 80

Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act 1938 05

Marine Insurance Act 1963 11

Marine Products Export Development Authority Act 1972 13

Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act 1981 42

Marking of Heavy Packages Act 1951 39

Marriages Validation Act 1892 02

Married Women's Property Act 1874 03

Married Women's Property (Extension) Act 1959 61

Maruti Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 64

Maternity Benefit Act 1961 53

Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996 1997 02

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 34

Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act 1955 16

Mental Health Act 1987 14

Merchant Shipping Act 1958 44

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1986 33

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1987 13

Merged States (Laws) Act 1949 59

Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 100

Metal Tokens Act 1889 01

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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Name of the Act Year Act No

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M Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act 1978 33

Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act 1946 22

Mineral Oils (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs) Act 1958 27

Mines Act 1952 35

Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act 1957 67

Minimum Wages Act 1948 11

Mirzapur Stone Mahal Act 1886 05

Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act 1959 48

Mizoram University Act 2000 08

Mogul Line Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1984 33

Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1969 54

Motor Transport Workers Act 1961 27

Motor Vehicles Act 1988 59

Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act 1993 28

Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act 1984 51

Municipal Taxation Act 1881 11

Murshidabad Act 1891 15

Murshidabad Estate Administration Act 1933 23

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937 26

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 25

Mussalman Wakf Act 1923 42

Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1913 06

Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1930 32

Mysore State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1971 23

N. Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act 1957 42

Nagaland University Act 1989 35

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 61

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981 61

National Cadet Corps Act 1948 31

National Capital Region Planning Board Act 1985 02

National Commission for Backward Classes Act 1993 27

National Commission for Minorities Act 1992 19

National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act 1993 64

National Commission for Women Act 1990 20

National Company (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 42

National Co-operative Development Corporation Act 1962 26

National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993 73

National Dairy Development Board Act 1987 37

National Environment Appellate Authority Act 1997 22

National Environment Tribunal Act 1995 27

National Highways Act 1956 48

National Highways Authority of India Act 1988 68

National Housing Bank Act 1987 53

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act 1998 13

National Library of India Act 1976 76

National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act 1983 29

National Security Act 1980 65

National Security Guard Act 1986 47

National Service Act 1972 28

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the National Hydro-Electric 1993 24

Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation

Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, 1999 44

Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act

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Name of the Act Year Act No

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N National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the 1982 49

Ganga-Bhagirathi, Hooghly River) Act

National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of 1992 25

West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act

National Waterway (Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of the Brahmaputra River) Act 1988 40

Naval and Aircraft Prize Act 1971 59

Navy Act 1957 62

Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 26

New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 44

Newspaper (Price and Page) Act 1956 45

Newspaper (Price and Page Continuance) Act 1961 36

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (Acquisition 1994 56

and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act

North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act 1971 81

North-Eastern Council Act 1971 84

North-Eastern Hill University Act 1973 24

North-Eastern Provinces Village and Road Police Act 1873 16

Northern India Canal and Drainage Act 1873 08

Northern India Ferries Act 1878 17

Notaries Act 1952 53

O Oaths Act 1969 44

Obstructions in Fairways Act 1881 16

Official Languages Act 1963 19

Official Secrets Act 1923 19

Official Trustees Act 1913 02

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 65

Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act 1948 53

Oil Industry (Development) Act 1974 47

Opium and Revenue Laws (Extension of Application) Act 1950 33

Oriental Gas Company 1857 05

Oriental Gas Company 1867 11

Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act 1958 57

Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act 1960 10

Oudh Estates Act 1869 01

Oudh Laws Act 1876 18

Oudh Sub-settlement Act 1866 26

Oudh Taluqdars' Relief Act 1870 24

Oudh Wasikas Act 1886 21

P Parel Investment and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private 1979 29

Limited (Taking Over of Management) Act

Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959 10

Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act 1977 15

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 03

Part B States (Laws) Act 1951 03

Part B States Marriages Validating Act 1952 01

Part C States Miscellaneous Laws (Repealing) Act 1951 66

Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act 1976 28

Partition Act 1893 04

Partition of Revenue-paying Estates 1863 19

Passport (Entry into India) Act 1920 34

Passports Act 1967 15

Patents Act 1970 39

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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Name of the Act Year Act No

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P Payment of Bonus Act 1965 21

Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act 1987 22

Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 39

Payment of Wages Act 1936 04

Pensions Act 1871 23

Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act 1963 37

Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full 1996 01

Participation) Act, 1995

Petroleum Act 1934 30

Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act 1962 50

Petroleum (Berar Extension) Act 1937 23

Pharmacy Act 1948 08

Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 42

Plantations Labour Act 1951 69

Poisons Act 1919 12

Police Act 1861 05

Police Act 1888 03

Police Act 1949 64

Police, Agra 1854 16

Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act 1966 33

Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act 1922 22

Pondicherry (Administration) Act 1962 49

Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act 1968 26

Pondicherry University Act 1985 53

Porahat Estate Act 1893 02

Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act 1966 51

Post Office Cash Certificates Act 1917 18

Powers-of-Attorney Act 1882 07

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act 1990 25

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act 1960 63

Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act 1994 57

Presidency Small Cause Courts Act 1882 15

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act 1909 03

President (Discharge of Functions) Act 1969 16

Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952 31

President's Emoluments and Pension Act 1951 30

Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 25

Press Council Act 1978 37

Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential 1980 07

Commodities Act

Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 49

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 59

Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984 03

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act 1954 37

Prevention of Food Adulteration (Extension to 1972 24

Kohima and Mokokchung Districts) Act

Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1988 46

Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971 69

Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1911 10

Prisoners Act 1900 03

Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act 1955 32

Prisons Act 1894 09

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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Name of the Act Year Act No

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P Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act 1978 43

Prize Competitions Act 1955 42

Probation of Offenders Act 1958 20

Produce Cess Act 1966 15

Professions Tax Limitation (Amendment and Validation) Act 1949 61

Promissory Notes (Stamp) Act 1926 11

Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 22

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 1994 10

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act 2001 53

Provident Funds Act 1925 19

Provincial Insolvency Act 1920 05

Provincial Small Cause Courts Act 1887 09

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1931 16

Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 40

` Public Accountants' Defaults Act 1850 12

Public Debt Act 1944 18

Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act 1957 44

Public Financial Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity and Secrecy) Act 1983 48

Public Gambling Act 1867 03

Public Liability Insurance Act 1991 06

Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act 1971 40

Public Provident Fund Act 1968 23

Public Records Act 1993 69

Public Sector Iron and Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous 1978 16

Provisions Act

Public Servants (Inquiries) Act 1850 37

Public Suits Validation Act 1932 11

Public Wakfs (Extension of Limitation) Act 1959 29

Punjab District Boards Act 1883 20

Punjab Disturbed Areas Act 1983 32

Punjab Excise (Delhi Amendment) Act 1979 12

Punjab Gram Panchayat, Samities and Zilla Parishad (Chandigarh Repeal) Act 1994 27

Punjab Land Revenue Act 1887 17

Punjab Laws Act 1872 04

Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act 1969 46

Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1994 45

Punjab Pre-emption (Chandigarh and Delhi Repeal) Act 1989 22

Punjab Reorganisation Act 1966 31

Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1984 36

Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 16

R Railway Claims Tribunal Act 1987 54

Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act 1951 51

Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966 29

Railway Protection Force Act 1957 23

Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Act 1985 60

Railways Act 1989 24

Railways Employment of Members of the Armed Forces Act 1965 40

Railways (Local Authorities' Taxation) Act 1941 25

Raipur and Khattra Laws Act 1879 19

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act 1959 47

Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951 41

Rampur Raza Library Act 1975 22

Reciprocity Act 1943 09

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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R Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act 1993 51

Red Cross Society (Allocation of Property) Act 1936 18

Reformatory Schools Act 1897 08

Refugee Relief Taxes (Abolition) Act 1973 13

Regional Rural Banks Act 1976 21

Registration Act 1908 16

Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 18

Registration of Foreigners Act 1939 16

Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992 34

Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act 1948 12

Religious Endowments Act 1863 20

Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1988 41

Religious Societies Act 1880 01

Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds 1991 41

(Immunities and Exemptions) Act

Rent Recovery Act 1853 06

Representation of the People Act 1950 43

Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1989 21

Representation of the People Act 1951 43

Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 88

Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act 1949 51

Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952 30

Research and Development Cess Act 1986 32

Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act 1948 62

Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 02

Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 54

Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act 1952 62

Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act 1948 60

Revenue, Bombay 1842 13

Revenue Commissioners, Bombay 1842 17

Revenue Recovery Act 1890 01

Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Under- 1972 78

takings) Act

River Boards Act 1956 49

Road Transport Corporations Act 1950 64

Rubber Act 1947 24

S SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1993 36

Salar Jung Museum Act 1961 26

Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act 1954 30

Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952 58

Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act 1953 20

Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act 1977 33

Sale of Goods Act 1930 03

Sales of Land for Revenue Arrears 1845 01

Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1976 11

Sales Tax Laws Validation Act 1956 07

Salt Cess Act 1953 49

Sarais Act 1867 22

Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1951 37

Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1953 16

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1956 63

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1976 108

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 33

Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act 1949 07

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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S Seamen's Provident Fund Act 1966 04

Seaward Artillery Practice Act 1949 08

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992 15

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956 42

Seeds Act 1966 54

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act 2000 37

Sheriff of Calcutta (Power of Custody) Act 1931 20

Sheriffs' Fees Act 1852 08

Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act 1954 31

Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition) Act 1986 66

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act 1853 11

Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 1986 01

Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1974 57

Sick Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act 1972 72

Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act 1925 24

Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit Act 1893 06

Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act 1915 10

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act 1956 96

Small Coins (Offences) Act 1971 52

Small Industries Development Bank of India Act 1989 39

Smith, Stainstreet and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1977 41

Undertakings) Act

Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1976 13

Societies Registration Act 1860 21

Sonthal Parganas Act 1855 37

Sonthal Parganas Act 1857 10

Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 1992 27

Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1950 18

Special Marriage Act 1954 43

Special Protection Group Act 1988 34

Special Tribunals (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1946 26

Specific Relief Act 1963 47

Spices Board Act 1986 10

Spices Cess Act 1986 11

Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act 1955 39

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, 1980 52

Trivandrum Act

St. John Ambulance Association (India) Transfer of Funds Act 1956 21

Stage-Carriages Act 1861 16

Standards of Weights and Measures Act 1976 60

Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act 1985 54

Standards of Weights and Measures (Extension to Kohima and Mokokchung 1967 25

Districts) Act

State Acquisition of Lands for Union Purposes (Validation) Act 1954 23

State Agricultural Credit Corporation Act 1968 60

State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act 1952 63

State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1962 56

State Bank of Hyderabad Act 1956 79

State Bank of India Act 1955 23

State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act 1959 38

State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous 1982 62

Provisions Act

State Financial Corporations Act 1951 63

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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S State of Arunachal Pradesh Act 1986 69

State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1970 53

State of Mizoram Act 1986 34

State of Nagaland Act 1962 27

States Reorganisation Act 1956 37

Sugar-cane Act 1934 15

Sugar Cess Act 1982 03

Sugar Development Fund Act 1982 04

Sugar Export Promotion Act 1958 30

Sugar (Regulation of Production) Act 1961 55

Sugar (Special Excise Duty) Act 1959 58

Sugar Undertaking (Taking over of Management) Act 1978 49

Suits Valuation Act 1887 07

Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act 1982 66

Supreme Court Advocates (Practice in High Courts) Act 1951 18

Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act 1970 28

Supreme Court Judges ( Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1958 41

Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956 55

Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1986 30

Undertakings) Act

T Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies (Appointment of 1988 22

Special Officers) Amendment Act

Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1965 41

Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986 46

Taxation Laws (Continuation and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act 1964 11

Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1954 41

Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1972 25

Tea Act 1953 29

Tea Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Sick Tea Units) Act 1985 37

Tea Districts Emigrant Labour (Repeal) Act 1970 50

Technology Development Board Act 1995 44

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 24

Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act 1950 74

Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act 1956 69

Territorial Army Act 1948 56

Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other 1976 80

Maritime Zones Act

Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act 1984 61

Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1995 39

Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act 1983 40

Textiles Committee Act 1963 41

Tezpur University Act 1993 45

Tobacco Board Act 1975 04

Tobacco Cess Act 1975 26

Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act 1857 04

Tokyo Convention Act 1975 20

Trade Marks Act 1999 47

Trade Unions Act 1926 16

Trading with the Enemy (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Act 1947 16

Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act 1954 15

Transfer of Prisoners Act 1950 29

Transfer of Property Act 1882 04

Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act 1929 21

Alphabetical List - Central Acts

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T Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1983 41

Undertakings) Act

Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 42

Travancore-Cochin Vehicles Taxation (Amendment and Validation) Act 1959 42

Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 43

U Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act 1979 24

Union Duties of Excise (Electricity Distribution) Act 1980 14

Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act 1965 49

Union Territories (Laws) Act 1950 30

Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act 1969 19

Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act 1961 33

Unit Trust of India Act 1963 52

United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1947 46

United Nations (Security Council) Act 1947 43

United Provinces Act 1890 20

University Grants Commission Act 1956 03

University of Hyderabad Act 1974 39

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 37

Untouchability (Offences) Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision Act 1976 106

Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976 33

Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act 1999 15

Usurious Loans Act 1918 10

Usury Laws Repeal Act 1855 28

Uttar Pradesh Cantonments (Control of Rent and Eviction) Repeal Act 1971 68

Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 29

V Vice-President's Pension Act 1997 30

Victoria Memorial Act 1903 10

Visva-Bharati Act 1951 29

Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act 1961 46

W Wakf Act 1995 43

War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act 1943 23

Warehousing Corporations Act 1962 58

Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act 1965 20

Waste-Lands (Claims) Act 1863 23

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 06

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act 1977 36

Wealth-tax Act 1957 27

Weekly Holidays Act 1942 18

West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act 1949 20

White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1913 05

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act 1912 08

Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 53

Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act 1991 44

Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act 1956 105

Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) 1955 45

and Miscellaneous Provisions Act

Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act 1958 29

Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 08

Works of Defence Act 1903 07

Y Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1956 93