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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