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Legal Acts of Business

Legal environment of business in India and List of Different Indian Acts

which affect business

Legal environment of business means all factors relating to laws and legalorders which affect business and its working.

Business must be operated under the rules and regulation of different laws of

India. The following is the list of main laws which affect business.

1. Indian contract act 18722. Indian sale of goods act 19303. Indian partnership act 19324.

Industrial dispute Act 1947

5. Minimum wages act 19486. Indian companies act 19567. Foreign exchange regulation act (FERA ) 19738. Foreign exchange management act 19999. Monopolies and restrictive trade practice act 196910.Consumer protection act 198611.Indian income tax act 96112.

Central excise act 1944

13.Security exchange board of India act 199214.Banking regulation act 194915.Chartered accountant act 194916.Information technology act 200017.Competition act 200218.Right to information act 200519.Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act,200620.

Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act,2005

List of Indian Federal Legislation

The following is a comprehensive list of Acts passed by the British (or by

Indians in the Imperial Legislative Council) between 1836 and 1947, and the

Parliament of India after 1947.

18361850

Name of the Act Year Act No.

1. Bengal Indigo Contracts Act 1836 10


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2. Bengal Districts Act 1836 213. Madras Public Property Malversation Act 1837 364. Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1838 55. Coasting Vessels Act 1838 196. Madras Rent and Revenue Sales Act 1839 77. Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1841 128. Revenue, Bombay 1842 139. Revenue Commissioners, Bombay 1842 1710.Sales of Land for Revenue Arrears 1845 111.Boundary-marks, Bombay 1846 312.Boundaries 1847 113.Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Act 1847 914.Bengal Land Holders' Attendance Act 1848 2015.Madras Revenue Commissioner Act 1849 1016.Public Accountants' Defaults Act 1850 1217.Judicial Officers Protection Act 1850 1818.Caste Disabilities Removal Act 1850 2119.Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1850 2320.Forfeited Deposits Act 1850 2521.Improvements in Towns 1850 2622.Public Servants (Inquiries) Act 1850 37

18511875


1. Indian Tolls Act 1851 82. Madras City Land Revenue Act 1851 123. Sheriffs' Fees Act 1852 84.

Bombay Rent-free Estates Act 1852 11

5. Rent Recovery Act 1853 66. Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act 1853 117. Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854 58. Police, Agra 1854 169. Legal Representatives' Suits Act 1855 1210.Fatal Accidents Act 1855 1311.Usury Laws Repeal Act 1855 2812.

Bengal Embankment Act 1855 32

13.SonthalParganas Act 1855 37


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14.Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856 915.Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1856 1816.Bengal Chaukidari Act 1856 2017.Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act 1857 418.Oriental Gas Company 1857 519.Madras Uncovenated Officers' Act 1857 720.SonthalParganas Act 1857 1021.Howrah Offences Act 1857 2122.Madras Compulsory Labour Act 1858 123.Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act 1859 524.Bengal Rent Act 1859 1025.Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1859 1126.Calcutta Pilots Act 1859 1227.Madras District Police Act 1859 2428.Societies Registration Act 1860 2129.Indian Penal Code 1860 4530.Indian Police Act 1861 531.Stage-Carriages Act 1861 1632.Government Seal Act 1862 333.Excise (Spirits) Act 1863 1634.Partition of Revenue-paying Estates 1863 1935.Religious Endowments Act 1863 2036.Waste-Lands (Claims) Act 1863 2337.Indian Tolls Act 1864 1538.Carriers Act 1865 339.Converts Marriage Dissolution Act 1866 2140.Oudh Sub-settlement Act 1866 2641.Ganges Tolls 1867 142.Public Gambling Act 1867 343.Oriental Gas Company 1867 1144.Sarais Act 1867 2245.Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 2546.Oudh Estates Act 1869 147.Indian Divorce Act 1869 448.Bombay Civil Courts Act 1869 1449.Court-fees Act 1870 750.Oudh Taluqdars' Relief Act 1870 24


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51.Cattle-trespass Act 1871 152.Coroners Act 1871 453.Dehra Dun 1871 2154.Pensions Act 1871 2355.Indian Evidence Act 1872 156.Punjab Laws Act 1872 457.Indian Contract Act 1872 958.Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 1559.Madras Civil Courts Act 1873 360.Government Savings Banks Act 1873 561.Northern India Canal and Drainage Act 1873 862.North-Eastern Provinces Village and Road Police Act 1873 1663.Married Women's Property Act 1874 364.Foreign Recruiting Act 1874 465.Laws Local Extent Act 1874 1566.Majority Act 1875 967.Indian Law Reports Act 1875 1868.Central Provinces Laws Act 1875 20

18761900


1. Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act 1876 62. Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1876 103. Bombay Municipal Debentures Act 1876 154. Oudh Laws Act 1876 185. Dramatic Performances Act 1876 196. Broach and KairaIncumbered Estates Act 1878 67.

Northern India Ferries Act 1878 17

8. Elephants' Preservation Act 1879 69. Hackney-carriage Act 1879 1410.Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act 1879 1711.Legal Practitioners Act 1879 1812.Raipur and Khattra Laws Act 1879 1913.Religious Societies Act 1880 114.Kazis Act 1880 1215.

Municipal Taxation Act 1881 11

16.Fort William Act 1881 13


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17.Obstructions in Fairways Act 1881 1618.Central Provinces Land-revenue Act 1881 1819.Negotiable Instruments20.Indian Trusts Act 1882 221.Transfer of Property Act 1882 422.Indian Easements Act 1882 523.Powers-of-Attorney Act 1882 724.Presidency Small Cause Courts Act 1882 1525.Madras Forest (Validation) Act 1882 2126.Bikrama Singh's Estates Act 1883 1027.Land Improvement Loans Act 1883 1928.Punjab District Boards Act 1883 2029.Explosives Act 1884 430.Agriculturists' Loans Act 1884 1231.Bengal Tenancy Act 1885 832.Indian Telegraph Act 1885 1333.Land Acquisition (Mines) Act 1885 1834.Mirzapur Stone Mahal Act 1886 535.Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886 636.Indian Tramways Act 1886 1137.Oudh Wasikas Act 1886 2138.Suits Valuation Act 1887 739.Provincial Small Cause Courts Act 1887 940.Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act 1887 1241.Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 1642.Punjab Land Revenue Act 1887 1743.King of Oudh's Estate Act 1887 1944.Indian Police Act 1888 345.Indian Reserve Forces Act 1888 446.Indian Tolls Act 1888 847.City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act 1888 1248.King of Oudh's Estate Act 1888 1449.Metal Tokens Act 1889 150.Revenue Recovery Act 1890 151.Charitable Endowments Act 1890 652.Guardians and Wards Act 1890 853.Excise (Malt Liquors) Act 1890 13


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54.United Provinces Act 1890 2055.Easements (Extending Act 5 of 1882) 1891 856.Murshidabad Act 1891 1557.Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act 1891 1658.Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1891 1859.Marriages Validation Act 1892 260.Bengal Military Police Act 1892 561.Madras City Civil Court Act 1892 762.Government Management of Private Estates Act 1892 1063.Porahat Estate Act 1893 264.Partition Act 1893 465.Sir DinshawManeckjee Petit 1893 666.Land Acquisition Act 1894 167.Prisons Act 1894 968.Government Grants Act 1895 1569.Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 370.Indian Fisheries Act 1897 471.Amending Act 1897 572.Reformatory Schools Act 1897 873.General Clauses Act 1897 1074.Indian Short Titles Act 1897 1475.Lepers Act 1898 376.Indian Post Office Act 1898 677.Live-stock Importation Act 1898 978.Central Provinces Tenancy Act 1898 1179.Indian Stamp Act 1899 280.Government Buildings Act 1899 481.Glanders and Farcy Act 1899 1382.Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act 1899 2383.Central Provinces Court of Wards Act 1899 2484.Prisoners Act 1900 3

19011925


1. Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act 1901 22.

Amending Act 1901 11

3. Indian Tramways Act 1902 4


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4. Amending Act 1903 15. Works of Defence Act 1903 76. Victoria Memorial Act 1903 107. Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 78. Indian Railway Board Act 1905 49. Coinage Act 1906 310.Code of Civil Procedure 1908 511.Explosive Substances Act 1908 612.Central Provinces Financial Commissioners Act 1908 1313.Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act 1908 1414.Indian Ports Act 1908 1515.Registration Act 1908 1616.Presidency-towns Insolvency Act 1909 317.Anand Marriage Act 1909 718.Dourine Act 1910 519.Indian Museum Act 1910 1020.Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act 1911 1021.Co-operative Societies Act 1912 222.Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act 1912 723.Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act 1912 824.Delhi Laws Act 1912 1325.Official Trustees Act 1913 226.White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1913 527.MussalmanWakf Validating Act 1913 628.Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914 229.Local Authorities Loans Act 1914 930.Delhi Laws Act 1915 731.Sir JamsetjeeJejeebhoy Baronetcy Act 1915 1032.Banaras Hindu University Act 1915 1633.Indian Medical Degrees Act 1916 734.Hindu Disposition of Property Act 1916 1535.Inland Vessels Act 1917 136.Destruction of Records Act 1917 537.King of Oudh's Estate Validation Act 1917 1238.Post Office Cash Certificates Act 1917 1839.Cinematograph Act 1918 240.Usurious Loans Act 1918 10


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41.Bronze Coin (Legal Tender) Act 1918 2242.Local Authorities Pensions and Gratuities Act 1919 143.Poisons Act 1919 1244.Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act 1919 1545.Provincial Insolvency Act 1920 546.Indian Securities Act 1920 1047.Charitable and Religious Trusts Act 1920 1448.Indian Red Cross Society Act 1920 1549.Indian Rifles Act 1920 2350.Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 3351.Passport (Entry into India) Act 1920 3452.Aligarh Muslim University Act 1920 4053.Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act 1921 1854.Delhi University Act 1922 855.Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act 1922 2256.Indian Boilers Act 1923 557.Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act 1923 658.Indian Naval Armament Act 1923 759.Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 860.Official Secrets Act 1923 1961.Legal Practitioners (Women) Act 1923 2362.MussalmanWakf Act 1923 4263.Cantonments Act 1924 264.Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act 1925 065.Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act 1925 466.Provident Funds Act 1925 1967.Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act 1925 2468.Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925 2669.Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act 1925 3570.Indian Succession Act 1925 39

19261950


1. Trade Unions Act 1926 162.

Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act 1926 21

3. Indian Bar Councils Act 1926 38


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4. Indian Forest Act 1927 165. Light House Act 1927 176. Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act 1928 127. Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 198. Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act 1929 219. Sale of Goods Act 1930 310.Hindu Gains of Learning Act 1930 3011.MussalmanWakf Validating Act 1930 3212.Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1931 1613.Sheriff of Calcutta (Power of Custody) Act 1931 2014.Indian Partnership Act 1932 915.Public Suits Validation Act 1932 1116.Criminal Law Amendment Act 1932 2317.Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act 1932 2418.Children (Pledging of Labour) Act 1933 219.Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933 1720.Murshidabad Estate Administration Act 1933 2321.Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 222.Sugar-cane Act 1934 1523.Aircraft Act 1934 2224.Assam Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act 1934 2725.Petroleum Act 1934 3026.Jubbalpore and Chhattisgarh Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation)

Act 1935 13

27.Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 328.Payment of Wages Act 1936 429.Decrees and Orders Validating Act 1936 530.Bangalore Marriages Validating Act 1936 1631.Red Cross Society (Allocation of Property) Act 1936 1832.Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1937 133.Arya Marriage Validation Act 1937 1934.Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937 2635.Insurance Act 1938 436.Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act 1938 537.CutchiMemons Act 1938 1038.Criminal Law Amendment Act 1938 2039.Employers' Liability Act 1938 24


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40.Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 841.Registration of Foreigners Act 1939 1642.Commercial Documents Evidence Act 1939 3043.Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 2344.Agricultural Produce Cess Act 1940 2745.Berar Laws Act 1941 446.Assam Rifles Act 1941 547.Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act 1941 1248.Railways (Local Authorities' Taxation) Act 1941 2549.Coffee Act 1942 750.Weekly Holidays Act 1942 1851.Reciprocity Act 1943 952.War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act 1943 2353.Central Excise Act 1944 154.Public Debt Act 1944 1855.International Monetary Fund and Bank Act 1945 056.Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946 2057.Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act 1946 2258.Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 2559.Foreigners Act 1946 3160.Industrial Disputes Act 1947 1461.Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act 1947 1562.Trading with the Enemy (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Act

1947 16

63.Rubber Act 1947 2464.United Nations (Security Council) Act 1947 4365.United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1947 4666.Foreign Jurisdiction Act 1947 4767.Indian Nursing Council Act 1947 4868.Pharmacy Act 1948 869.Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1948 970.Minimum Wages Act 1948 1171.Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act 1948 1272.Damodar Valley Corporation Act 1948 1473.Dentists Act 1948 1674.Junagarh Administration (Property) Act 1948 2675.National Cadet Corps Act 1948 31


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76.Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act 1948 3377.Employees' State Insurance Act 1948 3478.Census Act 1948 3779.Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act 1948 3880.Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1948 4081.Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1948 4182.Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948 4683.Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act 1948 5184.Bombay Public Security Measures (Delhi Amendment) Act 1948 5285.Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act 1948 5386.Territorial Army Act 1948 5687.Exchange of Prisoners Act 1948 5888.Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act 1948 6089.Central Silk Board Act 1948 6190.Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act 1948 6291.Factories Act 1948 6392.Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act 1948 6693.Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act 1949 294.Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act 1949 795.Seaward Artillery Practice Act 1949 896.Banking Regulation Act 1949 1097.West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act

1949 20

98.Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act 1949 2499.Chartered Accountants Act 1949 38100. Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act 1949

51

101. Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act 194954

102. Merged States (Laws) Act 1949 59103. Professions Tax Limitation (Amendment and Validation) Act 1949

61

104. Police Act 1949 64105. Central Reserve Police Force Act 1949 66106. High Courts (Seals) Act 1950 7107. Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act 1950 10108. Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 12


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109. Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1950 18110. Drugs (Control) Act 1950 26111. Transfer of Prisoners Act 1950 29112. Union Territories (Laws) Act 1950 30113. Opium and Revenue Laws (Extension of Application) Act 1950 33114. Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act 1950 40115. Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act 1950 42116. Representation of the People Act 1950 43117. Air Force Act 1950 45118. Army Act 1950 46119. Contingency Fund of India Act 1950 49120. Road Transport Corporations Act 1950 64121. Cooch-Behar (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1950 67122. Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act 1950 74123. Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act 1950 78

19511975


1. Part B States (Laws) Act 1951 32. Supreme Court Advocates (Practice in High Courts) Act 1951 183. JallianwalaBagh National Memorial Act 1951 254. Visva-Bharati Act 1951 295. President's Emoluments and Pension Act 1951 306. Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1951 337. Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1951 378. Marking of Heavy Packages Act 1951 399. Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951 4110.

Representation of the People Act 1951 43

11.Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1951 4712.Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act 1951 5113.Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act 1951 5414.All-India Services Act 1951 6115.State Financial Corporations Act 1951 6316.Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act 1951 6417.Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 6518.

Part C States Miscellaneous Laws (Repealing) Act 1951 66

19.Plantations Labour Act 1951 69


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20.Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act 1951 7021.Part B States Marriages Validating Act 1952 122.Indian Independence Pakistan Courts (Pending Proceedings) Act 1952 923.Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 1924.Inflammable Substances Act 1952 2025.Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952 3026.Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952 3127.Mines Act 1952 3528.Cinematograph Act 1952 3729.Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act 1952 3830.Notaries Act 1952 5331.Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952 5832.Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952 6033.Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act 1952 6234.State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act 1952 6335.Forward ContrActs (Regulation) Act]] 1952 7436.Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1953 1637.Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act 1953 2038.Tea Act 1953 2939.Andhra State Act 1953 3040.Collection of Statistics Act 1953 3241.Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act 1953 4142.Coir Industry Act 1953 4543.Salt Cess Act 1953 4944.Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act

1953 54

45.Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act 1954 1546.Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act 1954 1847.Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act 1954 2048.Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954 2149.State Acquisition of Lands for Union Purposes (Validation) Act 1954 2350.Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954 2751.High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1954 2852.Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act 1954 3053.Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws

Act 1954 31

54.Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act 1954 32


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89.Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956 5590.Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act 1956 6191.Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act 1956 6292.Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1956

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93.Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act 1956 6994.Central Sales Tax Act 1956 7495.Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 7896.State Bank of Hyderabad Act 1956 7997.Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act 1956 8098.Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 8899.Faridabad Development Corporation Act 1956 90100. Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1956 93101. Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act 1956 96102. Indian Medical Council Act 1956 102103. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 104104. Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act 1956 105105. Copyright Act 1957 14106. Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act 1957 20107. Railway Protection Force Act 1957 23108. Wealth-tax Act 1957 27109. Legislative Councils Act 1957 37110. Inter-State Corporation Act 1957 38111. Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act 1957 42112. Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act 1957 44113. Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act 1957 46114. Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act

1957 58

115. Delhi Development Act 1957 61116. Navy Act 1957 62117. Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957 66118. Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 67119. Gift-tax Act 1958 18120. Probation of Offenders Act 1958 20121. Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act

1958 24

122. Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 28


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123. Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act 1958 29124. Manipur and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act 1958 35125. Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act

1958 41

126. International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities andPrivileges) Act 1958 42

127. Merchant Shipping Act 1958 44128. Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and

Proceedings) Validation Act 1958 56

129. Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act 1958 57130. Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 59131. Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959 10132. Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 23133. Public Wakfs (Extension of Limitation) Act 1959 29134. Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies)

Act 1959 31

135. State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act 1959 38136. Travancore-Cochin Vehicles Taxation (Amendment and

Validation) Act 1959 42

137. Government Savings Certificates Act 1959 46138. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act 1959

47

139. Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act 1959 48140. Arms Act 1959 54141. Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act 1959 56142. Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 57143. Married Women's Property (Extension) Act 1959 61144. Geneva Conventions Act 1960 6145. Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and

Control) Act 1960 10

146. Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960 11147. Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act 1960 19148. Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act 1960 24149. International Development Association (Status, Immunities and

Privileges) Act 1960 32

150. Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 33151. Central Excises (Conversion to Metric Units) Act 1960 38


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152. Delhi Primary Education Act 1960 39153. Customs Duties and Cesses (Conversion to Metric Units) Act 1960

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154. Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 43155. MahendraPratap Singh Estate (Repeal) Act 1960 48156. British Statutes (Application to India) Repeal Act 1960 57157. Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act 1960 59158. Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act 1960 63159. Acquired Territories (Merger) Act 1960 64160. Criminal Law Amendment Act 1961 23161. Advocates Act 1961 25162. Salar Jung Museum Act 1961 26163. Motor Transport Workers Act 1961 27164. Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 28165. Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act 1961 30166. Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act 1961 33167. Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act 1961 35168. Newspaper (Price and Page Continuance) Act 1961 36169. Income-tax Act 1961 43170. Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act

1961 46

171. Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 1961 47172. Assam Municipal (Manipur Amendment) Act 1961 49173. Apprentices Act 1961 52174. Maternity Benefit Act 1961 53175. Sugar (Regulation of Producion) Act 1961 55176. Institutes of Technology Act 1961 59177. Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act 1962 1178. Hindi SahityaSammelan Act 1962 13179. National Co-operative Development Corporation Act 1962 26180. State of Nagaland Act 1962 27181. Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act 1962 31182. Atomic Energy Act 1962 33183. Extradition Act 1962 34184. Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act 1962 42185. Pondicherry (Administration) Act 1962 49


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186. Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User inLand) Act 1962 50

187. Customs Act 1962 52188. Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act 1962

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189. State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1962 56190. Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1962 57191. Warehousing Corporations Act 1962 58192. Marine Insurance Act 1963 11193. Official Languages Act 1963 19194. Government of Union Territories Act 1963 20195. Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act 1963 21196. Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 1963 22197. Limitation Act 1963 36198. Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act 1963 37199. Major Port Trusts Act 1963 38200. Textiles Committee Act 1963 41201. Administrators-General Act 1963 45202. Specifice Relief Act 1963 47

54

1964 11

1964 28

-operative Societies) Act 1965 23

Procedure and the

Arbitration Act) Act 1965 30

e of the People) Act 1965 49


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Judicial and Executive Functions) Act 1969

19

1969 42

quisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970 5

28

Patents Act 1970 39

Proceedings) Act 1971 20

Validation Act 1971 54

Service) Act 1971 56

an Refractories Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act 1971 65

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rt Laws (Amendment) Act 1971 71

-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act 1971 81

-Eastern Council Act 1971 84

Act 1972 13

Production of Documents) Act 1972 18

(Restriction on Transfer) Act 1972 30

-operative Societies Act 1972 35

Act 1972 52

972

59

Act 1972 78

and Kashmir) Act 1973 2

Act 1973 17

ucation Act 1973 18

-Eastern Hill University Act 1973 24


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56

Council Act 1973 59

llution) Act 1974 6

-tax Act 1974 45

Act 1974 52

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

sation) Act 1974 57

-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act 1975 19

of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1975 49

1976

2000


1. Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act 1976 22. Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act 1976 103. Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1976 114. Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property)

Act 1976 13

5. Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 196. Regional Rural Banks Act 1976 21


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

8. Equal Remuneration Act 1976 259. Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act 1976

28

10.Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act 1976 3111.Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1976 3312.Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 1976 4913.Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour

Welfare Cess Act 1976 55

14.Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act 1976 5615.High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act

1976 57

16.Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act 197659

17.tandards of Weights and Measures Act 1976 6018.Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour

Welfare Fund Act 1976 61

19.Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act 1976 6220.Betwa River Board Act 1976 6321. fe Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act 1976 7222.23.24.

other Maritime Zones Act 1976 80

25.26.27.28. ansfer

of Undertakings) Act 1976 96

29.(Nationalisation) Act 1976 97

30.Management) Act 1976 98

31. Provisions) Act1976 100


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32.Act 1976 106

33.1976 108

34.35. Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act 1977 1636.

and of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India)

37.38. iament Act

1977 33

39.Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 34

40.41.

Undertakings) Act 1977 41

42.Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1977 42

43.44.


45.46.

Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1978 16

47.Provisions) Act 1978 21

48.49.50.51.52.

40

53.Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited

54.55.

Provisions Act 1978 42


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56.57. Sugar Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act 1978 4958.59.60.61. 2862. -State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and

Conditions of Service) Act 1979 30

63.64.

Essential Commodities Act 1980 7

65.66.

1980 40

67.68.

1980 42

69.70.

Trivandrum, Act 1980 52

71. -Receipts Tax Act 1980 5472.73. and

Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 58

74.75.

64

76.77. rtakings

and Other Properties) Act 1980 67

78.79. -Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act

1980 70

80.81. isdiction to Goa, Daman

and Diu) Act 1981 26

82. -Import Bank of India Act 1981 28


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83.84. -Workers Welfare Cess Act 1981 3085. of


86. -Workers Welfare Fund Act 1981 3387.

of the Undertakings in India of Assam Oil Company

88.1981 41

89.Act 1981 42

90. -Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act 1981 4891. -Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of

Employment) Act 1981 50

92. ulture and Rural Development Act 1981 6193.94.95.96.

Line (Nationalisation) Act 1982 36

97. Act 1982 4098.99. -Haldia Stretch of the Ganga-

Bhagirathi, Hooghly River) Act 1982 49

100.Act 1982 50

101. State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) andMiscellaneous Provisions Act 1982 62

102. -Hijacking Act 1982 65103.

Act 1982 66

104.of Undertakings) Act 1982 71

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108.1983 29

109. 31110.111.112.

1983 34

113.114. 9115.

40


117.Secrecy) Act 1983 48

118. Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984 3119.120.


121.Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1984 17

122.123. Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1984 36124.

Transfer of Aluminium Undertaking) Act 1984 43

125. nary Council Act 1984 52126.

(Acquisition of Undertakings and Transfer) Act 1984 55


128. l Courts) Act 1984 61129.130.131.132.

1985 3


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133. peration and Maintenance)Temporary Provisions Act 1985 10

134.135.136.

22

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

138.139.140.141. n Rights) Act 1985 58142.143.144.145.146.147. Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 1985 81148.149. -Islampur Light Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act 1985

83

150.by Act 1 of 04 (w.e.f.- - )] 1986 1

151.Authority Act, 1985 1986 2

152.153.154.155. orce) Act 1986 25156.157.158.


159.160. erchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1986 33161.


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162.1986 46

163.164.165. vention and Fire Safety Act 1986 56166.167.168.169.170. pment Fund Committee (Abolition) Act 1986

66

171.172.173.174.

Commodities) Act 1987 10

175.176.177.

Declaration as Mining Leases) Act 1987 16

178.179. (Amendment) Act 1987 22180. -tax Act 1987 35181.


182.183.184. and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act 1987

47

185.186.187.188.189. i (Prevention) Act, 1987 1988 3190. -operative Societies

(Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act 1988 22

191.


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192.(Amendment) Act 1988 33

193.194. -Dhubri Stretch of the Brahmaputra

River) Act 1988 40

195.196.

Conditions of Service of Employees) Act 1988 44

197.198.

Substances Act 1988 46

199.200. Furnishing Returns and

Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act 1988 51

201.202.203.204.205. dment) Act 1989 3206.207.208.209.210.

Atrocities) Act 1989 33

211.212.213.214.

21

215. India) Act 1990 25216.217.

Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act 1991 11

218.Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1991 41

219.


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220.221.

1992 1

222. Validation) Act1992 12

223.224.225.226.227. al Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of West Coast

Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act 1992 25

228.Securities) Act 1992 27

229.230. Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act 1992 35231.232.

(Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992 41

233. sfer of Undertaking andRepeal) Act 1993 23

234.Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern

235.of Power Transmission Systems) Act 1993 24

236.237.238.239.

Industrial Undertakings Act Repealed by Act 27 of 2006 (w.e.f. date to be

notified)] 1993 32

240.241.242.

Amendment Act 1993 41

243.244.


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273.274. on of

Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1996 27

275.1996 28

276.Areas) Act 1996 40

277. 7 2278.

1996 1997 3

279.Repeal) Act 1997 7

280.281. ty Act 1997 22282.283. -President's Pension Act 1997 30284.

Major Ports) Act 1997 31

285. ResearchAct 1998 13

286.287.

Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998 1999 5

288.Powers) Act, 1998 1999 6

289. and (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act 1999 15290.

Act 1999 40

291.292.

re of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental

Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act 1999 44

48

00 16


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-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act 2000 20

t 2000 34

-Design Act 2000 37

ection of Children) Act 2000 56

2000

Present


1. Indian Council of World Affairs Act 2001 292. Advocates Welfare Fund Act 2001 453. Energy Conservation Act 2001 524. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Right Act 2001 535. Delimitation Act 2002 336. Haj Committee Act 2002 357. Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and

Lubricants) Act 2002 36

8. Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act 2002 399. Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of

Security Interest Act 2002 54

10.Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2002 5811.Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act 2002 6012.Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and

Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act 2002 69

13.Competition Act, 2002 2003 1214.Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 2003 1315.Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 2003 1516.Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 2003

17

17.Biological Diversity Act, 2002 2003 18


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18.Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement andRegulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and

Distribution) Act 2003 34

19.Electricity Act 2003 3620.Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003 3921.Central Vigilance Commission Act 2003 4522.Repatriation of Prisoners Act 2003 4923.Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act

2003 53

24.Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003 2004 0125.Customs and Central Excise Laws (Repeal) Act 2004 2526.Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Act 2004 2627.National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004

2005 02

28.Parel Investments and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas PrivateLimited (Taking over of Management) Repeal Act 2005 14

29.The Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery Systems(Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 2005 21

30.Right to Information Act 2005 2231.Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act 2005 2432.University of Allahabad Act 2005 2633.Bihar Value Added Tax Act 2005 2734.Special Economic Zones Act 2005 2835.Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005 2936.Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act 2005 3037.National Rular Employment Guarantee Act 2005 4238.Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 4339.National Tax Tribunal Act 2005 4940.State Emblems of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act 2005 5041.Disaster Management Act 2005 5342.Manipur University Act 2005 5443.Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act,2005 2006 0144.Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act,2005 2006 0445.Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act 2006 1946.Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act,2006 2006 2247.Cess Laws (Repealing and Amending) Act,2006 2006 2448.Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act,2006 2006 27


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49.National Institute of Fashion Technology Act,2006 2006 2850.Union Duties of Excise (Electricity) Distribution Repeal Act,2006 2006

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