List of acts of the Parliament of India

Additional items may be found at Category:Acts of the Parliament of India

Not to be confused with Indian Act.

This is a chronological, but incomplete list of acts passed by the Imperial Legislative Council between 1861 and 1947, the Constituent Assembly of India between 1947 and 1949, the Provisional Parliament between 1949 and 1952, and the Parliament of India since 1952. ^[1]

1836–1850

Name of the act	Year	Act Number	Status
The Coasting Vessels Act, 1838	1838	19 of 1838	Enforced
The Public Accountants Default Act, 1850	1850	12 of 1850
The Judicial Officers Protection Act, 1850	1850	18 of 1850

1851–1875

Name of the act	Year	Act Number	Status
The Indian Tolls Act, 1851	1851	8 of 1851	Enforced
The Legal Representatives Suits Act, 1855	1855	12 of 1855
The Fatal Accidents Act, 1855	1855	13 of 1855
The Usury Laws Repeal Act, 1855	1855	28 of 1855
The Indian Bills of Lading Act, 1856	1856	9 of 1856
The Oriental Gas Company	1857	5 of 1857
The Joint-Stock Companies	1857	19 of 1857
The Societies Registration Act, 1860	1860	21 of 1860
The Indian Penal Code	1860	45 of 1860
The Police Act, 1861	1861	5 of 1861
The Stage-Carriages Act, 1861	1861	16 of 1861
The Religious Endowments Act, 1863	1863	20 of 1863
The Indian Tolls Act, 1864	1864	15 of 1864
The Carriers Act, 1865	1865	3 of 1865
The Public Gambling Act, 1867	1867	3 of 1867
The Oriental Gas Company Act, 1867	1867	11 of 1867
The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867	1867	25 of 1867
The Divorce Act, 1869	1869	4 of 1869
The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869	1869	14 of 1869
The Court Fees Act, 1870	1870	7 of 1870
The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871	1871	1 of 1871
The Pensions Act, 1871	1871	23 of 1871
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872	1872	1 of 1872
The Indian Contract Act, 1872	1872	9 of 1872
The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872	1872	15 of 1872
The Madras Civil Courts Act, 1873	1873	3 of 1873
The Government Savings Banks Act, 1873	1873	5 of 1873
The Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873	1873	8 of 1873
The Married Women's Property Act, 1874	1874	3 of 1874
The Majority Act, 1875	1875	9 of 1875

1876–1900

Name of the act	Year	Act Number	Status
The Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act, 1876	1876	10 of 1876	Enforced
The Indian Treasure-Trove Act, 1878	1878	6 of 1878
The Northern India Ferries Act, 1878	1878	17 of 1878
The Legal Practitioners Act, 1879	1879	18 of 1879
The Religious Societies Act, 1880	1880	1 of 1880
The Kazis Act, 1880	1880	12 of 1880
The Municipal Taxation Act, 1881	1881	11 of 1881
The Obstructions in Fairways Act, 1881	1881	16 of 1881
The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881	1881	26 of 1881
The Indian Trusts Act, 1882	1882	2 of 1882
The Transfer of Property Act, 1882	1882	4 of 1882
The Indian Easements Act, 1882	1882	5 of 1882
The Powers-of-Attorney Act, 1882	1882	7 of 1882
The Presidency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882	1882	15 of 1882
The Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883	1883	19 of 1883
The Panjab District Boards Act, 1883	1883	20 of 1883
The Explosives Act, 1884	1884	4 of 1884
The Indian Telegraph Act, 1885	1885	13 of 1885
The Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885	1885	18 of 1885
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886	1886	6 of 1886
The Indian Tramways Act, 1886	1886	11 of 1886
The Suits Valuation Act, 1887	1887	7 of 1887
The Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887	1887	9 of 1887
The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887	1887	12 of 1887
The Indian Reserve Forces Act, 1888	1888	4 of 1888
The Revenue Recovery Act, 1890	1890	1 of 1890
The Charitable Endowments Act, 1890	1890	6 of 1890
The Guardians and Wards Act, 1890	1890	8 of 1890
Easements (Extending Act V of 1882)	1891	8 of 1891
The Moorshedabad Act, 1891	1891	15 of 1891
The Bankers Books Evidence Act, 1891	1891	18 of 1891
The Government Managemnet of Private Estates Act, 1892	1892	10 of 1892
The Madras City Civil Court Act, 1892	1892	7 of 1892
The Partition Act, 1893	1893	4 of 1893
The Prisons Act, 1894	1893	9 of 1894
The General Clauses Act, 1897	1897	10 of 1897
The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897	1897	3 of 1897
The Indian Post Office Act, 1898	1898	6 of 1898
The Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899	1899	13 of 1899
The Government Buildings Act, 1899	1899	4 of 1899
The Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act, 1899	1899	23 of 1899
The Indian Stamp Act, 1899	1899	2 of 1899
The Prisoners Act, 1900	1900	3 of 1900

1901–1925

Name of the act	Year	Act Number	Status
The Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901	1901	2 of 1901	Enforced
The Works of Defence Act, 1903	1903	7 of 1903
The Victoria Memorial Act, 1903	1903	10 of 1903
The Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904	1904	7 of 1904
The Indian Railway Board Act, 1905	1905	4 of 1905
The Registration Act, 1908	1908	16 of 1908
The Indian Ports Act, 1908	1908	15 of 1908
The Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908	1908	14 of 1908
The Code of Civil Procedure Act, 1908	1908	5 of 1908
The Explosive Substances Act, 1908	1908	6 of 1908
The Anand Marriage Act, 1909	1909	7 of 1909
The Dourine Act, 1910	1910	5 of 1910
The Indian Museum Act, 1910	1910	10 of 1910
The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912	1912	2 of 1912
The Official Trusteers Act, 1913	1913	2 of 1913
The White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act, 1913	1913	5 of 1913
The Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914	1914	2 of 1914
The Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act, 1915	1915	10 of 1915
The Banaras Hindu University Act, 1915	1915	16 of 1915
The Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916	1916	15 of 1916
The Inland Vessels Act, 1917	1917	1 of 1917	Repealed
The Destruction of Records Act, 1917	1917	5 of 1917
The Post Office Cash Certificates Act, 1917	1917	18 of 1917	Enforced
The Usurious Loans Act, 1918	1918	10 of 1918
The Poisons Act, 1919	1919	12 of 1919	Repealed
The Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act, 1919	1919	15 of 1919	Enforced
The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920	1920	33 of 1920
The Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920	1920	40 of 1920
The Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920	1920	34 of 1920
The Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920	1920	14 of 1920
The Indian Red Cross Society Act, 1920	1920	15 of 1920
The Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act, 1921	1921	18 of 1921
The Delhi University Act, 1922	1922	8 of 1922
The Indian Naval Armament Act, 1923	1923	7 of 1923
The Boilers Act, 1923	1923	5 of 1923	Repealed
The Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923	1923	6 of 1923
The Official Secrets Act, 1923	1923	19 of 1923
The Employees Compensation Act, 1923	1923	8 of 1923	Enforced
The Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act, 1925	1925	4 of 1925	Repealed
The Provident Funds Act, 1925	1925	19 of 1925
The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925	1925	26 of 1925	Enforced
The Indian Succession Act, 1925	1925	39 of 1925	Repealed

1926–1950

Name of the act	Year	Act no.
Trade Unions Act	1926	16
Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act	1926	21
Indian Bar Councils Act	1926	38
Indian Forest Act	1927	16
Light House Act	1927	17
Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act	1928	12
Child Marriage Restraint Act	1929	19
Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act	1929	21
Trade Disputes Act	1984
Sale of Goods Act	1930	3
Hindu Gains of Learning Act	1930	30
Mussalman Wakf Validating Act	1874	32
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act	1931	16
Sheriff of Calcutta (Power of Custody) Act	1931	20
Indian Partnership Act	1932	9
Public Suits Validation Act	1932	11
Criminal Law Amendment Act	1932	23
Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act	1932	24
Children (Pledging of Labour) Act	1933	2
Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act	1933	17
Murshidabad Estate Administration Act	1933	23
Reserve Bank of India Act	1934	2
Sugar-cane Act	1934	15
Aircraft Act	1934	22
Assam Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act	1934	27
Petroleum Act	1934	30
Jubbalpore and Chhattisgarh Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation) Act	1935	13
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act	1936	3
Payment of Wages Act	1936	4
Decrees and Orders Validating Act	1936	5
Bangalore Marriages Validating Act	1936	16
Red Cross Society (Allocation of Property) Act	1936	18
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act	1937	1
Arya Marriage Validation Act	1937	19
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act	1937	26
Insurance Act	1938	4
Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act	1938	5
Cutchi Memons Act	1938	10
Criminal Law Amendment Act	1938	20
Employers' Liability Act	1938	24
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act	1939	8
Registration of Foreigners Act	1939	16
Commercial Documents Evidence Act	1939	30
Drugs and Cosmetics Act	1940	23
Agricultural Produce Cess Act	1940	27
Berar Laws Act	1941	4
Assam Rifles Act	1941	5
Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act	1941	12
Railways (Local Authorities' Taxation) Act	1941	25
Coffee Act	1942	7
Weekly Holidays Act	1942	18
Reciprocity Act	1943	9
War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act	1943	23
Central Excise Act	1944	1
Public Debt Act	1944	18
International Monetary Fund and Bank Act	1945	0
Drugs and Cosmetics Rules	1945	67
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act	1946	20
Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act	1946	22
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act	1946	25
Foreigners Act	1946	31
Industrial Disputes Act	1947	14
Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act	1947	15
Trading with the Enemy (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Act	1947	16
Rubber Act	1947	24
United Nations (Security Council) Act	1947	43
United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act	1947	46
Foreign Jurisdiction Act	1947	47
Indian Nursing Council Act	1947	48
Pharmacy Act	1948	8
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act	1948	9
Minimum Wages Act	1948	11
Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act	1948	12
Damodar Valley Corporation Act	1948	14
Dentists Act	1948	16
Junagarh Administration (Property) Act	1948	26
National Cadet Corps Act	1948	31
Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act	1948	33
Employees' State Insurance Act	1948	34
Census Act	1948	37
Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act	1948	38
Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act	1948	40
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act	1948	41
Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act	1948	46
Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act	1948	51
Bombay Public Security Measures (Delhi Amendment) Act	1948	52
Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act	1948	53
Territorial Army Act	1948	56
Exchange of Prisoners Act	1948	58
Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act	1948	60
Central Silk Board Act	1948	61
Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act	1948	62
Factories Act	1948	63
Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act	1948	66
Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act	1949	2
Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act	1949	7
Seaward Artillery Practice Act	1949	8
Banking Regulation Act	1949	10
West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act	1949	20
Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act	1949	24
Chartered Accountants Act	1949	38
Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act	1949	51
Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act	1949	54
Merged States (Laws) Act	1949	59
Professions Tax Limitation (Amendment and Validation) Act	1949	61
Police Act	1949	64
Central Reserve Police Force Act	1949	66
High Courts (Seals) Act	1950	7
Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act	1950	10
Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act	1950	12
Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act	1950	18
Drugs Control Act	1950	26
Transfer of Prisoners Act	1950	29
Union Territories (Laws) Act	1950	30
Opium and Revenue Laws (Extension of Application) Act	1950	33
Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act	1950	40
Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act	1950	42
Representation of the People Act [2]	1950	43
Air Force Act	1950	45
Army Act	1950	46
Contingency Fund of India Act	1950	49
Emblems and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act 1950	1950
Road Transport Corporations Act	1950	64
Cooch-Behar (Assimilation of Laws) Act	1950	67
Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act	1950	74
Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act	1950	78

1951–1975

Name of the act	Year	Act no.
Part B States (Laws) Act	1951	3
Supreme Court Advocates (Practice in High Courts) Act	1951	18
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act	1951	25
Visva-Bharati Act	1951	29
President's Emoluments and Pension Act	1951	30
Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1951	33
Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act	1951	37
Marking of Heavy Packages Act	1951	39
Rajghat Samadhi Act	1951	41
Representation of the People Act	1951	43
Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act	1951	47
Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act	1951	51
Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act	1951	54
All India Services Act, 1951	1951	61 [3]
State Financial Corporations Act	1951	63
Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act	1951	64
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act	1951	65
Part C States Miscellaneous Laws (Repealing) Act	1951	66
Plantations Labour Act	1951	69
Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act	1951	70
Part B States Marriages Validating Act	1952	1
Indian Independence Pakistan Courts (Pending Proceedings) Act	1952	9
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act	1952	19
Inflammable Substances Act	1952	20
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act	1952	30
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act	1952	31
Mines Act	1952	35
Cinematograph Act	1952	37
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act	1952	38
Notaries Act	1952	53
Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act	1952	58
Commissions of Inquiry Act	1952	60
Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act	1952	62
State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act	1952	63
Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act	1952	74
Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act	1953	16
Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act	1953	20
Tea Act	1953	29
Andhra State Act [4]	1953	30
Collection of Statistics Act	1953	32
Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act	1953	41
Coir Industry Act	1953	45
Salt Cess Act	1953	49
Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1953	54
Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act	1954	15
Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act	1954	18
Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act	1954	20
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act	1954	21
State Acquisition of Lands for Union Purposes (Validation) Act	1954	23
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act	1954	27
High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act	1954	28
Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act	1954	30
Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act	1954	31
Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act	1954	32
Chandernagore (Merger) Act	1954	36
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act	1954	37
Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act	1954	41
Special Marriage Act	1954	43
Essential Commodities Act	1955	10
Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act	1955	16
Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act	1955	19
Protection of Civil Rights Act	1955	22
State Bank of India Act	1955	23
Hindu Marriage Act	1955	25
Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act	1955	32
Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act	1955	36
Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act	1955	39
Prize Competitions Act	1955	42
Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act	1955	45
Manipur (Courts) Act	1955	56
Citizenship Act	1955	57
Companies Act	1956	1
University Grants Commission Act	1956	3
Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act	1956	4
Sales Tax Laws Validation Act	1956	7
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Act	1956	25
Hindu Succession Act	1956	30
Life Insurance Corporation Act	1956	31
Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act	1956	32
Interstate River Water Disputes Act	1956	33
Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1956	36
States Reorganisation Act	1956	37
Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act	1956	40
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act	1956	42
Newspaper (Price and Page) Act	1956	45
National Highways Act	1956	48
River Boards Act	1956	49
Lok Sahayak Sena Act	1956	53
Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act	1956	55
Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act	1956	61
Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act	1956	62
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act	1956	63
Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act	1956	69
Central Sales Tax Act	1956	74
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act (HAMA)	1956	78
State Bank of Hyderabad Act	1956	79
Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act	1956	80
Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1956	88
Faridabad Development Corporation Act	1956	90
Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act	1956	93
Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act	1956	96
Indian Medical Council Act	1956	102
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act	1956	104
Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act	1956	105
Copyright Act	1957	14
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act	1957	20
Railway Protection Force Act	1957	23
Wealth-Tax Act	1957	27
Legislative Councils Act	1957	37
Inter-State Corporation Act	1957	38
Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act	1957	42
Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act	1957	44
Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act	1957	46
Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act	1957	58
Delhi Development Act	1957	61
Navy Act	1957	62
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act	1957	66
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act	1957	67
Gift-tax Act	1958	18
Probation of Offenders Act	1958	20
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act	1958	24
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act	1958	28
Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act	1958	29
Manipur and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act	1958	35
Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act	1958	41
International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act	1958	42
Merchant Shipping Act	1958	44
Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act	1958	56
Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act	1958	57
Delhi Rent Control Act	1958	59
Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act	1959	10
Cost and Works Accountants Act	1959	23
Public Wakfs (Extension of Limitation) Act	1959	29
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act	1959	31
State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act	1959	38
Travancore-Cochin Vehicles Taxation (Amendment and Validation) Act	1959	42
Government Savings Certificates Act	1959	46
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act	1959	47
Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act	1959	48
Arms Act	1959	54
Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act	1959	56
Indian Statistical Institute Act	1959	57
Married Women's Property (Extension) Act	1959	61
Geneva Conventions Act	1960	6
Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act	1960	10
Bombay Reorganisation Act	1960	11
Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act	1960	19
Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act	1960	24
International Development Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act	1960	32
Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act	1960	33
Central Excises (Conversion to Metric Units) Act	1960	38
Delhi Primary Education Act	1960	39
Customs Duties and Cesses (Conversion to Metric Units) Act	1960	40
Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act	1960	43
Mahendra Pratap Singh Estate (Repeal) Act	1960	48
British Statutes (Application to India) Repeal Act	1960	57
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960	1960	59
Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act	1960	63
Acquired Territories (Merger) Act	1960	64
Criminal Law Amendment Act	1961	23
Advocates Act	1961	25
Salar Jung Museum Act	1961	26
Motor Transport Workers Act	1961	27
Dowry Prohibition Act	1961	28
Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act	1961	30
Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act	1961	33
Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act	1961	35
Newspaper (Price and Page Continuance) Act	1961	36
Income-tax Act	1961	43
Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act	1961	46
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act	1961	47
Assam Municipal (Manipur Amendment) Act	1961	49
Apprentices Act	1961	52
Maternity Benefit Act	1961	53
Sugar (Regulation of Production) Act	1961	55
Institutes of Technology Act	1961	59
Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act	1962	1
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act	1962	13
National Co-operative Development Corporation Act	1962	26
State of Nagaland Act	1962	27
Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act	1962	31
Atomic Energy Act	1962	33
Extradition Act	1962	34
Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act	1962	42
Pondicherry (Administration) Act	1962	49
Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act	1962	50
Customs Act	1962	52
Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act	1962	55
State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1962	56
Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act	1962	57
Warehousing Corporations Act	1962	58
Marine Insurance Act	1963	11
Official Languages Act	1963	19
Government of Union Territories Act	1963	20
Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act	1963	21
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act	1963	22
Limitation Act (Section 5 of the Indian Limitation Act)	1963	36
Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act	1963	37
Major Port Trusts Act	1963	38
Textiles Committee Act	1963	41
Administrators-General Act	1963	45
Specifice Relief Act	1963	47
Unit Trust of India Act	1963	52
Central Boards of Revenue Act	1963	54
Companies (Profits) Surtax Act	1964	7
Taxation Laws (Continuation and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act	1964	11
Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act	1964	14
Delhi Delegation of Powers Act	1964	23
Legal Tender (Inscribed Notes) Act	1964	28
Food Corporation of India Act [5]	1964	37
Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act	1965	20
Payment of Bonus Act	1965	21
Banking Laws (Application to Co-operative Societies) Act	1965	23
Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Arbitration Act) Act	1965	30
Railways Employment of Members of the Armed Forces Act	1965	40
Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1965	41
Cardamom Act	1965	42
Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act	1965	49
Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act	1965	50
Seamen's Provident Fund Act	1966	4
Produce Cess Act	1966	15
Asian Development Bank Act	1966	18
Delhi High Court Act	1966	26
Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act	1966	29
Punjab Reorganisation Act	1966	31
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act	1966	32
Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act	1966	33
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act	1966	51
Jawaharlal Nehru University Act	1966	53
Seeds Act	1966	54
Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act	1967	13
Passports Act	1967	15
Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act	1967	16
Standards of Weights and Measures (Extension to Kohima and Mokokchung Districts) Act	1967	25
Court-fees (Delhi Amendment) Act	1967	28
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act	1967	37
Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Supplementary) Act	1968	3
Public Provident Fund Act	1968	23
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act	1968	24
Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act	1968	25
Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act	1968	26
Civil Defence Act	1968	27
Enemy Property Act	1968	34
Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act. [6]	1968	36
The Gold (Control) Act, 1968	1968	45
Insecticides Act	1968	46
Border Security Force Act	1968	47
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal) Act	1968	49
Central Industrial Security Force Act	1968	50
Judges (Inquiry) Act	1968	51
State Agricultural Credit Corporation Act	1968	60
Legislative Assembly of Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act	1968	61
President (Discharge of Functions) Act	1969	16
Registration of Births and Deaths Act	1969	18
Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act	1969	19
Central Sales Tax (Amendment) Act	1969	28
Foreign Marriage Act	1969	33
Criminal and Election Laws Amendment Act	1969	35
Bihar Land Reforms Laws (Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act	1969	42
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act	1969	43
Oaths Act	1969	44
Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act	1969	46
Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act	1969	54
Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act	1969	55
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1970	5
Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act	1970	16
Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act	1970	28
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act	1970	37
Patents Act	1970	39
Indian Medicine Central Council Act]]	1970	48
Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act	1970	51
State of Himachal Pradesh Act	1970	53
Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation of Appointments and Proceedings) Act	1971	20
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act	1971	34
Maintenance of Internal Security Act	1971
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act	1971	40
Small Coins (Offences) Act	1971	52
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Amendment and Validation Act	1971	54
Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act	1971	56
Naval and Aircraft Prize Act	1971	59
Jayanti Shipping Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act	1971	63
Coking Coal Mines (Emergency Provisions) Act	1971	64
Asian Refractories Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act	1971	65
Uttar Pradesh Cantonments (Control of Rent and Eviction) Repeal Act	1971	68
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act	1971	69
Contempt of Courts Act	1971	70
Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act	1971	71
Manipur (Hill Areas District Council) Act	1971	76
North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act	1971	81
Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act	1971	82
North-Eastern Council Act	1971	84
Marine Products Export Development Authority Act	1972	13
Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act	1972	18
Architects Act	1972	20
Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act	1972	25
National Service Act	1972	28
Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act	1972	30
Delhi Co-operative Societies Act	1972	35
Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act	1972	36
Payment of Gratuity Act	1972	39
Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act	1972	43
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act	1972	52
Wild Life (Protection) Act	1972	53
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act	1972	57
Indian Copper Corporation (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act	1972	58
Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act	1972	59
Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act	1972	62
Carriage by Air Act	1972	69
Sick Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act	1972	72
Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1972	78
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act	1973	2
Coal Mines (Taking Over of Management) Act	1973	15
Capital of Punjab Development and Regulation (Chandigarh Amendment) Act	1973	17
Delhi School Education Act	1973	18
North-Eastern Hill University Act	1973	24
Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act	1973	26
Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act	1973	50
Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act	1973	56
Homeopathy Central Council Act	1973	59
Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act	1973	62
Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 1973	1974	1
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973	1974	2
Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act	1974	4
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act	1974	6
Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act	1974	12
Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act	1974	28
Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Act	1974	37
University of Hyderabad Act	1974	39
Interest-tax Act	1974	45
Oil Industry (Development) Act	1974	47
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act	1974	52
East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act	1974	54
Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act	1974	57
Tobacco Board Act	1975	4
All-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act	1975	19
Tokyo Convention Act	1975	20
Rampur Raza Library Act	1975	22
Tobacco Cess Act	1975	26
Delhi Sales Tax Act	1975	43
Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act	1975	49
Customs Tariff Act	1975	51

1976–2000

Name of the act	Year	Act no.
Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act	1976	2
Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act	1976	10
Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act	1976	11
Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act	1976	13
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act	1976	19
Regional Rural Banks Act	1976	21
Assam Sillimanite Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act	1976	22
Equal Remuneration Act	1976	25
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act	1976	28
Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act	1976	31
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act	1976	33
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act	1976	49
Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act	1976	55
Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act	1976	56
High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act	1976	57
Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act	1976	59
Standards of Weights and Measures Act	1976	60
Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act	1976	61
Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act	1976	62
Betwa River Board Act	1976	63
Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act	1976	72
National Library of India Act	1976	76
Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act	1976	77
Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act	1976	80
Delhi Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act	1976	87
Indian Iron and Steel Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act	1976	89
Delhi Sales Tax (Amendment and Validation) Act	1976	91
Braithwaite and Company (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1976	96
Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation) Act	1976	97
Laxmirattan and Atherton West Cotton Mills (Taking Over of Management) Act	1976	98
Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1976	100
Untouchability (Offences) Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision Act	1976	106
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act	1976	108
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act	1977	15
Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act	1977	16
Caltex (Acquisition of Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India) Limited and of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India) Limited) Act	1977	17
Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act	1977	33
Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1977	34
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act	1977	36
Smith, Stainstreet and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1977	41
Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1977	42
The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act, 1978	1978	11
Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1978	13
Interest Act	1978	14
Public Sector Iron and Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act	1978	16
Deposit Insurance Corporation (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1978	21
Coast Guard Act	1978	30
Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act, 1978	1978	33
Delhi Police Act	1978	34
Press Council Act	1978	37
Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act	1978	40
Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1978	41
Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act	1978	42
Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act	1978	43
Sugar Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act	1978	49
Coconut Development Board Act	1979	5
Punjab Excise (Delhi Amendment) Act	1979	12
Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act	1979	24
Kosangas Company (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act	1979	28
Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act	1979	30
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act	1979	31
Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act	1980	7
Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act	1980	37
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1980	40
Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act	1980	41
National Company (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1980	42
Brahmaputra Board Act	1980	46
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act	1980	52
Hotel-Receipts Tax Act	1980	54
Company Secretaries Act	1980	56
Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1980	58
Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act	1980	62
Maruti Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1980	64
National Security Act	1980	65
Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act	1980	67
Forest (Conservation) Act	1980	69
Hind Cycles Limited and Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act	1980	70
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act	1981	14
High Court and Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and Diu) Act	1981	26
Export-Import Bank of India Act	1981	28
British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act	1981	29
Cine-Workers Welfare Cess Act	1981	30
Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1981	31
Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act	1981	33
Burmah Oil Company (Acquisition of Shares of Oil India Limited and of the Undertakings in India of Assam Oil Company Limited and the Burmah Oil Company (India Trading) Limited) Act	1981	41
Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act	1981	42
Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act	1981	48
Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act	1981	50
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act	1981	61
African Development Fund Act	1982	1
Sugar Cess Act	1982	3
Sugar Development Fund Act	1982	4
Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act	1982	36
Chit Funds Act	1982	40
The Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Amendment Act, 1982	1982	41
Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act	1982	43
National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganges-Bhagirathi, Hooghly River) Act	1982	49
Amritsar Oil Works (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1982	50
State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act	1982	62
Anti-Hijacking Act	1982	65
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act	1982	66
Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1982	71
African Development Bank Act	1983	13
Jute Manufacturers Development Council Act	1983	27
Jute Manufactures Cess Act	1983	28
National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act	1983	29
Emigration Act	1983	31
Punjab Disturbed Areas Act	1983	32
Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act	1983	33
Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act	1983	34
Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act	1983	35
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act	1983	39
Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act	1983	40
Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1983	41
Public Financial Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity and Secrecy) Act	1983	48
Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act	1984	3
Asiatic Society Act	1984	5
Ganesh Flour Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1984	16
Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited (Nationalisation) Act	1984	17
Mogul Line Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act	1984	33
Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act	1984	36
Aluminium Corporation of India Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Aluminium Undertaking) Act	1984	43
Indian Veterinary Council Act	1984	52
Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings and Transfer) Act	1984	55
Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1984	57
Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act	1984	61
Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Act	1984	62
Family Courts Act	1984	66
National Capital Region Planning Board Act	1985	2
General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act	1985	3
Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act	1985	10
Administrative Tribunals Act	1985	13
Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act	1985	21
Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act	1985	22
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act	1985	28 (modified in 1987)
Tea Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Sick Tea Units) Act	1985	37
Indira Gandhi National Open University Act	1985	50
Pondicherry University Act	1985	53
Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act	1985	54
Intelligence Organisations (Restriction on Rights) Act	1985	58
Judges (Protection) Act	1985	59
Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Act	1985	60
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act	1985	61
Central Excises and Salt (Amendment) Act	1985	79
Customs (Amendment) Act	1985	80
Banking Laws (Amendment) Act	1985	81
Inland Waterways Authority of India Act	1985	82
Futwah-Islampur Light Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act	1985	83
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 Rep. by Act 1 of 04 (w.e.f.- - )	1986	1
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985	1986	2
Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985	1986	5
Spices Board Act	1986	10
Administrative Tribunals (Amendment) Act	1986	19
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act	1986	25
Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act	1986	27
Environment (Protection) Act	1986	29
Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1986	30
Research and Development Cess Act	1986	32
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act	1986	33
State of Mizoram Act	1986	34
Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act	1986	46
National Security Guard Act	1986	47
Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act	1986	54
Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act	1986	56
Delhi Apartment Ownership Act	1986	58
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act	1986	60
Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act	1986	61
Bureau of Indian Standards Act	1986	63
Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition) Act	1986	66
Consumer Protection Act	1986	68
State of Arunachal Pradesh Act	1986	69
Cotton Copra and Vegetable Oils Cess (Abolition) Act	1987	4
Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act	1987	10
Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act	1987	13
Mental Health Act	1987	14
Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act	1987	16
Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act followed by Constitution (Fifty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1987	1987	18
Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act	1987	22
Expenditure-tax Act	1987	35
Brentford Electric (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act	1987	36
National Dairy Development Board Act	1987	37
Legal Services Authorities Act	1987	39
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act	1987	47
All India Council for Technical Education Act	1987	52
National Housing Bank Act	1987	53
Railway Claims Tribunal Act	1987	54
Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987	1988	2
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987	1988	3
Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act	1988	22
Companies (Amendment) Act	1988	31
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act	1988	33
Special Protection Group Act	1988	34
National Waterway (Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of the Brahmaputra River) Act	1988	40
Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act	1988	41
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act	1988	44
Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988	1988	45
Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act	1988	46
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988	1988	49
Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act	1988	51
Auroville Foundation Act, 1988	1988	54
Jamia Millia Islamia Act	1988	58
Motor Vehicles Act	1988	59
National Highways Authority of India Act	1988	68
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 1988	1989	2
Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act	1989	3
Representation of the People (Amendment) Act	1989	21
Assam University Act	1989	23
Railways Act	1989	24
Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act	1989	29
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989	1989	33
Nagaland University Act	1989	35
Small Industries Development Bank of India Act	1989	39
National Commission for Women Act	1990	20
Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act	1990	21
Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act	1990	25
Public Liability Insurance Act	1991	6
Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act	1991	11
Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act	1991	41
Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act	1991	42
Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act	1991	44
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991	1992	1
Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act	1992	12
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act	1992	15
Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act	1992	16
National Commission for Minorities Act	1992	19
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act	1992	22
National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act	1992	25
Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act	1992	27
Rehabilitation Council of India Act	1992	34
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act	1992	35
Central Agricultural University Act	1992	40
Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act	1992	41
Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act	1993	23
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act	1993	24
Gold Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act	1993	25
National Commission for Backward Classes Act	1993	27
Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act	1993	28
Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Undertakings Act Repealed by Act 27 of 2006 (w.e.f. date to be notified)	1993	32
Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act	1993	33
SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act	1993	36
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Amendment Act	1993	41
Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act	1993	44
Tezpur University Act	1993	45
Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act	1993	46
Betwa River Board (Amendment) Act	1993	49
Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act	1993	51
National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act	1993	64
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act	1993	65
Public Records Act	1993	69
National Council for Teacher Education Act	1993	73
Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993	1994	6
Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993	1994	10
Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act	1994	13
Manipur Panchayati Raj Act	1994	26
Punjab Gram Panchayat, Samities and Zilla Parishad (Chandigarh Repeal) Act	1994	27
Transplantation of Human Organs Act	1994	42
Manipur Municipalities Act	1994	43
New Delhi Municipal Council Act	1994	44
Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act	1994	45
Airports Authority of India Act	1994	55
Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act	1994	56
Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act	1994	57
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act	1994	58
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act	1995	7
National Environment Tribunal Act	1995	27
Delhi Rent Act	1995	33
Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act	1995	39
Wakf Act [7]	1995	43
Technology Development Board Act	1995	44
Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995	1996	1
Depositories Act	1996	22
Arbitration and Conciliation Act	1996	26
Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act	1996	27
Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act	1996	28
Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act [8]	1996	40
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996	1997	2
Mahatama Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996	1997	3
Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act	1997	7
Lalitkala Akademi (Taking Over of Management) Act	1997	17
National Environment Appellate Authority Act	1997	22
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act	1997	24
Vice-President's Pension Act	1997	30
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act	1997	31
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act	1998	13
Lotteries (Regulation) Act	1998	17
Leaders of Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998	1999	5
Delhi Development Authority (Validation of Disciplinary Powers) Act, 1998	1999	6
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act	1999	15
Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act	1999	40
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act	1999	41
Foreign Exchange Management Act	1999	42
National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act	1999	44
Trade Marks Act	1999	47
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act	1999	48
Mizoram University Act	2000	8
Designs Act	2000	16
Direct-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act	2000	20
Information Technology Act	2000	21
Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act	2000	28
Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act	2000	29
Bihar Reorganisation Act	2000	30
Chemical Weapons Convention Act	2000	34
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act	2000	37
Coal India (Regulation of Transfer and Validation) Act	2000	45
Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act	2000	52
Central Road Fund Act	2000	54
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act	2000	56

2001 – 2010

Name of the act	Year	Act no.
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2001	2001	9
Indian Council of World Affairs Act	2001	29
Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act	2001	45
Energy Conservation Act	2001	52
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001	2001	53
Delimitation Act	2002	33
Haj Committee Act	2002	35
Prevention of Terrorism Act	2002	15
Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act	2002	36
Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act	2002	39
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act	2002	54
Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act	2002	58
Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act	2002	60
Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act	2002	62
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act	2002	69
Competition Act, 2002	2003	12
Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002	2003	13
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002	2003	15
Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002	2003	17
Biological Diversity Act, 2002	2003	18
Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003	2003	34
Electricity Act, 2003	2003	36
Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act	2003	39
Central Vigilance Commission Act	2003	45
Repatriation of Prisoners Act	2003	49
Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act	2003	53
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003	2004	01
Customs and Central Excise Laws (Repeal) Act	2004	25
Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Act	2004	26
National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004	2005	02
Parel Investments and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private Limited (Taking over of Management) Repeal Act	2005	14
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005	2005	21
Right to Information Act	2005	22
Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act	2005	24
University of Allahabad Act	2005	26
Bihar Value Added Tax Act	2005	27
Special Economic Zones Act	2005	28
Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act	2005	29
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act	2005	30
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act	2005	42
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005	2005	43
National Tax Tribunal Act	2005	49
State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005	2005	50
Disaster Management Act	2005	53
Manipur University Act	2005	54
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act,2005	2006	01
Commission for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005	2006	04
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act	2006	19
Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act,2006	2006	22
Cess Laws (Repealing and Amending) Act,2006	2006	24
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act,2006	2006	27
National Institute of Fashion Technology Act,2006	2006	28
Union Duties of Excise (Electricity) Distribution Repeal Act,2006	2006	30
Spirituous Preparations (Inter-State Trade And Commerce) Control (Repeal) Act, 2006	2006	32
Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006	2006	34
Actuaries Act, 2006	2006	35
Government Securities Act, 2006	2006	38
Cantonments Act, 2006	2006	41
Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006	2006	44
Produce Cess Laws (Abolition) Act, 2006	2006	46
Assam Rifles Act, 2006	2006	47
Uttaranchal (Alteration Of Name) Act, 2006	2006	52
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006	2007	2
Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 2006	2007	3
Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006	2007	5
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006	2007	6
English and Foreign Languages University Act, 2006	2007	7
Rajiv Gandhi University Act, 2006	2007	8
Tripura University Act, 2006	2007	9
Sikkim University Act, 2006	2007	10
Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing With Prasar Bharati) Act, 2007	2007	11
National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007	2007	29
Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007	2007	37
Carriage by Road Act, 2007	2007	41
Tyre Corporation of India Limited (Disinvestment Of Ownership) Act, 2007	2007	50
Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007	2007	51
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act, 2007	2007	52
Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007	2007	53
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act, 2007	2007	54
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry Act, 2008	2008	19
Indian Maritime University Act, 2008	2008	22
National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra Stretch Of Rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and Mahanadi Delta Rivers) Act, 2008	2008	23
National Waterway (Kakinada-Puducherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari And Wazirabad-Vijayawada Stretch of River Krishna) Act, 2008	2008	24
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority Of India Act, 2008	2008	27
Unorganized Workers Social Security Act, 2008	2008	33
Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008	2009	4
Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008	2009	6
Collection of Statistics Act, 2008	2009	7
South Asian University Act, 2008	2009	8
Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008	2009	9
Central Universities Act, 2009	2009	25
Prevention and Control Of Infectious And Contagious Diseases In Animals Act, 2009	2009	27
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009	2009	35
Metro Railways (Amendment) Act, 2009	2009
Legal Metrology Act, 2009	2010	1
Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act, 2010	2010	16
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010	2010	19
Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010	2010	23
Land Ports Authority of India Act, 2010	2010	31
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2010	2010	35
Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010	2010	38
Nalanda University Act, 2010	2010	39
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010	2010	42

2011 – 2020

Name of the act	Year	Act no.
Coinage Act, 2011	2011	11
Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011	2011	15
Factoring Regulation Act, 2011	2012	12
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Act, 2011	2012	13
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012	2012	32
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Act, 2012	2012	35
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore Act, 2012	2012	38
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013	2013	14
Companies Act 2013 .	2013	18
National Food Security Act, 2013	2013	20
National Pension System	2013	23
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013	2013	25
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Act, 2013	2013	26
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013	2013	30
Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013	2014	1
Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014	2014	6
Street Vendors Act, 2014	2014	7
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act, 2014	2014	10
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act, 2014	2014	16
Securities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2014	2014	27
The School of Planning and Architecture Act, 2014	2014	37 [9]
Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011	2014	17
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015	2015	36
Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015	2015	22
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016	2016	31
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016	2016	49
Mental Healthcare Act, 2017	2017	10
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [10]	2017	12
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [11]	2017	13
Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [12]	2017	14
Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017	2017	15
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017	2017	16
Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017	2017	26
Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017	2017	27
The Footwear Design and Development Institute Act, 2017	2017	20
The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017	2017	22
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-private Partnership) Act, 2017	2017	23
Repealing and Amending Act, 2017	2017
The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017 [13]	2018	3
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018	2018	17
The National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019	2019	45
Code on Wages, 2019	2019	29
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019	2019	34
Consumer Protection Act, 2019	2019	35
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019	2019	20
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019	2019	40
The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act, 2020	2020	3

2021–till present

Name of the act	Year	Act no.
Anusandhan National Research Foundation Act 2023	2023	25
Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023	2023	22
Telecommunications Act, 2023	2023	194
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023	2023	45
Bharatiya Sakshya Act, 2023	2023	123
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023	2023	122
Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023	2023	57
Post Office Act, 2023	2023	57
Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023	2023	51
Delhi Services Act, 2023	2023	19

See also

• Constitution of India
• First Modi ministry
• Second Modi ministry
• Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
• Lawmaking procedure in India
• Bharatiya Sakshya Act, 2023
• Women's Reservation Bill 2023
• Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
• List of amendments of the Constitution of India

References

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11. "Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
12. "Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017" (PDF). Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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External links

• Government of India's Chronological List of Acts (As of 7 June 2021)
• List of Central Acts
• Law Ministry - Text of Central Acts (1851-2011)
• India Code Information System