Repealing and Amending Act, 2019

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Repealing and Amending Act, 2019
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Parliament of India
  • An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
Citation Act No. 31 of 2019
Territorial extentIndia
Passed by Lok Sabha
Passed29 July 2019
Passed by Rajya Sabha
Passed2 August 2019
Assented to8 August 2019
Commenced8 August 2019
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019
Bill citation Bill No. 188 of 2019
Introduced by Ravi Shankar Prasad
Introduced25 July 2019
Repeals
58 Acts
Related legislation
Status: In force

The Repealing and Amending Act, 2019 is an Act of the Parliament of India that repealed 58 Acts. It also made minor amendments to the Income Tax Act, 1961 and The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 . The Act was the sixth such repealing act aimed at repealing obsolete laws tabled by the Narendra Modi administration, and the first tabled during its second term. The government had repealed 1,428 Acts during its first term between 2014 and 2019.

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Background and legislative history

Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated for the repeal of old laws during his 2014 general election campaign. At the 2015 Economic Times Global Business Summit, Modi stated, "Our country suffers from an excess of old and unnecessary laws which obstruct people and businesses. We began the exercise of identifying unnecessary laws and repealing them. 1,877 Central laws have been identified for repeal." [1]

The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2019 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 25 July 2019 by the Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad. The bill sought to repeal 58 Acts and pass minor amendments to two Acts. The amendments were made to substitute certain words in the Income Tax Act, 1961 and The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017. [2] [3] Moving the bill for a vote in the House on 29 July, Prasad stated that the Modi administration had repealed 1,428 "old and archaic Acts" during its first term. The Minister also noted that most of the laws being repealed were enacted before independence and that only 1,929 old laws had been repealed between 1950 and 2004. Prasad also urged the House to pass the bill unanimously. [4] [5] [6]

Speaker Om Birla asked the House whether the bill could be passed unanimously. Congress MP for Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor requested the Speaker push the vote on the bill to the next day and instead permit an hour-long discussion. In response, the Speaker permitted Tharoor to speak for ten minutes and stated that the vote would be held afterwards. Tharoor sought changes to some provisions of the Indian Penal Code including those concerning sedition. Prasad replied that he disagreed with Tharoor's demand to repeal the sedition law. In the subsequent vote, the bill was passed unanimously by the Lok Sabha. [4] [5]

Prasad moved the bill in the Rajya Sabha on 2 August. He stated, "I would urge the House that this is the initiative in the right direction. I would urge this House and through this House the entire country and state governments that periodic review of obsolete and irrelevant laws must become a part of good governance." [7] Bharat Rasthra Samithi MP K. Keshava Rao expressed concern over the repeal of The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014 and The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015. Prasad responded that the state's interest were protected as the provisions of the amendments had been incorporated into the main Act. [8]

The Minister also responded to a suggestion to repeal The Cinematograph Act, 1952 stating that he agreed with the idea having previously served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. However, he noted that "the film community should have one voice on this". Other members who participated in the discussion included Jaya Bachchan (SP), Prashant Nanda (BJD), Subhashish Chakraborty (AITC), Amee Yajnik (Congress), A. Navaneethakrishnana (AIADMK), Kahkashan Perween (JD-U), K. Somaprasad (CPI-M), Binay Visham (CPI), Bhupendra Yadav (BJP), Veer Singh (BJP) and Ram Kumar Verma (BJP). The bill received support from members across party lines and was passed by the Rajya Sabha through voice vote. [8]

The bill received assent from President Ram Nath Kovind on 8 August, and was notified in The Gazette of India on the same date. [9]

Repealed Acts

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

No.YearAct No.Short title
11850XIIThe Public Accountants' Defaults Act, 1850
21881XIThe Municipal Taxation Act, 1881
31892XThe Government Management of Private Estates Act, 1892
4195669The Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act, 1956
5195856The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly(Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act,1958
6196022The Cotton Transport (Amendment) Act, 1960
719631The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Amendment) Act, 1963
8196335The Dramatic Performances(Delhi Repeal) Act, 1963
9196410The Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Amendment Act, 1964
10196849The Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal)Act, 1968
11197356The Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act, 1973
12197655The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976
13197661The Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act, 1976
14197662The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976
15198068The Tea (Amendment) Act, 1980
16198162The Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1981
17198263The Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982
18198341The Transformers and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer Undertakings) Act, 1983
19198822The Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies(Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act, 1988
2019993The High Denomination Bank Notes(Demonetisation) Amendment Act, 1998
21200139The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2001
22200148The Registration and Other Related Laws(Amendment) Act, 2001
23200216The Institutes of Technology(Amendment) Act, 2002
24200243The Delhi University (Amendment) Act, 2002
2520073The Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 2006
26200728The Central Road Fund (Amendment) Act, 2007
27200921The Prevention of Money Laundering (Amendment) Act, 2009
28200922The Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2009
29200938The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2009
3020103The Civil Defence (Amendment) Act, 2009
3120116The Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Act, 2011
32201114The Customs (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2011
33201228The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012
34201234The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 2012
3520148The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Act, 2014
3620149The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2014
37201419The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2014
38201420The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2014
39201431The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014
40201432The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Act, 2014
41201439The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Act, 2014
4220152The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 2015
4320153The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015
4420155The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015
45201510The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015
46201512The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2015
47201514The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Act, 2015
48201516The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2015
49201521The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015
50201610The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2016
51201613The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2016
52201625The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016
53201642The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2016
54201645The Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Act, 2016
55201648The Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act, 2016
56201719The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2017
57201721The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017
58201725The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2017

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