INDEX
TO CENTRAL ENACTMENTS
IN
ALPHABETICAL
ORDER
(As
on 23rd July, 2010)
Alphabetical
List - Central Acts
Ti 1
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A Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act 1954 20
Acquired Territories (Merger) Act 1960 64
Acquisition of Certain Area at
Ayodhya Act 1993 33
Additional Duties of Excise (Goods
of Special Importance) Act 1957 58
Additional Duties of Excise
(Textiles and Textile Articles) Act
1978 40
Additional Emoluments (Compulsory
Deposit) Act 1974
37
Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 13
Administrative Tribunal
(Amendment) Act 1986 19
Administrators-General Act 1963 45
Advocates Act 1961 25
Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act 2001 45
African Development Bank Act 1983 13
African Development Fund Act 1982 01
Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export 1986 02
Development Authority Act, 1985
Agricultural Produce (Grading and
Marking) Act 1937 01
Agriculturists' Loans Act 1884 12
Aircraft Act 1934 22
Airports Authority of India
Airports
Economic Regulatory Authority of India
Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings
and Repeal) Act 1994 13
Air Force Act 1950 45
Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Act 1981 14
Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution) Amendment Act 1987 47
Alcock Ashdown Company Limited
(Acquisition of Undertakings Act 1973 56
All-India Council for
Technical Education Act 1987 52
All-India Institute of
Medical Sciences Act 1956 25
All-India Services Act 1951 61
All-India Services Regulations
(Indemnity) Act 1975 19
Aluminium Corporation of India
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 43
Aluminium) Undertaking Act
Amending Act 1897 05
Amending Act 1901 11
Amending Act 1903 01
Anand Marriage Act 1909 07
Ancient Monuments
Preservation Act 1904 07
Andhra Pradesh and Madras
Andhra Pradesh and Mysore
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act, 2005 2006 01
Andhra Scientific Company Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of 1982 71
Undertakings) Act
Anti-Apartheid (United
Nations Convention) Act 1981 48
Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment)
Act 1967 16
Anti-Hijacking Act 1982 65
Antiquities and Art Treasures
Act 1972 52
Apprentices Act 1961 52
Arbitration and Conciliation
Act 1996 26
Architects Act 1972 20
Armed Forces (Emergency Duties)
Act 1947 15
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A Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir
Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 28
Armed
Forces Tribunal Act 2007 55
Arms Act
1959 54
Army Act
1950 46
Army and Air Force (Disposal of
Private Property) Act 1950 40
Arya Marriage Validation Act 1937 19
Asian Development Bank Act 1966 18
Asian Refractories Limited
(Acquisition of Undertakings) Act
1971 65
Asiatic Society Act 1984 05
Assam Sillimanite Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act 1976 22
Atomic Energy Act 1962 33
Actquaries
Act 2006 35
Auroville Foundation Act 1988 54
Authoritative Texts (Central Laws)
Act 1973 50
B Babasaheb Bhimrao
Ambedkar University
Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1891 18
Banking Companies (Acquisition
and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970 05
Banking Companies (Acquisition
and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 40
Banking Laws (Application
to Co-operative Societies) Act
1965 23
Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 1985 81
Banking Regulation Act 1949 10
Bar
Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act 1956 04
Beedi and Cigar Workers
(Conditions of Employment) Act 1966 32
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions
of Employment) Amendment Act 1993 41
Beedi Workers Welfare Cess
Act 1976 56
Beedi Workers Welfare Fund
Act 1976 62
Benami Transactions
(Prohibition) Act 1988 45
Bengal, Agra
and Assam
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam
Transfer of Undertakings) Act
Bengal Districts Act 1836 21
Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi
Proceedings) Act
Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act 1859 05
Bengal Immunity Company Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of 1984 57
Undertakings) Act
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B Bengal Land
Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited 1988 44
(Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act
Bihar and West
Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956 40
Bikrama Singh's Estates Act 1883 10
Biological
Diversity Act, 2002 2003 18
Bird and Company Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings
and 1980 67
Other Properties) Act
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Act 1886 06
Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition
of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1978 42
Bonded Labour System (Abolition)
Act 1976 19
Border Security Force Act 1968 47
Boundaries 1847 01
Boundary-marks, Bombay
Braithwaite and Company (India
Undertakings) Act
Brentford Electric (India
Undertakings) Act
Britannia Engineering Company
Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur 1978 41
Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore)
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer
of Undertakings) Act
British India Corporation Limited
(Acquisition of Shares) Act 1981 29
British Statutes (Application to India
Broach and Kaira Incumbered
Estates Act 1877 14
Bronze Coin (Legal Tender)
Act 1918 22
Building and Other Construction
Workers (Regulation of Employment 1996
27
and Conditions of Service) Act
Building and Other
Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act 1996 28
Bureau
of Indian Standards Act 1986 63
Burmah Oil Company
[Acquisition of Shares of Oil India Limited and of the 1981 41
Undertakings in India
Company (India
Burmah Shell (Acquisition
of Undertakings in India
Burn Company and Indian
Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation) Act 1976 97
C Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 07
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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C Calcutta
Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1850 23
Calcutta Land-revenue
Act 1856 18
Provisions Act
Caltex [Acquisition of
Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India
of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India
Cantonments (Extension of
Rent Control Laws) Act 1957 46
Cantonments (House
Accommodation) Act 1923 06
Cantonments Act 1924 02
Cantonments Act 2006 41
Capital of Punjab
Development and Regulation (Chandigarh
Cardamom Act 1965 42
Carriage by Air Act 1972 69
Carriage by Air (Amendment)
Act, 2009 2009 28
Carriage by Road Act,2007
2007 41
Carriers Act 1865 03
Caste Disabilities Removal
Act 1850 21
Cattle-trespass Act 1871 01
Census Act 1948 37
Central Agricultural
University Act 1992 40
Central Boards of Revenue
Act 1963 54
Central
Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission)Act 2007 05 Central Excises Act 1944 01 Central Excises and Salt (Amendment) Act 1985 79
Central Excise Tariff Act,
1985 1986 05
Central Excises (Conversion
to Metric Units) Act 1960 38
Central Industrial Security
Force (Amendment and Validation) Act 1999 40
Central Industrial Security
Force Act 1968 50
Central Labour Laws
(Extension to Jammu and Kashmir
Central Laws (Extension to
Arunachal Pradesh) Act 1993 44
Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir
Central Provinces Financial
Commissioner's Act 1908 13
Central Provinces
Land-revenue Act 1881 18
Central Road Fund Act 2000 54
Central Reserve Police
Force Act 1949 66
Central Sales Tax
(Amendment) Act 1969 28
Central Sales Tax Act 1956 74
Central Silk Board Act 1948 61
Central Universities Act,
2009 2009 25
Central Universities
(Amendment) Act, 2009 2009 38
Central Vigilance
Commission Act 2003 45
Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals
(Validation) Act 1992 16
Chandernagore (Merger)
Act 1954 36
Chaparmukh Silghat Railway
Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway
Line 1982 36
(Nationalisation) Act
Charitable Endowments
Act 1890 06
Charitable and Religious
Trusts Act 1920 14
Chartered Accountants
Act 1949 38
Chemical
Weapons Convention Act, 2000 2000 34
Child Labour (Prohibition
and Regulation) Act
1986 61
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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Children (Pledging of
Labour) Act 1933 02
Chit Funds Act 1982 40
Chota Nagpur Encumbered
Estates Act 1876 06
Church of Scotland Kirk
Sessions Act 1899 23
Cigarettes (Regulation of
Production, Supply and Distribution)
Act 1975 49
Cigarettes and other
Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and 2003 34
Regulation of Trade and
Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act
Cinematograph Act 1918 02
Cinematograph Act 1952 37
Cine-Workers and Cinema
Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1981 50
Cine-Workers Welfare Cess
Act 1981 30
Cine-Workers Welfare Fund
Act 1981 33
Citizenship Act 1955 57
City of Bombay
Civil Defence Act 1968 27
Coal Bearing Areas
(Acquisition and Development) Act
1957 20
Coal Bearing Areas
(Acquisition and Development) Amendment
and 1971 54
Validation Act
Coal India
Coal Mines (Conservation
and Development) Act 1974 28
Coal Mines
(Nationalisation) Act
1973 26
Coal Mines Labour Welfare
Fund (Repeal) Act 1986 27
Coal Mines Provident Fund
and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948 46
Coal Mines (Taking Over of
Management) Act 1973 15
Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act 2005 24
Coast Guard Act 1978 30
Coasting Vessels Act 1838 19
Coconut Development Board
Act 1979 05
Code of Civil
Procedure
1908 05
Code of Criminal Procedure,
1973 1974 02
Coffee Act 1942 07
Coinage Act 1906 03
Coir Industry Act 1953 45
Coking Coal Mines
(Emergency Provisions) Act 1971 64
Coking Coal Mines
(Nationalisation) Act 1972 36
Collection of Statistics
Act 1953 32
Collection of Statistics
Act 2009 07
Colonial Courts of
Admiralty (India
Commanders-in-Chief (Change
in Designation) Act 1955 19
Commercial Documents
Evidence Act 1939 30
Commissions for Protection
of Child Rights Act, 2006 2006 04
Commissions of Inquiry
Act 1952 60
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act,
1987 1988
03
Companies Act 1956 01
Companies (Amendment)
Act 1988 31
Companies (Donations to National
Funds) Act 1951 54
Companies (Profits) Surtax
Act 1964 07
Company Secretaries
Act 1980 56
Competition Act, 2002 2003 12
Competition (Amendment)
Act, 2009 2009 39
Comptroller and Auditor
General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions
of 1971 56
Service) Act
Compulsory Deposit Scheme
Act 1963 21
Conservation of Foreign
Exchange and Prevention of 1974 52
Smuggling Activities Act
Consumer Protection
Act 1986 68
Contempt of Courts Act 1971 70
Contingency Fund of India
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C Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act 1948 38
Contract
Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
1970 37
Control
of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 2003 13
Converts' Marriage
Dissolution Act 1866 21
Cooch-Behar (Assimilation
of Laws) Act 1950 67
Co-operative Societies
Act 1912 02
Copyright Act 1957 14
Coroners Act 1871 04
Cost and Works Accountants
Act 1959 23
Cotton Copra and Vegetable
Oils Cess (Abolition) Act 1987 04
Court-fees Act 1870 07
Court-fees (Delhi
Amendment) Act 1967 28
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act 2005 30
Criminal and Election Laws
Amendment Act 1969 35
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 1932 23
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 1938 20
Criminal Law Amendment
Act 1961 23
Customs Act 1962 52
Customs (Amendment)
Act 1985 80
Customs and Central Excise Laws
(Repeal) Act 2004 25
Customs Duties and Cesses
(Conversion to Metric Units) Act
1960 40
Customs Tariff Act 1975 51
Cutchi Memons Act 1938 10
D Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act 1961 35
Dakshina
Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act 1964 14
Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act 1981 31
Damodar Valley Corporation
Act 1948 14
Dangerous Machines
(Regulation) Act 1983 35
Decrees and Orders
Validating Act 1936 05
Dehra Dun
1871 21
Dekkhan Agriculturists
Relief Act 1879 17
Delhi Hotels (Control of
Accommodation) Act 1949 24
Delhi Lands (Restriction on
Transfer) Act 1972 30
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D Delhi
Delimitation Act 2002 33
Delivery of Books and
Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954 27
Dentists Act 1948 16
Departmental Inquiries
(Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and 1972 18
Production of Documents)
Act
Departmentalisation of
Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act 1976 59
Deposit Insurance and
Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 1961 47
Deposit Insurance
Corporation (Amendment and
Miscellaneous 1978 21
Provisions) Act
Depositories Act 1996 22
Designs Act 2000 16
Destruction of Records Act 1917 05
Destructive Insects and
Pests Act 1914 02
Destructive Insects and
Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act 1992 12
Diplomatic and Consular
Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1948 41
Diplomatic and Consular
Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu
and Kashmir )
Act
Diplomatic Relations (Vienna
Direct Tax Laws (Amendment)
Act 1989 03
Direct-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous)
Repeal Act 2000 20
Disaster Management Act 2005 53
Displaced Persons (Debts
Adjustment) Act 1951 70
Disputed Elections (Prime
Minister and Speaker) Act 1977 16
Dissolution of Muslim
Marriages Act 1939 08
Disturbed Areas (Special
Courts) Act 1976 77
Divorce Act
1869 04
Dock Workers (Regulation of
Employment) Act 1948 09
Dock Workers (Regulation of
Employment) (Inapplicability to Major 1997 31
Ports) Act
Dock Workers (Safety,
Health and Welfare) Act 1986 54
Dourine Act 1910 05
Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 28
Dramatic Performances Act 1876 19
Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 23
Drugs and Magic Remedies
(Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954 21
Drugs (Control) Act 1950 26
Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act 1955 36
E Easements (Extending Act 5 of 1882) 1891 08
East-Punjab Urban Rent
Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh
Economic Offences
(Inapplicability of Limitation) Act 1974 12
Election Commission
(Conditions of Service of Election
Commissioners 1991 11
and Transaction of
Business) Act
Election Laws (Extension to
Sikkim) Act 1976 10
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E Electricity Act 2003 36
Elephants' Preservation
Act 1879 06
Emblems and Names
(Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 12
Emigration Act 1983 31
Employees' Provident Funds
and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 19
Employees' Provident Funds and
Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act
1988 33
Employees' State Insurance
Act 1948 34
Employees' State Insurance
(Amendment) Act 1989 29
Employers' Liability
Act
1938 24
Employment Exchanges
(Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act 1959 31
Employment of Manual
Scavengers and Construction of Dry
Latrines 1993 46
(Prohibition) Act
Enemy Property Act
1968 34
English and Foreign
Languages University Act 2007 07
Energy Conservation Act 2001 52
Environment (Protection)
Act
1986 29
Epidemic Diseases Act
1897 03
Equal Remuneration Act
1976 25
Essential Commodities
Act 1955 10
Essential Commodities
(Amendment and Validation) Act, 2009 2009 36
Essential Services
Maintenance (Assam) Act
1980 41
Esso (Acquisition of
Undertakings in India) Act 1974 04
Exchange of Prisoners
Act
1948 58
Excise (Malt Liquors)
Act 1890 13
Excise (Spirits) Act
1863 16
Expenditure-tax Act
1987 35
Explosive Substances Act
1908
06
Explosives Act
1884 04
Export-Import Bank of India
Act 1981 28
Export (Quality Control and
Inspection) Act 1963 22
Extradition Act
1962 34
F Factories Act
1948 63
Family Courts Act 1984 66
Faridabad Development
Corporation Act 1956 90
Fatal Accidents Act
1855 13
Finance Commission
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1951 33
Fiscal Responsibility and
Budget Management Act 2003 39
Food Corporations Act
1964 37
Food Safety and Standards
Act 2006 34
Foreign Aircraft (Exemption
from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) 2002 36
Act
Foreign Contribution
(Regulation) Act
1976 49
Foreign Exchange Management
Act 1999 42
Foreign Jurisdiction
Act
1947 47
Foreign Marriage Act
1969 33
Foreign Recruiting Act
1874 04
Foreign Trade (Development
and Regulation) Act 1992 22
Foreigners Act 1946 31
Foreigners Law (Application
and Amendment) Act 1962 42
Forest (Conservation)
Act
1980 69
Forfeited Deposits Act 1850 25
Former Secretary of State
Service Officers (Conditions of Service)
Act 1972 59
Fort William Act
1881 13
Forward
Contracts (Regulation) Act 1952 74
Futwah-Islampur
Light Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act 1985 83
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G Ganesh Flour Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer
of 1984 16
Undertakings) Act
Ganges Tolls
1867 01
General Clauses Act
1897 10
General Insurance Business
(Nationalisation) Act 1972 57
General Insurance Business
(Nationalisation) Amendment Act
1985 03
Geneva Conventions Act
1960 06
Geographical Indications of
Goods (Registration and Protection) Act
1999 48
Gift-tax Act
1958 18
Glanders and Farcy Act
1899 13
Gram Nyayalayas Act 2009 04
Goa, Daman and Diu
(Absorbed Employees) Act 1965 50 Goa, Daman
and Diu (Administration) Act
1962 01
Goa, Daman and Diu
(Extension of the Code of Civil
Procedure and the 1965 30
Arbitration Act) Act
Goa, Daman and Diu Mining
Concessions (Abolition and Declaration
as 1987 16
Mining Leases) Act
Goa, Daman and Diu
Reorganisation Act
1987 18
Gold Bonds (Immunities and
Exemptions) Act 1993 25
Government Buildings
Act 1899 04
Government Grants Act
1895 15
Government Management of
Private Estates Act 1892 10
Government of National
Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 1992 01
Government of Union
Territories Act 1963 20
Government Savings Banks
Act
1873 05
Government Savings
Certificates Act
1959 46
Government Seal Act
1862 03
Governent Securities Act 2006 38
Governors (Emoluments,
Allowances and Privileges) Act 1982 43
Gresham and Craven of India
(Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer
of 1977 42
Undertakings) Act
Guardians and Wards
Act
1890 08
H Hackney-carriage Act
1879 14
Haj Committee Act 2002 35
Handlooms (Reservation of
Articles for Production) Act 1985 22
Haryana and Punjab
Agricultural Universities Act 1970 16
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh
(Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1979 31
High Court and Bombay
(Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and 1981 26
Diu) Act
High Court at Patna
(Establishment of a Permanent Bench at
Ranchi) Act 1976 57
High Court Judges (Salaries
and Conditions of Service) Act
1954 28
High Courts (Seals)
Act 1950 07
High Denomination Bank
Notes (Demonetisation) Act 1978 11
Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New
State) Act 1954 32
Himachal Pradesh
Legislative Assembly (Constitution and
Proceedings) 1958 56
Validation Act
Hind Cycles Limited and
Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1980 70
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan
Act
1962 13
Hindu Adoptions and
Maintenance Act
1956 78
Hindu Disposition of
Property Act
1916 15
Hindu Gains of Learning
Act
1930 30
Hindu Inheritance (Removal
of Disabilities) Act 1928 12
Hindu
Marriage Act
1955 25
Hindu Marriages (Validation
of Proceedings) Act 1960 19
Hindu
Minority and Guardianship Act 1956 32
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Hindustan Tractors Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act 1978 13
Homoeopathy Central Council
Act 1973 59
Hooghly Docking and
Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition
and 1984 55
Transfer of Undertakings)
Act
Hotel-Receipts Tax Act
1980 54
Howrah Offences Act
1857 21
I Identification of Prisoners
Act
1920 33
Illegal Migrants
(Determination by Tribunals) Act 1983 39*
Immigration (Carriers’
Liability) Act 2000 52
Immigrants (Expulsion from
Assam) Act 1950 10
Immoral Traffic
(Prevention) Act 1956 104
Imperial Library (Change of
Name) Act 1948 51
Improvements in Towns
1850 26
Inchek Tyres Limited and
National Rubber Manufacturers Limited 1984 17
(Nationalisation) Act
Income-tax Act
1961 43
Indecent Representation of
Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 60
Indian Bar Councils
Act
1926 38
Indian Bills of Lading
Act 1856 09
Indian Boilers Act
1923 05
Indian Carriage of Goods by
Sea Act 1925 26
Indian Christian Marriage
Act
1872 15
Indian Council of World
Affairs Act 2001 29 Indian
Contract Act 1872 09
Indian Copper Corporation
(Acquisition of Undertaking) Act 1972 58
Indian Criminal Law
Amendment Act
1908 14
Indian Easements Act 1882 05
Indian Evidence Act
1872 01
Indian Fisheries Act
1897 04
Indian Forest Act 1927 16
Indian Independence
Pakistan Courts (Pending Proceedings)
Act 1952 09
Indian Iron and Steel
Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1976 89
Indian Law Reports Act 1875 18
Indian Maritime University
Act,2008 2008 22
Indian Matrimonial Causes
(War Marriages) Act 1948 40
Indian Medical Council Act 1956 102
Indian Medical Degrees Act 1916 07
Indian Medicine Central
Council Act 1970 48
Indian Museum Act 1910 10
Indian Naval Armament Act 1923 07
Indian Nursing Council Act 1947 48
Indian Partnership Act 1932 09
Indian Penal Code 1860 45
Indian Ports Act 1908 15
Indian Post Office Act 1898 06
Indian Railway Board Act 1905 04
Indian Red Cross Society
Act 1920 15
Indian Reserve Forces Act 1888 04
*(Struck down by Supreme
Court in Saarbananda Sonowal V/S Union of India (2005) 5 Supreme Court Cases
665
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I Indian Short Titles Act 1897 14
Indian Soldiers
(Litigation) Act 1925 04
Indian Stamp Act 1899 02
Indian Statistical
Institute Act 1959 57
Indian Succession Act 1925 39
Indian Telegraph Act 1885 13
Indian Tolls Act 1851 08
Indian Tolls Act 1888 08
Indian Tolls Act 1864 15
Indian Tolls (Army and Air
Force) Act 1901 02
Indian Tramways Act 1886 11
Indian Tramways Act 1902 04
Indian Treasure-trove Act 1878 06
Indian Trusts Act 1882 02
Indian Veterinary Council
Act 1984 52
Indian Wireless Telegraphy
Act 1933 17
Indian Rifles (Repeal) Act 2006 49
Indira Gandhi National Open
University Act 1985 50
Indira Gandhi National
Tribal University Act 2007 52
Indo-Tibetan Border Police
Force Act 1992 35
Industrial Development Bank (Transfer
of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2003 53
Industrial Disputes Act 1947 14
Industrial Disputes
(Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions)
Act 1956 36
Industrial Disputes
(Banking and Insurance Companies) Act 1949 54
Industrial Employment
(Standing Orders) Act 1946 20
Industrial Finance
Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and
Repeal) Act 1993 23
Industrial Reconstruction
Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and
Repeal) Act 1997 07
Industrial Reconstruction
Bank of India Act 1984 62
Industries (Development and
Regulation) Act 1951 65
Infant Milk Substitutes,
Feeding Bottles and 1992 41
Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and
Distribution) Act
Inflammable Substances Act 1952 20
Information Technology Act 2000 21
Inland Vessels Act 1917 01
Inland Waterways Authority
of India Act 1985 82
Insecticides Act 1968 46
Institutes of Technology
Act 1961 59
Insurance Act 1938 04
Insurance Regulatory and
Development Authority Act 1999 41
Intelligence Organisations
(Restriction on Rights) Act 1985 58
Interest Act 1978 14
Industrial Undertakings Act
[Rep. by Act 27 of 2006
(w.e.f. date to be notified)]
Interest-tax Act 1974 45
International Development
Association (Status, Immunities and
Privileges) Act 1960 32
International Finance
Corporation (Status, Immunities and
Privileges) Act 1958 42
International Monetary Fund and Bank Act 1945 00
Inter-State Corporation Act 1957 38
Inter-State Migrant Workmen
(Regulation of Employment and Conditions 1979 30
of
Service) Act
Inter-State River Water
Disputes Act 1956 33
Iron Ore Mines, Manganese
Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare 1976 55
Cess Act
Iron
Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare 1976 61
Fund
Act
Indian Maritime University Act,
2008
2008 22
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J Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act 1951 25
Jamia Millia Islamia Act 1988 58
Jammu and Kashmir
(Extension of Laws) Act 1956 62
Jammu and Kashmir
Representation of the People (Supplementary) Act 1968 03
Jawaharlal Institute of
Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 2008 19
Puducherry Act
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Act 1966 53
Jayanti Shipping Company
(Acquisition of Shares) Act 1971 63
Jharkhand Contingency Fund
(Amendment) Act, 2009 2009 37
Jubbalpore and Chhattisgarh
Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation) Act 1935 13
Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968 51
Judges (Protection) Act 1985 59
Judicial Officers
Protection Act 1850 18
Junagarh Administration
(Property) Act 1948 26
Jute Companies
(Nationalisation) Act 1980 62
Jute Manufactures Cess Act 1983 28
Jute Manufacturers
Development Council Act 1983 27
Jute Packaging Materials
(Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 1987 10
Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection of Children) Act 2000 56
K Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993 1994 06
Kazis Act 1880 12
Khaddar (Protection of
Name) Act 1950 78
Khadi and Village
Industries Commission Act 1956 61
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental
Public Library Act 1969 43
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1887 19
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1888 14
King of Oudh's Estate
Validation Act 1917 12
Konkan Passenger Ships
(Acquisition) Act 1973 62
Kosangas Company
(Acquisition of Undertakings) Act 1979 28
L Labour Laws (Exemption from
Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers 1988 51
by certain Establishments)
Act
Lady Hardinge Medical
College and Hospital (Acquisition and
Miscellaneous 1977 34
Provisions) Act
Lalitkala Akademi (Taking
Over of Management) Act 1997 17
Land Acquisition Act 1894 01
Land Acquisition (Amendment)
Act 1962 31
Land Acquisition (Amendment
and Validation) Act 1967 13
Land Acquisition (Mines)
Act 1885 18
Land Improvement Loans Act 1883 19
Laws Local Extent Act 1874 15
Laxmirattan and Atherton
West Cotton Mills (Taking over of Management)Act 1976 98
Leaders of Chief Whips of
Recognised Parties and Groups in
Parliament 1999 05
(Facilities) Act, 1998
Legal Metrology Act 2010 01
Legal Practitioners Act 1879 18
Legal Practitioners (Fees)
Act 1926 21
Legal Practitioners (Women)
Act 1923 23
Legal Representatives'
Suits Act 1855 12
Legal
Services Authorities Act 1987 39
Legal Tender (Inscribed
Notes) Act 1964 28
Legislative Assembly of
Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act 1968 61
Legislative Councils Act 1957 37
Lepers Act 1898 03
Levy Sugar Price
Equalisation Fund Act 1976 31
Life Insurance Corporation
Act 1956 31
Life Insurance Corporation
(Modification of Settlement) Act 1976 72
Light House Act 1927 17
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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Name of the Act Year Act No
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L Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour
Welfare Fund Act 1972 62
Limited
Liability Partnership Act 2009 06
Limitation Act 1963 36
Live-stock Importation Act 1898 09
Local Authorities Loans Act 1914 09
Local Authorities Pensions
and Gratuities Act 1919 01
Lok Sahayak Sena Act 1956 53
Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998 17
Lushai Hills District
(Change of Name) Act 1954 18
M Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 28
Madras, Bengal and Bombay
Children (Supplementary) Act 1925 35
Madras City Civil
Court Act 1892 07
Madras City Land Revenue
Act 1851 12
Madras Civil Courts
Act 1873 03
Madras Compulsory Labour Act 1858 01
Madras District Police
Act 1859 24
Madras Forest (Validation)
Act 1882 21
Madras Public Property
Malversation Act 1837 36
Madras Rent and Revenue
Sales Act 1839 07
Madras Revenue Commissioner
Act 1849 10
Madras Uncovenated
Officers' Act 1857 07
Mahatama Gandhi
Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996 1997 03
Mahendra Pratap Singh
Estate (Repeal) Act 1960 48
Maintenance and Welfare of
Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 56
Maintenance Orders
Enforcement Act 1921 18
Major Port Trusts Act 1963 38
Majority Act 1875 09
Mangrol and Manavadar
(Administration of Property) Act 1949 02
Manipur
and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act 1958 35
Manipur (Courts) Act 1955 56
Manipur (Hill Areas
District Council) Act 1971 76
Manipur Land Revenue and
Land Reforms Act 1960 33
Manipur Municipalities Act 1994 43
Manipur Panchayati Raj Act 1994 26
Manipur (Sales of Motor
Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act 1962 55
Manipur University Act 2005 54
Manipur (Village
Authorities in Hill Areas) Act 1956 80
Manoeuvres, Field Firing
and Artillery Practice Act 1938 05
Marine Insurance Act 1963 11
Marine Products Export
Development Authority Act 1972 13
Maritime Zones of India
(Regulation of Fishing by Foreign
Vessels) Act 1981 42
Marking of Heavy Packages
Act 1951 39
Marriages Validation Act 1892 02
Married Women's Property Act 1874 03
Married Women's Property
(Extension) Act 1959 61
Maruti Limited (Acquisition
and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 64
Maternity Benefit Act 1961 53