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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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
Maulana Azad National Urdu
University Act, 1996 1997 02
Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Act 1971 34
Medicinal
and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act 1955 16
Mental Health Act 1987 14
Merchant Shipping Act 1958 44
Merchant Shipping
(Amendment) Act 1986 33
Merchant Shipping
(Amendment) Act 1987 13
Merged States (Laws) Act 1949 59
Metal Corporation
(Nationalisation and Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1976 100
Metal Tokens Act 1889 01
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
PAGE: 14
Name of the Act Year Act
No
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M Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act 1978 33
Mica Mines Labour Welfare
Fund Act 1946 22
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises Development Act, 2006 2006 27
Mines Act 1952 35
Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation ) Act 1957 67
Minimum Wages Act 1948 11
Mirzapur Stone Mahal Act 1886 05
Miscellaneous Personal Laws
(Extension) Act 1959 48
Mizoram University Act 2000 08
Mogul Line Limited
(Acquisition of Shares) Act 1984 33
Monopolies and Restrictive
Trade Practices Act 1969 54
Motor Transport Workers Act 1961 27
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 59
Multimodal Transportation
of Goods Act 1993 28
Multi-State Co-operative
Societies Act 2002 39
Municipal Taxation Act 1881 11
Murshidabad Act 1891 15
Murshidabad Estate
Administration Act 1933 23
Muslim Personal Law
(Shariat) Application Act 1937 26
Muslim Women (Protection of
Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 25
Mussalman Wakf Act 1923 42
Mussalman Wakf Validating
Act 1913 06
Mussalman Wakf Validating
Act 1930 32
N. Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act 1957 42
Nagaland University Act 1989 35
Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 61
National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981 61
National Cadet Corps Act 1948 31
National Capital Territory
of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) 2007 43
National Capital Territory
of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions)
Act, 2009 2009
24
National Capital Territory
of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second
Act, 2009 2009 40
National Capital Region
Planning Board Act 1985 02
National Commission for
Backward Classes Act 1993 27
National Commission for
Minorities Act 1992 19
National Commission for
Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004 2005 02
National Commission for
Safai Karamcharis Act 1993 64
National Commission for
Women Act 1990 20
National Company
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
Act 1980 42
National Co-operative
Development Corporation Act 1962 26
National Council for
Teacher Education Act 1993 73
National Dairy Development
Board Act 1987 37
National Environment
Appellate Authority Act 1997 22
National Environment
Tribunal Act 1995 27
National Green Tribunal Act 2010 19
National Highways Act 1956 48
National Highways Authority
of India Act 1988 68
National Housing Bank Act 1987 53
National Institute of
Fashion Technology Act
2006 28
National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education and
Research Act 1998 13
National Investigation
Agency Act 2008 34
National Jute Board Act,
2008 2009 12
National Library of India
Act 1976 76
National
Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act 1983 29
National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 42
National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Act,
2009 2009 46
National Rural Employment Guarantee (Extension to
Jammu And Kashmir) Act 2007 23
National Institutes of
Technology Act. 2007 29
National Security Act 1980 65
National Security Guard Act 1986 47
National Service Act 1972 28
National Tax Tribunal Act 2005 49
National Thermal Power
Corporation Limited, the National
Hydro-Electric 1993 24
Power Corporation Limited
and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems)
Act
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
PAGE: 15
Name of the Act Year Act No
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National Trust for Welfare
of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, 1999 44
Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act
N National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the 1982 49
Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly
River) Act
National Waterway
(Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of 1992 25
West Coast Canal and
Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act
National Waterway
(Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of the Brahmaputra River) Act 1988 40
National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra
Stretch of Rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia 2008 23
Stretch of East Coast
Canal, Charbatia-Dhamra Stretch of Matai River and
Mahanadi Delta Rivers)
Act,2008
National Waterway
(Kakinadi-Puducherry Stretch of Canals and the Kaluvelly 2008 24
Tank,
Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundary Stretch of River Godavari and Wazirabad-
Vijayawada Stretch of River
Krishna) Act, 2008
Naval and Aircraft Prize
Act 1971 59
Navy Act 1957 62
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 26
New Delhi Municipal Council
Act 1994 44
Newspaper (Price and Page)
Act 1956 45
Newspaper (Price and Page
Continuance) Act 1961 36
Neyveli Lignite Corporation
Limited (Acquisition 1994 56
and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act
North-Eastern Area
(Reorganisation) Act 1971 81
North-Eastern Council Act 1971 84
North-Eastern Hill
University Act 1973 24
North-Eastern Provinces
Village and Road Police Act 1873 16
Northern India Canal and
Drainage Act 1873 08
Northern India Ferries Act 1878 17
Notaries Act 1952 53
OOaths ct
1969 44
Obstructions in Fairways
Act 1881 16
Official Languages Act 1963 19
Official Secrets Act 1923 19
Official Trustees Act 1913 02
Offshore Areas Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 2003 17
Oil and Natural Gas
Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 65
Oil Fields (Regulation and
Development) Act 1948 53
Oil Industry (Development)
Act 1974 47
Opium and Revenue Laws
(Extension of Application) Act 1950 33
Oriental Gas Company 1857 05
Oriental Gas Company 1867 11
Orissa Weights and Measures
(Delhi Repeal) Act 1958 57
Orphanages and Other
Charitable Homes (Supervision and
Control) Act 1960 10
Oudh Estates Act 1869 01
Oudh Laws Act 1876 18
Oudh Sub-settlement
Act 1866 26
Oudh Taluqdars' Relief
Act 1870 24
Oudh Wasikas Act 1886 21
P Parel Investment and Trading
Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private 2005 14
Limited (Taking Over of
Management) Repeal Act
Parliament (Prevention of
Disqualification) Act 1959
10
Parliamentary Proceedings
(Protection of Publication) Act
1977 15
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 03
Part B States (Laws) Act 1951 03
Part B States Marriages
Validating Act 1952 01
Part C States Miscellaneous
Laws (Repealing) Act 1951 66
Parliamentary
Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act 1976 28
Partition Act 1893 04
Partition of Revenue-paying
Estates 1863 19
Passport (Entry into India)
Act 1920 34
Passports Act 1967 15
Patents Act 1970 39
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
PAGE: 16
Name of the Act Year Act No
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P Payment and Settlement
Systems Acr 2007 51
Payment of Bonus Act 1965 21
Payment of Gratuity
Act 1972 39
Payment of Gratuity
(Amendment) Act 1987 22
Payment of Gratuity
(Amendment) Act, 2009 2009 47
Payment of Wages Act 1936 04
Pensions Act 1871 23
Personal Injuries
(Compensation Insurance) Act 1963 37
Persons With Disabilities
(Equal Opportunities, Protection of
Rights and Full 1996 01
Participation) Act, 1995
Petroleum Act 1934 30
Petroleum and Minerals
Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User
in Land) Act 1962 50
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory
Board, Act 2006 19
Pharmacy Act 1948 08
Places of Worship (Special
Provisions) Act 1991 42
Plantations Labour Act 1951 69
Poisons Act 1919 12
Police Act 1861 05
Police Act 1888 03
Police Act 1949 64
Police, Agra 1854 16
Police Forces (Restriction
of Rights) Act 1966 33
Police (Incitement to
Disaffection) Act 1922 22
Pondicherry
(Administration) Act
1962 49
Pondicherry (Extension of
Laws) Act 1968 26
Pondicherry University
Act 1985 53
Pondichery (Alteration of Name)
Act 2006 44
Porahat Estate Act 1893 02
Post-Graduate Institute of
Medical Education and Research,
Chandigarh, Act 1966 51
Post Office Cash
Certificates Act 1917 18
Powers-of-Attorney Act 1882 07
Prasar Bharati
(Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act
1990 25
Preference Shares
(Regulation of Dividend) Act 1960 63
Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic
Techniques (Prohibition of 1994 57
Sex Selection) Act
Presidency Small Cause
Courts Act 1882 15
Presidency-towns Insolvency
Act 1909 03
President (Discharge of
Functions) Act 1969 16
Presidential and
Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952 31
President's Emoluments and
Pension Act 1951 30
Press and Registration of
Books Act 1867 25
Press Council Act 1978 37
Prevention and Control of
Infections and Contagious Diseases in
Animals Act, 2009 2009 27
Prevention of
Blackmarketing and Maintenance of
Supplies of Essential 1980 07
Commodities Act
Prevention of Corruption
Act 1988 49
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act 1960 59
Prevention of Damage to
Public Property Act 1984 03
Prevention of Food
Adulteration Act 1954 37
Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 2003 15
Prevention of Illicit
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1988 46
Prevention
of Insults to National Honour Act
1971 69
Prevention of Seditious
Meetings Act 1911 10
Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Act 2004 26
Prisoners Act 1900 03
Prisoners (Attendance in
Courts) Act 1955 32
Prisons Act 1894
09
Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005 29
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
PAGE: 17
Name of the Act Year Act No
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P Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act 1978 43
Prize Competitions Act 1955 42
Probation of Offenders
Act 1958 20
Produce Cess Laws
(Abolition) Action, 2006 2006 46
Professions Tax Limitation
(Amendment and Validation) Act
1949 61
Prohibition of Child
Marriage Act 2007 06
Protection of Civil Rights
Act 1955 22
Protection of Human Rights
Act, 1993 1994 10
Protection of Plant
Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act 2001 53
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 43
Provident Funds Act 1925
19
Provincial Insolvency
Act 1920 05
Provincial Small Cause
Courts Act 1887 09
Provisional Collection of
Taxes Act 1931 16
Provisions of the
Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled
Areas) Act 1996 40
` Public
Accountants' Defaults Act 1850 12
Public Debt Act 1944 18
Public Employment
(Requirement as to Residence) Act
1957 44
Public Financial
Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity
and Secrecy) Act 1983 48
Public Gambling Act 1867 03
Public Liability Insurance
Act 1991 06
Public Premises (Eviction
of Unauthorised Occupants) Act
1971 40
Public Provident Fund
Act 1968 23
Public Records Act 1993 69
Public Sector Iron and
Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous 1978 16
Provisions Act
Public Servants (Inquiries)
Act 1850 37
Public Suits Validation
Act 1932 11
Public Wakfs (Extension of
Limitation) Act 1959 29
Punjab District Boards
Act 1883 20
Punjab Disturbed Areas
Act 1983 32
Punjab Excise (Delhi
Amendment) Act 1979 12
Punjab Gram Panchayat,
Samities and Zilla Parishad (Chandigarh Repeal) Act 1994 27
Punjab Land Revenue
Act 1887 17
Punjab Laws Act 1872 04
Punjab Legislative Council
(Abolition) Act 1969 46
Punjab Municipal
Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh)
Act 1994 45
Punjab Reorganisation
Act 1966 31
Punjab State Legislature
(Delegation of Powers) Act 1984 36
Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 16
R Railway Claims Tribunal Act 1987 54
Railway Companies
(Emergency Provisions) Act 1951 51
Railway Property (Unlawful
Possession) Act 1966 29
Railway Protection Force
Act 1957 23
Railway Protection Force
(Amendment) Act 1985 60
Railways Act 1989 24
Railways Employment of
Members of the Armed Forces Act 1965 40
Railways (Local
Authorities' Taxation) Act 1941 25
Raipur
and Khattra Laws Act 1879 19
Rajasthan and Madhya
Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act
1959 47
Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951 41
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of
Petroleum Technology Act 2007 54
Rajiv Gandhi University Act 2007 08
Rampur Raza Library Act 1975 22
Reciprocity Act 1943 09
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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R Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial
Institutions Act 1993 51
Red Cross Society
(Allocation of Property) Act 1936 18
Reformatory Schools
Act 1897 08
Regional Rural Banks
Act 1976 21
Registration Act 1908 16
Registration of Births and
Deaths Act 1969 18
Registration of Foreigners
Act 1939 16
Rehabilitation Council of
India Act 1992 34
Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act 1948 12
Religious Endowments
Act 1863 20
Religious Institutions
(Prevention of Misuse) Act 1988 41
Religious Societies
Act 1880 01
Remittances of Foreign
Exchange and Investment in Foreign
Exchange Bonds 1991 41
(Immunities and Exemptions)
Act
Rent Recovery Act 1853 06
Repatriation of Prisoners
Act 2003 49
Representation of the
People Act 1950 43
Representation of the
People (Amendment) Act 1989 21
Representation of the
People Act 1951 43
Representation of People
(Amendment) Act, 2009 2009 41
Representation of the
People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 88
Requisitioned Land
(Apportionment of Compensation) Act 1949 51
Requisitioning and
Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952 30
Research and Development
Cess Act 1986 32
Reserve Bank (Transfer of
Public Ownership) Act 1948 62
Reserve Bank of India
Act 1934 02
Reserve Bank of India
(Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 54
Reserve and Auxiliary Air
Forces Act 1952 62
Resettlement of Displaced
Persons (Land Acquisition) Act
1948 60
Revenue, Bombay 1842 13
Revenue Commissioners,
Bombay 1842 17
Revenue Recovery Act 1890 01
Richardson and Cruddas
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Under- 1972 78
takings) Act
Right of Children to Free
and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 2009 35
Right to Information Act 2005 22
River
Boards Act 1956 49
Road Transport Corporations
Act 1950 64
Rubber Act 1947 24
S SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1993 36
Salar Jung Museum Act 1961 26
Salary, Allowances and
Pension of Members of Parliament Act
1954 30
Salaries and Allowances of
Ministers Act 1952 58
Salaries and Allowances of
Ministers (Amendment) Act, 2010 2010 02
Salaries and Allowances of
Officers of Parliament Act 1953 20
Salary and Allowances of
Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act
1977 33
Sale of Goods Act 1930 03
Sales of Land for Revenue
Arrears 1845 01
Sales Promotion Employees
(Conditions of Service) Act 1976 11
Sales Tax Laws Validation
Act 1956 07
Salt Cess Act 1953 49
Sarais Act 1867 22
Sashatra Seema Bal Act 2007 53
Scheduled Areas
(Assimilation of Laws) Act 1951 37
Scheduled Areas
(Assimilation of Laws) Act 1953 16
Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment)
Act 1956 63
Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment)
Act 1976 108
Scheduled Castes and the
Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of
Atrocities) Act 1989 33
Scheduled
Securities (Hyderabad) Act
1949 07
Scheduled
Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition
of
Forest Rights) Act 2007 02
Science and Engineering Research Board Act
2009 09
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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S Seamen's Provident Fund Act 1966 04
Seaward Artillery Practice
Act 1949 08
Securities and Exchange
Board of India Act 1992 15
Securities Contracts (Regulation)
Act 1956 42
Securitisation and
Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of 2002 54
Security Interest Act
Seeds Act
1966 54
Semiconductor Integrated
Circuits Layout Design Act 2000 37
Sheriff of Calcutta (Power
of Custody) Act 1931 20
Sheriffs' Fees Act 1852 08
Shillong (Rifle Range and
Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act 1954 31
Shipping Development Fund
Committee (Abolition) Act 1986 66
Shore Nuisances (Bombay and
Kolaba) Act 1853 11
Sick Industrial Companies
(Special Provisions) Act, 1985 1986 01
Sick Industrial Companies
(Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003 2004 01
Sick Textile Undertakings
(Nationalisation) Act 1974 57
Sick Textile Undertakings
(Taking Over of Management) Act
1972 72
Sikh Gurdwaras
(Supplementary) Act
1925 24
Sikkim University Act 2007 10
Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit
Act 1893 06
Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
Baronetcy Act 1915 10
Slum Areas (Improvement and
Clearance) Act 1956 96
Small Coins (Offences)
Act 1971 52
Small Industries
Development Bank of India Act 1989 39
Smith, Stainstreet and
Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of 1977 41
Undertakings) Act
Smugglers and Foreign
Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1976 13
Societies Registration
Act 1860 21
Sonthal Parganas Act 1855 37
Sonthal Parganas Act 1857 10
South Asian University Act
2009 08
Special Court (Trial of
Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 1992 27
Special Criminal Courts
(Jurisdiction) Act 1950 18
Special Economic Zones Act 2005 28
Special Marriage Act 1954 43
Special Protection Group
Act 1988 34
Specific Relief Act 1963 47
Spices Board Act 1986 10
The Spirituous Preparations
(inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control
(Repeal) Act, 2006.
2006 32
Sports Broadcasting Signals
(Mandatory sharing with Prasar Bharti) Act 2007 11
Sree Chitra Tirunal
Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, 1980 52
Trivandrum Act
Stage-Carriages Act 1861 16
Standards of Weights and
Measures Act 1976 60
Standards of Weights and
Measures (Enforcement) Act 1985 54
Standards of Weights and
Measures (Extension to Kohima and Mokokchung 1967 25
Districts) Act
State Acquisition of Lands
for Union Purposes (Validation) Act
1954 23
State Agricultural Credit
Corporation Act 1968 60
State Armed Police Forces
(Extension of Laws) Act 1952 63
State Associated Banks
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1962 56
State Bank of
Hyderabad Act
1956 79
State Bank of India
Act 1955 23
State Bank of India
(Subsidiary Banks) Act 1959 38
State Bank of Saurashtra
(Repeal) and the State Bank of India
(Subsidiary Bank) Amendment
Act, 2009 2009 48
State
Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous 1982 62
Provisions Act
State Emblems of India
(Prohibition of Improper Use) Act 2005 50
State Financial Corporations
Act 1951 63
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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Name of the Act Year Act No
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S State of Arunachal Pradesh Act 1986 69
State of Himachal Pradesh
Act 1970 53
State of Mizoram Act 1986 34
State of Nagaland Act 1962 27
States Reorganisation
Act 1956 37
Sugar-Cane Act 1934 15
Sugar Cess Act 1982 03
Sugar Development Fund
Act 1982 04
Sugar (Regulation of
Production) Act 1961 55
Sugar Undertaking (Taking
over of Management) Act 1978 49
Suits Valuation Act 1887 07
Suppression of Unlawful
Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation
Act 1982 66
Suppression of Unlawful
Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and 2002 69
Fixed Platform on
Continental Shelf Act
Supreme Court Advocates (Practice
in High Courts) Act 1951 18
Supreme Court (Enlargement
of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act
1970 28
Supreme Court Judges (
Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1958 41
Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956 55
Swadeshi Cotton Mills
Company Limited (Acquisition and
Transfer of 1986 30
Undertakings) Act
T Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service
Co-operative Societies (Appointment of 1988 22
Special Officers) Amendment
Act
Tamil Nadu Legislative
Council Act 2010 16
Taxation Laws (Amendment
and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1965 41
Taxation Laws (Amendment
and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1986 46
Taxation Laws (Continuation
and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act 1964 11
Taxation Laws (Extension to
Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1954 41
Taxation Laws (Extension to
Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1972 25
Tea Act 1953 29
Tea Companies (Acquisition
and Transfer of Sick Tea Units) Act 1985 37
Technology Development
Board Act 1995 44
Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India Act 1997 24
Telegraph Wires (Unlawful
Possession) Act 1950 74
Terminal Tax on Railway
Passengers Act 1956 69
Territorial Army Act 1948 56
Territorial Waters,
Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic
Zone and Other 1976 80
Maritime Zones Act
Terrorist Affected Areas (Special
Courts) Act 1984 61
Textile Undertakings
(Nationalisation) Act 1995 39
Textile Undertakings
(Taking Over of Management) Act 1983 40
Textiles Committee Act 1963 41
Tezpur University Act 1993 45
Tobacco Board Act 1975 04
Tobacco Cess Act 1975 26
Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay
Trade Marks Act 1999 47
Trade Unions Act 1926 16
Trading with the Enemy
(Continuance of Emergency Provisions)
Act 1947 16
Transfer of Evacuee
Deposits Act 1954 15
Transfer of Prisoners
Act 1950 29
Transfer of Property
Act 1882 04
Transfer of Property
(Amendment) Supplementary Act 1929 21
Alphabetical List - Central Acts
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Name of the Act Year Act No
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T Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and
Transfer of 1983 41
Undertakings) Act
Transplantation of Human
Organs Act 1994 42
Travancore-Cochin Vehicles
Taxation (Amendment and Validation) Act 1959 42
Tyre Corporation of India
Limited (Disinvestment of Ownership) Act 2007 50
U Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act 1979 24
Union Duties of Excise
(Electricity) Distribution Repeal Act 2006 30
Unit Trust of India
Unit Trust of India
United Nations (Privileges
and Immunities) Act 1947 46
United Nations (Security
Council) Act 1947 43
United Provinces Act 1890 20
University Grants
Commission Act 1956 03
Unlawful Activities
(Prevention) Act 1967 37
Untouchability (Offences)
Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision
Act 1976 106
Unorganised Sector Workers
Social Security Act 2008 33
Urban Land (Ceiling and
Regulation) Act 1976 33
Urban Land (Ceiling and
Regulation) Repeal Act 1999 15
Usurious Loans Act 1918 10
Usury Laws Repeal Act 1855 28
Uttar Pradesh Cantonments
(Control of Rent and Eviction) Repeal Act 1971 68
Uttar Pradesh
Reorganisation Act 2000 29
Uttaranchal (Alteration of
Name) 2006 52
V Vice-President's Pension Act 1997 30
Victoria Memorial Act
Visva-Bharati Act 1951 29
Voluntary Surrender of
Salaries (Exemption from Taxation)
Act 1961 46
War Injuries (Compensation
Insurance) Act 1943 23
Warehousing Corporations
Act 1962 58
Warehousing Corporations
(Supplementary) Act 1965 20
Warehousing (Development
and Regulation) Act,2007 2007 37
Waste-Lands (Claims)
Act 1863 23
Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Act 1974 06
Water (Prevention and
Control of Pollution) Cess Act 1977 36
Wealth-tax Act 1957 27
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery
Systems (Prohibition of 2005 21
Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
Weekly Holidays Act 1942 18
West Godavari District
(Assimilation of Laws on Federal
Subjects) Act 1949 20
White Phosphorus Matches
Prohibition Act 1913 05
Wild Birds and Animals
Protection Act 1912 08
Wild Life (Protection)
Act 1972 53
Wild Life (Protection)
Amendment Act 1991 44
Women's and Children's
Institutions (Licensing) Act 1956 105
Working Journalists and
other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of
Service) 1955 45
and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act
Working Journalists
(Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act 1958 29
Workmen's Compensation Act 1923 08
Workmen’s Compensation
(Amendment) Act, 2009 2009 45
Works of Defence Act 1903 07
Y Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1956 93
