Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015

The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015 is an Act of the Parliament of India that repealed 90 obsolete Acts, and also amended the provisions of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008 to correct typographical errors. The Act was the second such repealing act tabled by the Narendra Modi administration aimed at repealing obsolete laws.

The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015
Parliament of India
Long title An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
Citation	Act No. 19 of 2015
Territorial extent	India
Passed by	Lok Sabha
Passed	8 December 2014
Passed by	Rajya Sabha
Passed	5 May 2015
Assented to by	President Pranab Mukherjee
Assented to	14 May 2015
Commenced	14 May 2015
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill title	The Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014
Bill citation	Bill No. 155 of 2014
Introduced by	Minister of Law and Justice Sadananda Gowda
Introduced	3 December 2014
Committee report	Report of the Select Committee
Related legislation
Repealing and Amending Act, 2015 Repealing and Amending Act, 2016 Repealing and Amending Act, 2017 Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017 Repealing and Amending Act, 2019 Repealing and Amending Act, 2023
Status: Spent

Background and legislative history

Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated 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 (Second) Bill, 2014 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 3 December 2014 by the Minister of Law and Justice, D.V. Sadananda Gowda. The bill sought to repeal 90 Acts and pass amendments to two Acts. The bill sought to completely repeal 88 Acts. The remaining two were amending acts whose changes had been incorporated into the existing Acts. The bill also sought to amend provisions of the Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the Indian Maritime University Act, 2008 so as to correct typographical errors.^[2][3]

The bill was referred to a Select Committee on 23 December 2014. The Committee submitted its report on the bill on 24 February 2015. The report recommended that the bill be passed, and also suggested adding an "automatic repeal clause" to the Railway Appropriation and Finance Appropriation Acts, as these Acts were only required to be in effect for the duration of one year. The Committee suggested adding similar clauses in other pending Bills as well, and recommended that the Law Ministry consider amending Section 6A of the General Clauses Act, 1897(related to the effect of repeals) to enable the inclusion of an automatic repeal clause in Bills. The Committee further noted that a review and repeal of obsolete laws should be carried out every 5 years.^[4]

The bill, as recommended by the Select Committee, was passed by the Lok Sabha on 8 December 2014 and by the Rajya Sabha on 5 May 2015. The bill received assent from President Pranab Mukherjee on 14 May, and was notified in The Gazette of India on 9 May 2015.^[5]

Repealed Acts

Of the 90 acts included in the bill's First Schedule, 88 were completely repealed and two were partially repealed.^[6]

This list is complete and up to date as of April 2022.

№	Year	Act No.	Short title	Extent of repeal
1	1999	1	The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1998	The whole
2	1999	7	The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1998	The whole
3	1999	16	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1999	The whole
4	2000	1	The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
5	2000	7	The Small Industries Development Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
6	2000	12	The Food Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
7	2000	15	The National Housing Bank (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
8	2000	17	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
9	2000	18	The Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Amendment Act, 2000	The whole
10	2000	22	The Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
11	2000	23	The Insecticides (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
12	2000	35	The Border Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
13	2000	39	The State Financial Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
14	2000	44	The Multimodal Transportation of Goods (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
15	2000	55	The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2000	The whole
16	2001	10	The Chit Funds (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
17	2001	23	The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
18	2001	27	The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
19	2001	38	The Government of Union Territories and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
20	2001	40	The Inland Waterways Authority of India (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
21	2001	46	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
22	2001	54	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2001	The whole
23	2002	14	The Inter-State Water Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
24	2002	29	The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
25	2002	30	The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
26	2002	31	The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament (Second Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
27	2002	34	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
28	2002	40	The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act, 2002	The whole
29	2002	42	The Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
30	2002	51	The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
31	2002	52	The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
32	2002	55	The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002	The whole
33	2002	56	The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Second Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
34	2002	62	The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
35	2003	7	The High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2002	The whole
36	2003	8	The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2002	The whole
37	2003	10	The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
38	2003	11	The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002	The whole
39	2003	35	The Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
40	2003	37	The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
41	2003	44	The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
42	2003	48	The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
43	2003	51	The Railways (Second Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
44	2003	58	The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
45	2003	59	The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
46	2004	4	The Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
47	2004	6	The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
48	2004	9	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2003	The whole
49	2004	16	The Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004	The whole
50	2004	24	The Banking Regulation (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2004	The whole
51	2004	30	The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2004	The whole
52	2005	19	The Government of Union Territories and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2005	The whole
53	2005	32	The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2005	The whole
54	2005	40	The Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum (Amendment) Act, 2005	The whole
55	2005	45	The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2005	The whole
56	2005	46	The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2005	The whole
57	2006	2	The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005	The whole
58	2006	5	The Government of Union Territories and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2006	The whole
59	2006	6	The Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006	The whole
60	2006	26	The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2006	The whole
61	2006	40	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2006	The whole
62	2006	45	The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings and Financial Institutions Laws (Amendment) Act, 2006	The whole
63	2006	54	The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2006	Sections 2 to 5
64	2007	17	The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2007	The whole
65	2007	18	The National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2007	The whole
66	2007	30	The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks Laws) Amendment Act, 2007	The whole
67	2007	32	The State Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2007	The whole
68	2007	35	The Inland Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2007	The whole
69	2007	40	The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007	The whole
70	2008	4	The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2008	The whole
71	2008	30	The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2008	The whole
72	2009	5	The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008	The whole
73	2009	11	The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008	The whole
74	2009	20	The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009	The whole
75	2009	23	The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2009	The whole
76	2009	48	The State Bank of Saurashtra (Repeal) and the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Amendment Act, 2009	Sections 3 to 11
77	2010	27	The State Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2010	The whole
78	2010	37	The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2010	The whole
79	2010	41	The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2010	The whole
80	2010	43	The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2010	The whole
81	2011	7	The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Amendment Act, 2011	The whole
82	2011	17	The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks Laws) Amendment Act, 2011	The whole
83	2012	5	The New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Act, 2011	The whole
84	2012	8	The Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011	The whole
85	2012	11	The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2011	The whole
86	2012	26	The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012	The whole
87	2012	36	The Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment) Act, 2012	The whole
88	2013	1	The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012	The whole
89	2013	4	The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012	The whole
90	2013	27	The Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013	The whole