Alphabetical List - Central Acts
Name of the
Act Year
Act No
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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
Administration of Evacuee Property Act
1950 31
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 Cess Act, 1985
1986 03
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
1986 02
Development Authority Act,
1985
Agricultural Produce Cess Act
1940 27
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act
1937 01
Agriculturists' Loans Act
1884
12
Aircraft
Act 1934
22
Airports Authority of India
Act
1994 55
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
Ajmer Tenancy and Land
Records
Act 1950
42
Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings
Act 1973
56
Aligarh Muslim University Act
1920 40
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
Amritsar Oil Works (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act
1982 50
Anand Marriage Act
1909 07
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites
and Remains Act
1958 24
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act
1904 07
Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act
1959 56
Andhra Pradesh and Mysore
(Transfer of Territory) Act
1968 36
Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer
of
1982 71
Undertakings) Act
Andhra State
Act 1953
30
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
Armed Forces (Jammu and
Kashmir) Special Powers Act
1990 21
Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special
Powers Act
1983 34
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
1958 28
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 (Alteration of
Boundaries)
Act 1951
47
Assam Criminal Law
Amendment (Supplementary) Act
1934 27
Assam Municipal (Manipur
Amendment) Act
1961 49
Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya)
Act 1969
55
Assam Rifles Act
1941
05
Assam Sillimanite Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory
Plant) Act 1976
22
Assam University Act
1989 23
Atomic Energy Act
1962
33
Auroville Foundation Act
1988 54
Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act
1973
50
B
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act
1994 58
Banaras Hindu University Act
1915 16
Bangalore Marriages
Validating Act
1936 16
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
Banking Service Commission Act
1984
44
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 Civil Courts Act
1887 12
Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion
Act 1847
09
Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
and Assam Laws Act
1912 07
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association
Act 1838
05
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act
1854 05
Bengal Chaukidari Act
1856 20
Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and
1980 58
Transfer of Undertakings) Act
Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act
1925 ..
Bengal Districts Act
1836 21
Bengal Embankment Act
1855
32
Bengal Finance (Sales Tax)
(Delhi Validation of Appointments and
1971 20
Proceedings) Act
Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act
1859 05
Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of
1984 57
Undertakings) Act
Bengal Indigo Contracts Act
1836 10
Bengal Land Holders' Attendance Act
1848 20
Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act
1841 12
Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act
1859 11
Bengal Military Police Act
1892 05
Bengal Rent Act
1859 10
Bengal Suppression of
Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act
1932 24
Bengal Tenancy Act
1885 08
Berar Laws Act
1941
04
Betwa River Board (Amendment) Act
1993 49
Betwa River Board Act
1976
63
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
1988 44
(Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act
Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster
(Processing of Claims)
Act 1985
21
Bihar Land Reforms Laws
(Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act
1969 42
Bihar Reorganisation Act,
2000 2000
30
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act
1968 24
Bihar and West Bengal
(Transfer of Territories) Act
1956 40
Bikrama Singh's Estates Act
1883 10
Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and
1980 67
Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act
1886
06
Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act 1978
42
Bombay Civil Courts Act
1869 14
Bombay Municipal Debentures
Act
1876 15
Bombay Public Security
Measures (Delhi Amendment) Act
1948 52
Bombay Rent-free Estates
Act
1852 11
Bombay Reorganisation Act
1960 11
Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction
Act 1876
10
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act
1976 19
Border Security Force Act
1968 47
Boundaries
1847
01
Boundary-marks, Bombay
1846 03
Brahmaputra Board Act
1980 46
Braithwaite and Company (India)
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of
1976 96
Undertakings) Act
Brentford Electric (India)
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of
1987 36
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) Repeal
Act 1960
57
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 of Assam Oil Company Limited and the
Burmah Oil
Company (India Trading) Limited] Act
Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act
1976 02
Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation)
Act 1976
97
Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act
1995 07
Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction)
Act 1953
41
Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act
1919 15
Calcutta Land-revenue Act
1850 23
Calcutta Land-revenue Act
1856 18
Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary
1985 10
Provisions Act
Calcutta Pilots Act
1859
12
Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act
1948
33
Caltex [Acquisition of Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India)
Limited and
1977 17
of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India) Limited] Act
Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act
1957 46
Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act
1923 06
Cantonments Act
1924
02
Capital of Punjab Development and Regulation (Chandigarh
Amendment) Act 1973
17
Cardamom
Act 1965
42
Carriage by Air
Act 1972
69
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 Board of Revenue Act
1963 54
Central Duties of Excise (Retrospective Exemption Act
1986 45
Central Excise 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) Act
1970 51
Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act
1993 44
Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act
1968 25
Central Provinces Court of Wards Act
1899 24
Central Provinces Financial Commissioner's Act
1908 13
Central Provinces Land-revenue Act
1881 18
Central Provinces Laws Act
1875 20
Central Provinces Tenancy Act
1898 11
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
Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act
1992 16
Chandernagore (Merger) Act
1954 36
Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
1988 02
Chandigarh Disturbed Areas
Act
1983 33
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
Child Marriage Restraint Act
1929
19
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
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 Municipal (Supplementary) Act
1888
12
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 (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act
2000 45
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
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
Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act
1891
16
Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act
1955 19
Commercial Documents Evidence
Act 1939
30
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
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 Act
1950 49
Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act
1948 38
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
1970 37
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
Countess of Dufferin's Fund Act
1957 63
Court-fees Act
1870 07
Court-fees (Delhi Amendment) Act
1967
28
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 Excises Laws (Amendment) Act
1988 29
Customs and Excise Revenues Appellate Tribunal Act
1986 62
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 Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act
1976
87
Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development
Act 1948
66
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control
Act 1952
38
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Centonment Repeal) Act
1968 49
Delhi Apartment Ownership
Act 1986
58
Delhi Co-operative Societies Act
1972 35
Delhi Delegation of Powers Act
1964 23
Delhi Development Act
1957 61
Delhi Development Authority (Validation of Disciplinary
Powers) Act, 1998 1999
06
Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act
1986 56
Delhi High Court Act
1966
26
Delhi High Court (Amendment)
Act 1980
37
Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act
1949 24
Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act
1960 24
Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer)
Act 1972
30
Delhi Laws Act
1912
13
Delhi Laws Act
1915
07
Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation
Act 1962
57
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act
1957 66
Delhi Municipal Corporation (Validation of Electricity Tax)
Act
1966 35
Delhi Police Act
1978
34
Delhi Primary Education Act
1960 39
Delhi Rent Act
1995
33
Delhi Rent Control
Act 1958
59
Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act
1941 12
Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act
1971 71
Delhi Sales Tax Act
1975 43
Delhi Sales Tax (Amendment and Validation) Act
1976 91
Delhi School Education Act
1973 18
Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act
1971 82
Delhi Special Police Establishment
Act 1946
25
Delhi University Act
1922 08
Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act
1961 30
Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 1973
1974
01
Delimitation Act
1972
76
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
1973 02
and Kashmir) Act
Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act
1972 43
Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act
1989 03
Direct-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act
2000 20
Displaced Persons (Claims) Supplementary Act
1954 12
Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act
1954 44
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
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)
Act
1974 54
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
Electricity Regulatory Commission Act
1998 14
Electricity (Supply) Act
1948 54
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
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 Services Maintenance (Assam) Act
1980 41
Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act
1974 04
Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act
1951 64
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
Food Corporations Act
1964
37
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
Ganesh Flour Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer
of 1984
16
Undertakings) Act
G
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
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 (Opinion Poll) Act
1966
38
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
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
1959
51
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 (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
Hindu Succession Act
1956 30
H
Hindustan Tractors
Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1978 13
Hire-Purchase Act
1972
26
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
Imperial Library (Indentures Validation) Act
1902 01
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 Divorce Act
1869
04
Indian Easements Act
1882
05
Indian Electricity Act
1910 09
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 Majority Act
1875 09
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
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