 bill no 155 of 2015 the repealing and amending (third) bill, 2015 a billto repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactmentsbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india  as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the repealing and amending (third) act, 2015 2 the enactments specified in the first schedule are hereby repealed to the extentmentioned in the fourth column thereofrepeal of certain enactmentsamendment of certain enactments savings4 the repeal by this act of any enactment shall not affect any act in which such enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;and this act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing;5nor shall this act affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed;10nor shall the repeal by this act of any enactment provide or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force the first schedule (see section 2) repeals| year      | no       | short title                                                        | extent of repeal   ||-----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|| 1         | 2         | 3                                                                  | 4                  || 1863      | 16        | the excise (sprits) act, 1863                                      | the whole          || 1871      | 23        | the pension act, 1871                                              |                    || the       |           |                                                                    |                    || whole     |           |                                                                    |                    || 1874      | 4         | the foreign recruiting act, 1874                                   |                    || the       |           |                                                                    |                    || whole     |           |                                                                    |                    || 1875      | 18        | the indian law reports act, 1875                                   |                    || the       |           |                                                                    |                    || whole     |           |                                                                    |                    || 1879      | 6         | the elephants preservation acts, 1879                              |                    || the       |           |                                                                    |                    || whole     |           |                                                                    |                    || 1890      | 13        | the excise (malt liquor) act, 1890                                 |                    || the       |           |                                                                    |                    || whole     |           |                                                                    |                    || 1897      | 4         | the indian fisheries act, 1897                                     | the whole          || 1902      | 4         | the indian tramways act, 1902                                      | the whole          || 1912      | 8         | the wild birds and animals protection act, 1912                    | the whole          || 1913      | 6         | the mussalmanwakf validating act, 1913                             | the whole          || 1919      | 1         | the local authorities pension and gratuities act, 1919             | the whole          || 1930      | 32        | the mussalmanwakf validating act, 1930                             | the whole          || 1933      | 2         | the children (pledging of labour) act, 1933                        | the whole          || 1938      | xxiv      | the employers' liability act, 1938                                 | the whole          || 1940      | 12        | the income-tax law (amendment) act, 1940                           | the whole          || 1941      | 22        | the indian merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1941                 | the whole          || 1941      | 23        | the indian income-tax (amendment) act, 1941                        | the whole          || 1941      | 24        | the excess profits tax  (second amendment) act, 1941               | the whole          || 1946      | ordnovi | the criminal law (amendment) ordinance, 1946                       | the whole          || 1947      | 44        | the income-tax and business profits tax (amendment)                | the whole          || act, 1947 |           |                                                                    |                    || 1948      | 38        | the continuance of legal proceedings act, 1948                    | the whole          || 1948      | 48        | the income-tax and business profits tax (amendment)                | the whole          || act, 1948 |           |                                                                    |                    || 1948      | 58        | the exchange of prisoner's act, 1948                               | the whole          || 1948      | 60        | the resettlement of displaced persons (land acquisition) the whole |                    || act, 1948 |           |                                                                    |                    || 1949      | 24        | the delhi hotels (control of accommodation) act, 1949              | the whole          || 1949      | 53        | the indian merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1949                 | the whole          || 1                                   | 2         | 3                                                                | 4         ||-------------------------------------|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|| 1949                                | 59        | the merged states (laws) act, 1949                               | the whole || 1950                                | 9         | the indian tea control (amendment) act, 1950                     | the whole || 1950                                | 26        | the drugs (control) act, 1950                                    | the whole || 1950                                | 52        | the essential supplies (temporary powers) amendment              | the whole || act, 1950                           |           |                                                                  |           || 1950                                | 71        | the indian income-tax (amendment) act, 1950                      | the whole || 1950                                | 72        | the essential supplies (temporary powers) second                 | the whole || amendment act, 1950                 |           |                                                                  |           || 1951                                | 42        | the indian merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1951               | the whole || 1951                                | 54        | the companies (donation to national funds) act, 1951             | the whole || 1951                                | 59        | the delhi premises (requisition and eviction)                    | the whole || amendment act, 1951                 |           |                                                                  |           || 1952                                | 9         | the indian independence pakistan courts                          |           || (pending proceedings) act, 1952     | the whole |                                                                  |           || 1952                                | 49        | the indian tea control (amendment) act, 1952                     | the whole || 1952                                | 54        | the central tea board (amendment) act, 1952                      | the whole || 1953                                | 23        | the indian merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1953               | the whole || 1953                                | 25        | the indian income-tax (amendment) act, 1953                      | the whole || 1953                                | 54        | the reserve bank of india (amendment and                         | the whole || miscellaneous provisions) act, 1953 |           |                                                                  |           || 1954                                | 9         | the control of shipping (amendment) act, 1954                    | the whole || 1954                                | 13        | the press (objectionable matter) amendment act, 1954             | the whole || 1954                                | 23        | the state acquisition of lands for union purposes                | the whole || (validation) act, 1954              |           |                                                                  |           || 1954                                | 33        | the indian income-tax (amendment) act, 1954                      | the whole || 1954                                | 41        | the taxation laws (extension to jammu and kashmir)               | the whole || act, 1954                           |           |                                                                  |           || 1956                                | 10        | the control of shipping (continuance) act, 1956                  | the whole || 1956                                | 26        | the indian income-tax (amendment) act, 1956                      | the whole || 1956                                | 45        | the newspapers (price and page) act, 1956                        | the whole || 1956                                | 52        | the government premises (eviction) amendment act, 1956 the whole |           || 1956                                | 63        | the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes orders                 | the whole || (amendment) act, 1956               |           |                                                                  |           || 1956                                | 95        | the banking companies (amendment) act, 1956                      | the whole || 1957                                | 47        | the indian telegraph (amendment) act, 1957                       | the whole || 1957                                | 57        | the life insurance corporation (amendment) act, 1957             | the whole || 1958                                | 9         | the control of shipping (continuance) act, 1958                  | the whole || 1958                                | 33        | the estate duty (amendment) act, 1958                            | the whole || 1959                                | 1         | the indian income-tax (amendment) act, 1959                      | the whole || 1959                                | 17        | the coal grading board (repeal) act, 1959                        | the whole || 1959                                | 29        | the public wakfs (extension of limitation) act, 1959             | the whole || 1959                                | 59        | the minerals oils (additional duties of excise and               | the whole || customs) act, 1958                  |           |                                                                  |           || 1960                                | 18        | the indian boilers (amendment) act, 1960                         | the whole || 1960                                | 28        | the taxation laws (amendment) act, 1960                          | the whole || 1961                                | 7         | the banking companies (amendment) act, 1961                      | the whole || 1961                                | 36        | the newspapers (price and page) continuation act, 1961           | the whole || 1                                                        |   2 | 3                                                                    | 4         ||----------------------------------------------------------|-----|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|| 1961                                                     |  55 | the sugar (regulation of production) act, 1961                       | the whole || 1962                                                     |  17 | the air corporations (amendment) act, 1962                           | the whole || 1962                                                     |  56 | the state-associated banks (miscellaneous provisions)                | the whole || act, 1962                                                |     |                                                                      |           || 1962                                                     |  59 | the personal injuries (emergency provisions) act, 1962               | the whole || 1963                                                     |  21 | the compulsory deposit scheme act, 1963                              | the whole || 1963                                                     |  37 | the personal injuries (compensation) act, 1963                       | the whole || 1965                                                     |  23 | the banking laws (application to cooperative societies) the whole    |           || act, 1965                                                |     |                                                                      |           || 1966                                                     |  21 | the merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1966                          | the whole || 1966                                                     |  30 | the electricity (supply) amendment act, 1966                         | the whole || 1967                                                     |  14 | the essential commodities (amendment) act, 1967                      | the whole || 1967                                                     |  25 | the standards of weights and measures                                | the whole || (extension of kohima and mokokchung districts) act, 1967 |     |                                                                      |           || 1968                                                     |  60 | the state agriculture credit cooperation act, 1968                   | the whole || 1969                                                     |  22 | the banking companies (acquisition and transfer of                   | the whole || undertakings) act, 1969                                  |     |                                                                      |           || 1969                                                     |  23 | the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development)                 | the whole || amendment act, 1969                                      |     |                                                                      |           || 1969                                                     |  37 | the delhi high court (amendment) act, 1969                           | the whole || 1969                                                     |  38 | the wakf (amendment) act, 1969                                       | the whole || 1970                                                     |  25 | the merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1970                          | the whole || 1970                                                     |  51 | the central labour laws (extension to jammu and                      | the whole || kashmir) act, 1970                                       |     |                                                                      |           || 1971                                                     |  54 | the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development)                 | the whole || amendment and validation act, 1971                       |     |                                                                      |           || 1971                                                     |  63 | the jayanti shipping company (acquisition of shares)                 | the whole || act, 1971                                                |     |                                                                      |           || 1971                                                     |  64 | the coking coal mines (emergency provisions) act, 1971 the whole     |           || 1972                                                     |  58 | the indian copper corporation (acquisition of                        | the whole || undertakings) act, 1972                                  |     |                                                                      |           || 1972                                                     |  72 | the sick textiles undertakings (taking over of                       | the whole || management) act, 1972                                    |     |                                                                      |           || 1973                                                     |   2 | the diplomatic and consular officers (oaths and fees)                | the whole || (extension to jammu and kashmir) act, 1973               |     |                                                                      |           || 1973                                                     |  15 | the coal mines (taking over of management) act, 1973                 | the whole || 1973                                                     |  62 | the konkan passenger ships (acquisition) act, 1973                   | the whole || 1974                                                     |   4 | the esso (acquisition of undertakings in india)                      | the whole || act, 1974                                                |     |                                                                      |           || 1974                                                     |  37 | the additional emoluments (compulsory deposits) acts, 1974 the whole |           || 1976                                                     |   2 | the burmah shell (acquisition of undertakings in india)              | the whole || act, 1976                                                |     |                                                                      |           || 1976                                                     |  89 | the indian iron and steel company (acquisition of                    | the whole || shares) act, 1976                                       |     |                                                                      |           || 1976                                                     |  98 | the laxmirattan and artherton west cotton mill                       | the whole || (taking over of management) act, 1976                    |     |                                                                      |           || 1976                                                     | 106 | the untouchability (offences) and amendment                          | the whole || miscellaneous provisions act, 1976                       |     |                                                                      |           || 1                                                       |   2 | 3                                                                   | 4         ||---------------------------------------------------------|-----|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|| 1977                                                    |  17 | the caltex [ acquisition of shares of caltex oil refining           | the whole || (india) limited and of the undertakings in india caltex |     |                                                                     |           || (india) limited] act, 1977                              |     |                                                                     |           || 1978                                                    |  21 | the deposit insurance corporation (amendment and                    | the whole || miscellaneous provisions) act, 1978                     |     |                                                                     |           || 1979                                                    |  28 | the kosan gas company (acquisition of  undertakings)                | the whole || act, 1979                                               |     |                                                                     |           || 1980                                                    |  64 | the maruti limited (acquisition transfer of undertakings) the whole |           || act, 1980                                               |     |                                                                     |           || 1981                                                    |  18 | the essential commodities (special provision) act, 1981             | the whole || 1981                                                    |  19 | the prevention of blackmarketing and maintenance of                 | the whole || supplies of essential commodities (amendment) act, 1981 |     |                                                                     |           || 1981                                                    |  41 | the burmah oil company [acquisition shares of oil india the whole   |           || limited and of the undertakings in india of assam oil   |     |                                                                     |           || company limited and the burmah oil company (india       |     |                                                                     |           || trading) ltd] act, 1981                                |     |                                                                     |           || 1982                                                    |  50 | the amritsar oil works (acquisition and transfer of                 | the whole || undertakings) act, 1982                                 |     |                                                                     |           || 1982                                                    |  68 | the drugs and cosmetics (amendment) act, 1982                       | the whole || 1983                                                    |  29 | the national oilseeds and vegetable oils development                | the whole || board act, 1983                                         |     |                                                                     |           || 1983                                                    |  40 | the textile undertakings (taking over of management)                | the whole || act, 1983                                               |     |                                                                     |           || 1984                                                    |   1 | the banking laws (amendment) act, 1983                              | the whole || 1984                                                    |  16 | the ganesh flour mills company limited (acquisition                 | the whole || and transfer of undertakings) act, 1984                 |     |                                                                     |           || 1984                                                    |  33 | the mogul line limited (acquisition of shares) act, 1984 the whole  |           || 1984                                                    |  34 | the essential commodities (amendment) act, 1984                     | the whole || 1984                                                    |  54 | the levy sugar price equalisation fund (amendment)                  | the whole || act, 1984                                               |     |                                                                     |           || 1984                                                    |  59 | the university grants commission (amendment)                        | the whole || act, 1984                                               |     |                                                                     |           || 1985                                                    |   3 | the general insurance business (nationalisation)                    | the whole || amendment act, 1985                                     |     |                                                                     |           || 1986                                                    |  33 | the merchant shipping (amendment) act, 1986                         | the whole || 1986                                                    |  66 | the shipping development fund committee                             | the whole || (abolition) act, 1986                                   |     |                                                                     |           || 1987                                                    |  27 | the national security (amendment) act, 1987                         | the whole || 1988                                                    |  43 | the national security (amendment) act, 1988                         | the whole || 1991                                                    |  34 | the consumer protection (amendment) act, 1991                       | the whole || 1991                                                    |  60 | the delhi high court (amendment) act, 1991                          | the whole || 1999                                                    |   1 | the export-import bank of india (amendment) act, 1998               | the whole || 1999                                                    |  38 | the mines and minerals (development and regulation)                 | the whole || amendment act, 1999                                     |     |                                                                     |           || 2000                                                    |   1 | the recovery of debts due to banks and financial                    | the whole || institutions (amendment) act, 2000                      |     |                                                                     |           || 2000                                                    |   2 | the telecom regulatory authority of india (amendment)               | the whole || act, 2000                                               |     |                                                                     |           || 1                                         | 2         | 3                                                     | 4         ||-------------------------------------------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|| 2000                                      | 7         | the small industries development bank of india        | the whole || (amendment) act, 2000                     |           |                                                       |           || 2000                                      | 15        | the national housing bank (amendment) act, 2000       | the whole || 2000                                      | 22        | the major port trusts (amendment) act, 2000           | the whole || 2000                                      | 31        | the army and air force (disposal of private property) | the whole || amendment act, 2000                       |           |                                                       |           || 2000                                      | 39        | the state financial corporation (amendment) act, 2000 | the whole || 2001                                      | 11        | the insurance laws (transfer of business and          |           || emergency provisions) repeal act, 2001    | the whole |                                                       |           || 2001                                      | 17        | the up sugarcane cess (validation) repeal act, 2001   | the whole || 2001                                      | 20        | the banking companies (legal practitioners' clients'  | the whole || accounts) repeal act, 2001                |           |                                                       |           || 2001                                      | 21        | the electricity regulatory commissions (amendment)    | the whole || act, 2001                                 |           |                                                       |           || 2001                                      | 28        | the livestock importation (amendment) act, 2001       | the whole || 2001                                      | 40        | the inland waterways authority of india (amendment)   | the whole || act, 2001                                 |           |                                                       |           || 2001                                      | 55        | the national commission for safai karamcharis         | the whole || (amendment) act, 2001                     |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 17        | the passports (amendment) act, 2002                   | the whole || 2002                                      | 25        | the constitution (scheduled castes) order             | the whole || (amendment) act, 2002                     |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 32        | the constitution (scheduled castes and scheduled      | the whole || tribes) orders (amendment) act, 2002      |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 40        | the general insurance business (nationalisation)      | the whole || amendment act, 2002                       |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 42        | the insurance (amendment) act, 2002                   | the whole || 2002                                      | 44        | the coast guard (amendment) act, 2002                 | the whole || 2002                                      | 45        | the national co-operative development corporation     | the whole || (amendment) act, 2002                     |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 50        | the petroleum (berar extension) repeal act, 2002      | the whole || 2002                                      | 51        | the homoeopathy central council (amendment)           | the whole || act, 2002                                 |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 52        | the indian medicine central council (amendment)       | the whole || act, 2002                                 |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 55        | the negotiable instrument (amendment and              | the whole || miscellaneous provisions) act, 2002       |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 61        | the constitution (scheduled castes) order (second     | the whole || amendment) act, 2002                      |           |                                                       |           || 2002                                      | 63        | the merchant shipping (amendment) act, 2002           | the whole || 2002                                      | 64        | the medical termination of pregnancy (amendment)      | the whole || act, 2002                                 |           |                                                       |           || 2003                                      | 14        | the pre-natal diagnostic techniques (regulation and   | the whole || prevention of misuse) amendment act, 2002 | the whole |                                                       |           || 2003                                      | 57        | the electricity (amendment) act, 2003                 | the whole || 2003                                      | 58        | the indian medicine central council (amendment)       | the whole || act, 2003                                 |           |                                                       |           || 1                                                    |   2 | 3                                                               | 4         ||------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|| 2003                                                 |  59 | the merchant shipping (amendment) act, 2003                     | the whole || 2004                                                 |   5 | the indian council of world affairs (amendment)                 | the whole || act, 2003                                            |     |                                                                 |           || 2004                                                 |   8 | the indian telegraph (amendment) act, 2003                      | the whole || 2004                                                 |  24 | the banking regulation (amendment and miscellaneous the whole   |           || provisions) act, 2004                                |     |                                                                 |           || 2005                                                 |  15 | the patents (amendment) act, 2005                               | the whole || 2005                                                 |  23 | the navy (amendment) act, 2005                                  | the whole || 2005                                                 |  47 | the railways (amendment) act, 2005                              | the whole || 2006                                                 |  26 | the reserve bank of india (amendment) act, 2006                 | the whole || 2006                                                 |  45 | the banking companies (acquisition and transfer of              | the whole || undertakings and financial institutions laws)        |     |                                                                 |           || amendment act, 2006                                  |     |                                                                 |           || 2006                                                 |  57 | the indian telegraph (amendment) act, 2006                      | the whole || 2007                                                 |  17 | the banking regulation (amendment) act, 2007                    | the whole || 2007                                                 |  26 | the electricity (amendment) act, 2007                           | the whole || 2007                                                 |  30 | the state bank of india (subsidiary banks laws)                 | the whole || amendment act, 2007                                  |     |                                                                 |           || 2007                                                 |  31 | the constitution (scheduled castes) order (amendment) the whole |           || act, 2007                                            |     |                                                                 |           || 2007                                                 |  32 | the state bank of india (amendment) act, 2007                   | the whole || 2007                                                 |  40 | the merchant shipping (amendment) act, 2007                     | the whole || 2007                                                 |  49 | the indian boilers (amendment) act, 2007                        | the whole || 2008                                                 |  11 | the railways (amendment) act, 2008                              | the whole || 2008                                                 |  13 | the food safety and standards (amendment) act, 2008             | the whole || 2008                                                 |  26 | the drugs and cosmetics (amendment) act, 2008                   | the whole || 2009                                                 |  46 | the national rural employment guarantee (amendment)             | the whole || act, 2009                                            |     |                                                                 |           || 2009                                                 |  48 | the state bank of saurashtra (repeal) and the state             | the whole || bank of india (subsidiary banks) amendment act, 2009 |     |                                                                 |           || 2010                                                 |  26 | the securities and insurance laws (amendment and                | the whole || validation) act, 2010                                |     |                                                                 |           || 2010                                                 |  27 | the state bank of india (amendment) act, 2010                   | the whole || 2010                                                 |  28 | the energy conservation (amendment) act, 2010                   | the whole || 2010                                                 |  34 | the mines and minerals (development and regulation)             | the whole || amendment act, 2010                                  |     |                                                                 |           || 2010                                                 |  35 | the essential commodities (amendment) act, 2010                | the whole || 2010                                                 |  43 | the indian medicine central council (amendment)                 | the whole || act, 2010                                            |     |                                                                 |           || 2011                                                 |   7 | the state bank of india (subsidiary banks) amendment            | the whole || act, 2011                                            |     |                                                                 |           || 2011                                                 |  17 | the state bank of india (subsidiary banks laws)                 | the whole || amendment act, 2011                                  |     |                                                                 |           || 2012                                                 |   1 | the damodar valley corporation (amendment) act, 2011            | the whole || 2012                                                 |   8 | the life insurance corporation (amendment) act, 2011            | the whole || 2012                                                 |  11 | the export-import bank of india (amendment) act, 2011           | the whole || 2013                                                 |   4 | the banking laws (amendment) act, 2012                          | the whole | the second schedule (see section 3) amendments| year                                       | no                                 | short title                    | amendments                        ||--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| 2013                                       | 14                                  | the sexual harassment of       | in sections 6, 7 and section 24,— || women at workplace                         |                                     |                                |                                   || (prevention, prohibition and               | (                                   | i                              | ) for the words "local complaints || redressal) act, 2013                       | committee" wherever they occur, the |                                |                                   || words "local committee" shall be           |                                     |                                |                                   || substituted;                               |                                     |                                |                                   || (                                          | ii                                  | ) for the words "internal      |                                   || complaints committee" wherever they        |                                     |                                |                                   || occur, the words "internal committee"      |                                     |                                |                                   || shall be substituted                      |                                     |                                |                                   || 2014                                       | 8                                   | the governors (emoluments,     | in section 2,—                    || allowances and privileges)                 |                                     |                                |                                   || amendment act, 2014                        | (                                   | i                              | ) the words and figure "section   || 2 of" shall be omitted;                    |                                     |                                |                                   || (                                          | ii                                  | ) after the brackets and words |                                   || "(hereinafter referred to as the principal |                                     |                                |                                   || act)", insert the words and figure "in     |                                     |                                |                                   || section 2"                                |                                     |                                |                                   | statement of objects and reasonsthe central government's resolve to bring reform in the legal system of the country, to make it more accessible to the common man and to imbibe the principles of rule of law, has, inter-alia, began with the review of enactments which are obsolete, redundant and unnecessary in fulfilment of this objective, the central government has undertaken a comprehensive review of laws and the legal system with a view to remove incoherent and redundant laws2 the primary initiative in this direction was taken to constitute a committee to review the laws which are obsolete and redundant and can be repealed a two member committee was constituted for review of obsolete laws for repeal the said committee, based on various reports of the law commission and p c jain commission, examined the central acts which are not relevant or no longer needed and which can be repealed either in whole or in part3 the two member committee identified 1741 central acts out of existing 2781 central acts lying on the statute-book as on 15th october, 2014 the acts identified for repeal by the said committee are categorized as (i) 777 central acts identified for repeal wholly or in part; (ii) 83 central acts relating to state subjects to be repealed by state legislatures; (iii) 624 central appropriation acts enacted up to the year 2010; and (iv) 257 appropriation acts enacted by parliament for the states under president's rule to be repealed by such states the law commission, in its 248th, 249th, 250th and 251st reports on "obsolete laws: warranting immediate repeal", inter alia, recommended for repeal of 289 acts4 as a step forward towards this direction, the central government has undertaken the following initiatives towards achieving its objective to repeal obsolete and redundant laws the following bill, namely, (i) the repealing and amending bill, 2015 (to repeal 35 acts); (ii) the repealing and amending (second) bill, 2015 (to repeal 90 acts); and (iii) the appropriation acts (repeal) bill, 2015 (to repeal 758 appropriation acts) which have been introduced in parliament and are at different stages the bills at serial nos (i) and (ii) have been passed by parliament and bill at serial no (iii) is pending for consideration in parliament on remaining acts, action for repeal is at different stages5 as part of the ongoing initiative of the central government, the present proposal is to repeal 187 obsolete and redundant laws lying unnecessarily on the statute-book an appropriate saving clause has been incorporated in the bill on being enacted, it would reduce obsolete laws and bring in clarity to those for whose benefit the laws are enacted6 the bill seeks to achieve the aforesaid objectives new delhi;dv sadananda gowdathe 11th may, 2015 lok sabha———— a billto repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments————(shri dv sadananda gowda, minister of law and justice)gmgipmrnd—1018ls—11052015