 - bill no 58 of 1990 - the gold (control) repeal bill, 1990 a billto repeal the gold (control) act, 1968 short title be it enacted by parliament in the forty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the gold (control) repeal act, 1990 repeal of act 45 or 1968 z the gold (control) act, is hereby repealed  statement of objects and reasonsgold control which regulated the domestic trade and movement of gold within the country wa's introduced on 9th january, 1963 as part of the defence of india rules later on the gold (control) act, 1968 was enacted with the broad objectives of controlling the production, manufacture, supply, distribution, use and possession of, and business in, gold, ornaments and articles of gold the said enactment was meant to supplement other preventive measures to make circulation of smuggled gold difficult and its detection easier by extending the control over gold beyond the stage of import 2 over the past 22 years the results achieved under the act have not been encouraging and the desired objectives for which the act was introduced have not been achieved due to various socio-economic and cultural factors in the vast multitude of the country's population and the lack of adequate administrative machinery on the ·)ther hand, this regressive and purely regulatory act has given rise to considerable dissatisfaction in the minds of the pubhc as it has caused hardship and harassment to the artisans and small 'self-employed goldsmiths who have not been able to develop their skills and earn proper living on account of the rigours which this act imposed upon them 3 taking these factors into consideration and the advice of experts who have examined issues related to this act, it is proposed to repeal the gold (control) act 1968 4 the bill seeks to achieve the said object new delhi; the 16th aptil, 1990 madhu dandavate  a bill to repeal the gold (control) act,(pto! madhu dandavate, minister of finance) 