List of Indian Federal Legislation

June 28th, 2008

The following is a comprehensive list of Acts passed by the British (or by Indians in the Imperial Legislative Council) between 1836 and 1947, and the Parliament of India after 1947.

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1836–1850

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Bengal Indigo Contracts Act
1836
10

Bengal Districts Act
1836
21

Madras Public Property Malversation Act
1837
36

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act
1838
5

Coasting Vessels Act
1838
19

Madras Rent and Revenue Sales Act
1839
7

Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act
1841
12

Revenue, Bombay
1842
13

Revenue Commissioners, Bombay
1842
17

Sales of Land for Revenue Arrears
1845
1

Boundary-marks, Bombay
1846
3

Boundaries
1847
1

Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Act
1847
9

Bengal Land Holders’ Attendance Act
1848
20

Madras Revenue Commissioner Act
1849
10

Public Accountants’ Defaults Act
1850
12

Judicial Officers Protection Act
1850
18

Caste Disabilities Removal Act
1850
21

Calcutta Land-revenue Act
1850
23

Forfeited Deposits Act
1850
25

Improvements in Towns
1850
26

Public Servants (Inquiries) Act
1850
37

1851–1875

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Indian Tolls Act
1851
8

Madras City Land Revenue Act
1851
12

Sheriffs’ Fees Act
1852
8

Bombay Rent-free Estates Act
1852
11

Rent Recovery Act
1853
6

Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act
1853
11

Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act
1854
5

Police, Agra
1854
16

Legal Representatives’ Suits Act
1855
12

Fatal Accidents Act
1855
13

Usury Laws Repeal Act
1855
28

Bengal Embankment Act
1855
32

Sonthal Parganas Act
1855
37

Indian Bills of Lading Act
1856
9

Calcutta Land-revenue Act
1856
18

Bengal Chaukidari Act
1856
20

Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act
1857
4

Oriental Gas Company
1857
5

Madras Uncovenated Officers’ Act
1857
7

Sonthal Parganas Act
1857
10

Howrah Offences Act
1857
21

Madras Compulsory Labour Act
1858
1

Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act
1859
5

Bengal Rent Act
1859
10

Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act
1859
11

Calcutta Pilots Act
1859
12

Madras District Police Act
1859
24

Societies Registration Act
1860
21

Indian Penal Code
1860
45

Police Act
1861
5

Stage-Carriages Act
1861
16

Government Seal Act
1862
3

Excise (Spirits) Act
1863
16

Partition of Revenue-paying Estates
1863
19

Religious Endowments Act
1863
20

Waste-Lands (Claims) Act
1863
23

Indian Tolls Act
1864
15

Carriers Act
1865
3

Converts’ Marriage Dissolution Act
1866
21

Oudh Sub-settlement Act
1866
26

Ganges Tolls
1867
1

Public Gambling Act
1867
3

Oriental Gas Company
1867
11

Sarais Act
1867
22

Press and Registration of Books Act
1867
25

Oudh Estates Act
1869
1

Indian Divorce Act
1869
4

Bombay Civil Courts Act
1869
14

Court-fees Act
1870
7

Oudh Taluqdars’ Relief Act
1870
24

Cattle-trespass Act
1871
1

Coroners Act
1871
4

Dehra Dun
1871
21

Pensions Act
1871
23

Indian Evidence Act
1872
1

Punjab Laws Act
1872
4

1872
9

Indian Christian Marriage Act
1872
15

Madras Civil Courts Act
1873
3

Government Savings Banks Act
1873
5

Northern India Canal and Drainage Act
1873
8

North-Eastern Provinces Village and Road Police Act
1873
16

Married Women’s Property Act
1874
3

Foreign Recruiting Act
1874
4

Laws Local Extent Act
1874
15

Majority Act
1875
9

Indian Law Reports Act
1875
18

Central Provinces Laws Act
1875
20

1876–1900

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Chota Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act
1876
6

Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act
1876
10

Bombay Municipal Debentures Act
1876
15

Oudh Laws Act
1876
18

Dramatic Performances Act
1876
19

Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act
1878
6

Northern India Ferries Act
1878
17

Elephants’ Preservation Act
1879
6

Hackney-carriage Act
1879
14

Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act
1879
17

Legal Practitioners Act
1879
18

Raipur and Khattra Laws Act
1879
19

Religious Societies Act
1880
1

Kazis Act
1880
12

Municipal Taxation Act
1881
11

Fort William Act
1881
13

Obstructions in Fairways Act
1881
16

Central Provinces Land-revenue Act
1881
18

Negotiable Instruments

Indian Trusts Act
1882
2

Transfer of Property Act
1882
4

Indian Easements Act
1882
5

Powers-of-Attorney Act
1882
7

Presidency Small Cause Courts Act
1882
15

Madras Forest (Validation) Act
1882
21

Bikrama Singh’s Estates Act
1883
10

Land Improvement Loans Act
1883
19

Punjab District Boards Act
1883
20

Explosives Act
1884
4

Agriculturists’ Loans Act
1884
12

Bengal Tenancy Act
1885
8

Indian Telegraph Act
1885
13

Land Acquisition (Mines) Act
1885
18

Mirzapur Stone Mahal Act
1886
5

Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act
1886
6

Indian Tramways Act
1886
11

Oudh Wasikas Act
1886
21

Suits Valuation Act
1887
7

Provincial Small Cause Courts Act
1887
9

Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act
1887
12

Punjab Tenancy Act
1887
16

Punjab Land Revenue Act
1887
17

King of Oudh’s Estate Act
1887
19

Police Act
1888
3

Indian Reserve Forces Act
1888
4

Indian Tolls Act
1888
8

City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act
1888
12

King of Oudh’s Estate Act
1888
14

Metal Tokens Act
1889
1

Revenue Recovery Act
1890
1

Charitable Endowments Act
1890
6

Guardians and Wards Act
1890
8

Excise (Malt Liquors) Act
1890
13

United Provinces Act
1890
20

Easements (Extending Act 5 of 1882)
1891
8

Murshidabad Act
1891
15

Colonial Courts of Admiralty (India) Act
1891
16

Bankers’ Books Evidence Act
1891
18

Marriages Validation Act
1892
2

Bengal Military Police Act
1892
5

Madras City Civil Court Act
1892
7

Government Management of Private Estates Act
1892
10

Porahat Estate Act
1893
2

Partition Act
1893
4

Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit
1893
6

Land Acquisition Act
1894
1

Prisons Act
1894
9

Government Grants Act
1895
15

Epidemic Diseases Act
1897
3

Indian Fisheries Act
1897
4

Amending Act
1897
5

Reformatory Schools Act
1897
8

General Clauses Act
1897
10

Indian Short Titles Act
1897
14

Lepers Act
1898
3

Indian Post Office Act
1898
6

Live-stock Importation Act
1898
9

Central Provinces Tenancy Act
1898
11

Indian Stamp Act
1899
2

Government Buildings Act
1899
4

Glanders and Farcy Act
1899
13

Church of Scotland Kirk Sessions Act
1899
23

Central Provinces Court of Wards Act
1899
24

Prisoners Act
1900
3

1901–1925

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act
1901
2

Amending Act
1901
11

Indian Tramways Act
1902
4

Amending Act
1903
1

Works of Defence Act
1903
7

Victoria Memorial Act
1903
10

Ancient Monuments Preservation Act
1904
7

Indian Railway Board Act
1905
4

Coinage Act
1906
3

Code of Civil Procedure
1908
5

Explosive Substances Act
1908
6

Central Provinces Financial Commissioner’s Act
1908
13

Indian Criminal Law Amendment Act
1908
14

Indian Ports Act
1908
15

Registration Act
1908
16

Presidency-towns Insolvency Act
1909
3

Anand Marriage Act
1909
7

Dourine Act
1910
5

Indian Museum Act
1910
10

Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act
1911
10

Co-operative Societies Act
1912
2

Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act
1912
7

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act
1912
8

Delhi Laws Act
1912
13

Official Trustees Act
1913
2

White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act
1913
5

Mussalman Wakf Validating Act
1913
6

Destructive Insects and Pests Act
1914
2

Local Authorities Loans Act
1914
9

Delhi Laws Act
1915
7

Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act
1915
10

Banaras Hindu University Act
1915
16

Indian Medical Degrees Act
1916
7

Hindu Disposition of Property Act
1916
15

Inland Vessels Act
1917
1

Destruction of Records Act
1917
5

King of Oudh’s Estate Validation Act
1917
12

Post Office Cash Certificates Act
1917
18

Cinematograph Act
1918
2

Usurious Loans Act
1918
10

Bronze Coin (Legal Tender) Act
1918
22

Local Authorities Pensions and Gratuities Act
1919
1

Poisons Act
1919
12

Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act
1919
15

Provincial Insolvency Act
1920
5

Indian Securities Act
1920
10

Charitable and Religious Trusts Act
1920
14

Indian Red Cross Society Act
1920
15

Indian Rifles Act
1920
23

Identification of Prisoners Act
1920
33

Passport (Entry into India) Act
1920
34

Aligarh Muslim University Act
1920
40

Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act
1921
18

Delhi University Act
1922
8

Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act
1922
22

Indian Boilers Act
1923
5

Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act
1923
6

Indian Naval Armament Act
1923
7

Workmen’s Compensation Act
1923
8

Official Secrets Act
1923
19

Legal Practitioners (Women) Act
1923
23

Mussalman Wakf Act
1923
42

Cantonments Act
1924
2

Bengal Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act
1925
0

Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act
1925
4

Provident Funds Act
1925
19

Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act
1925
24

Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
1925
26

Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act
1925
35

Indian Succession Act
1925
39

1926–1950

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Trade Unions Act
1926
16

Legal Practitioners (Fees) Act
1926
21

Indian Bar Councils Act
1926
38

Indian Forest Act
1927
16

Light House Act
1927
17

Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act
1928
12

Child Marriage Restraint Act
1929
19

Transfer of Property (Amendment) Supplementary Act
1929
21

Sale of Goods Act
1930
3

Hindu Gains of Learning Act
1930
30

Mussalman Wakf Validating Act
1930
32

Provisional Collection of Taxes Act
1931
16

Sheriff of Calcutta (Power of Custody) Act
1931
20

Indian Partnership Act
1932
9

Public Suits Validation Act
1932
11

Criminal Law Amendment Act
1932
23

Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act
1932
24

Children (Pledging of Labour) Act
1933
2

Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act
1933
17

Murshidabad Estate Administration Act
1933
23

Reserve Bank of India Act
1934
2

Sugar-cane Act
1934
15

Aircraft Act
1934
22

Assam Criminal Law Amendment (Supplementary) Act
1934
27

Petroleum Act
1934
30

Jubbalpore and Chhattisgarh Divisions (Divorce Proceedings Validation) Act
1935
13

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act
1936
3

Payment of Wages Act
1936
4

Decrees and Orders Validating Act
1936
5

Bangalore Marriages Validating Act
1936
16

Red Cross Society (Allocation of Property) Act
1936
18

Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act
1937
1

Arya Marriage Validation Act
1937
19

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act
1937
26

Insurance Act
1938
4

Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act
1938
5

Cutchi Memons Act
1938
10

Criminal Law Amendment Act
1938
20

Employers’ Liability Act
1938
24

Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act
1939
8

Registration of Foreigners Act
1939
16

Commercial Documents Evidence Act
1939
30

Drugs and Cosmetics Act
1940
23

Agricultural Produce Cess Act
1940
27

Berar Laws Act
1941
4

Assam Rifles Act
1941
5

Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act
1941
12

Railways (Local Authorities’ Taxation) Act
1941
25

Coffee Act
1942
7

Weekly Holidays Act
1942
18

Reciprocity Act
1943
9

War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act
1943
23

Central Excise Act
1944
1

Public Debt Act
1944
18

International Monetary Fund and Bank Act
1945
0

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act
1946
20

Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act
1946
22

Delhi Special Police Establishment Act
1946
25

Foreigners Act
1946
31

Industrial Disputes Act
1947
14

Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act
1947
15

Trading with the Enemy (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Act
1947
16

Rubber Act
1947
24

United Nations (Security Council) Act
1947
43

United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act
1947
46

Foreign Jurisdiction Act
1947
47

Indian Nursing Council Act
1947
48

Pharmacy Act
1948
8

Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act
1948
9

Minimum Wages Act
1948
11

Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act
1948
12

Damodar Valley Corporation Act
1948
14

Dentists Act
1948
16

Junagarh Administration (Property) Act
1948
26

National Cadet Corps Act
1948
31

Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act
1948
33

Employees’ State Insurance Act
1948
34

Census Act
1948
37

Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act
1948
38

Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act
1948
40

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act
1948
41

Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1948
46

Imperial Library (Change of Name) Act
1948
51

Bombay Public Security Measures (Delhi Amendment) Act
1948
52

Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act
1948
53

Territorial Army Act
1948
56

Exchange of Prisoners Act
1948
58

Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act
1948
60

Central Silk Board Act
1948
61

Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act
1948
62

Factories Act
1948
63

Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act
1948
66

Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act
1949
2

Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act
1949
7

Seaward Artillery Practice Act
1949
8

Banking Regulation Act
1949
10

West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act
1949
20

Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act
1949
24

Chartered Accountants Act
1949
38

Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act
1949
51

Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act
1949
54

Merged States (Laws) Act
1949
59

Professions Tax Limitation (Amendment and Validation) Act
1949
61

Police Act
1949
64

Central Reserve Police Force Act
1949
66

High Courts (Seals) Act
1950
7

Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act
1950
10

Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act
1950
12

Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act
1950
18

Drugs (Control) Act
1950
26

Transfer of Prisoners Act
1950
29

Union Territories (Laws) Act
1950
30

Opium and Revenue Laws (Extension of Application) Act
1950
33

Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act
1950
40

Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act
1950
42

Representation of the People Act
1950
43

Air Force Act
1950
45

Army Act
1950
46

Contingency Fund of India Act
1950
49

Road Transport Corporations Act
1950
64

Cooch-Behar (Assimilation of Laws) Act
1950
67

Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act
1950
74

Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act
1950
78

1951–1975

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Part B States (Laws) Act
1951
3

Supreme Court Advocates (Practice in High Courts) Act
1951
18

Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act
1951
25

Visva-Bharati Act
1951
29

President’s Emoluments and Pension Act
1951
30

Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1951
33

Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act
1951
37

Marking of Heavy Packages Act
1951
39

 Rajghat Samadhi Act
1951
41

Representation of the People Act
1951
43

Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act
1951
47

Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act
1951
51

Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act
1951
54

All-India Services Act
1951
61

State Financial Corporations Act
1951
63

Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act
1951
64

Industries (Development and Regulation) Act
1951
65

Part C States Miscellaneous Laws (Repealing) Act
1951
66

Plantations Labour Act
1951
69

Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act
1951
70

Part B States Marriages Validating Act
1952
1

Indian Independence Pakistan Courts (Pending Proceedings) Act
1952
9

Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1952
19

Inflammable Substances Act
1952
20

Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act
1952
30

Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act
1952
31

Mines Act
1952
35

Cinematograph Act
1952
37

Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act
1952
38

Notaries Act
1952
53

Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act
1952
58

Commissions of Inquiry Act
1952
60

Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act
1952
62

State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act
1952
63

Forward ContrActs (Regulation) Act]]
1952
74

Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act
1953
16

Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act
1953
20

Tea Act
1953
29

Andhra State Act
1953
30

Collection of Statistics Act
1953
32

Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act
1953
41

Coir Industry Act
1953
45

Salt Cess Act
1953
49

Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1953
54

Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act
1954
15

Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act
1954
18

Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act
1954
20

Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act
1954
21

State Acquisition of Lands for Union Purposes (Validation) Act
1954
23

Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act
1954
27

High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act
1954
28

Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act
1954
30

Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act
1954
31

Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act
1954
32

Chandernagore (Merger) Act
1954
36

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act
1954
37

Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act
1954
41

Special Marriage Act
1954
43

Essential Commodities Act
1955
10

Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act
1955
16

Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act
1955
19

Protection of Civil Rights Act
1955
22

State Bank of India Act
1955
23

Hindu Marriage Act
1955
25

Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act
1955
32

Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act
1955
36

Spirituous Preparation (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act
1955
39

Prize Competitions Act
1955
42

Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1955
45

Manipur (Courts) Act
1955
56

Citizenship Act
1955
57

Companies Act
1956
1

University Grants Commission Act
1956
3

Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act
1956
4

Sales Tax Laws Validation Act
1956
7

All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Act
1956
25

Hindu Succession Act
1956
30

Life Insurance Corporation Act
1956
31

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act
1956
32

Inter-State River Water Disputes Act
1956
33

Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1956
36

States Reorganisation Act
1956
37

Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act
1956
40

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act
1956
42

Newspaper (Price and Page) Act
1956
45

National Highways Act
1956
48

River Boards Act
1956
49

Lok Sahayak Sena Act
1956
53

Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act
1956
55

Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act
1956
61

Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act
1956
62

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act
1956
63

Terminal Tax on Railway Passengers Act
1956
69

Central Sales Tax Act
1956
74

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act
1956
78

State Bank of Hyderabad Act
1956
79

Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act
1956
80

Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1956
88

Faridabad Development Corporation Act
1956
90

Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act
1956
93

Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act
1956
96

Indian Medical Council Act
1956
102

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act
1956
104

Women’s and Children’s Institutions (Licensing) Act
1956
105

Copyright Act
1957
14

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act
1957
20

Railway Protection Force Act
1957
23

Wealth-tax Act
1957
27

Legislative Councils Act
1957
37

Inter-State Corporation Act
1957
38

Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act
1957
42

Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act
1957
44

Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act
1957
46

Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act
1957
58

Delhi Development Act
1957
61

Navy Act
1957
62

Delhi Municipal Corporation Act
1957
66

Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act
1957
67

Gift-tax Act
1958
18

Probation of Offenders Act
1958
20

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act
1958
24

Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
1958
28

Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act
1958
29

Manipur and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act
1958
35

Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act
1958
41

International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act
1958
42

Merchant Shipping Act
1958
44

Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act
1958
56

Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act
1958
57

Delhi Rent Control Act
1958
59

Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act
1959
10

Cost and Works Accountants Act
1959
23

Public Wakfs (Extension of Limitation) Act
1959
29

Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act
1959
31

State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act
1959
38

Travancore-Cochin Vehicles Taxation (Amendment and Validation) Act
1959
42

Government Savings Certificates Act
1959
46

Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act
1959
47

Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act
1959
48

Arms Act
1959
54

Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act
1959
56

Indian Statistical Institute Act
1959
57

Married Women’s Property (Extension) Act
1959
61

Geneva Conventions Act
1960
6

Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act
1960
10

Bombay Reorganisation Act
1960
11

Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act
1960
19

Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act
1960
24

International Development Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act
1960
32

Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act
1960
33

Central Excises (Conversion to Metric Units) Act
1960
38

Delhi Primary Education Act
1960
39

Customs Duties and Cesses (Conversion to Metric Units) Act
1960
40

Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act
1960
43

Mahendra Pratap Singh Estate (Repeal) Act
1960
48

British Statutes (Application to India) Repeal Act
1960
57

Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act
1960
59

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act
1960
63

Acquired Territories (Merger) Act
1960
64

Criminal Law Amendment Act
1961
23

Advocates Act
1961
25

Salar Jung Museum Act
1961
26

Motor Transport Workers Act
1961
27

Dowry Prohibition Act
1961
28

Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants’ Relief Act
1961
30

Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act
1961
33

Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act
1961
35

Newspaper (Price and Page Continuance) Act
1961
36

Income-tax Act
1961
43

Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act
1961
46

Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act
1961
47

Assam Municipal (Manipur Amendment) Act
1961
49

Apprentices Act
1961
52

Maternity Benefit Act
1961
53

Sugar (Regulation of Producion) Act
1961
55

Institutes of Technology Act
1961
59

Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act
1962
1

Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act
1962
13

National Co-operative Development Corporation Act
1962
26

State of Nagaland Act
1962
27

Land Acquisition (Amendment) Act
1962
31

Atomic Energy Act
1962
33

Extradition Act
1962
34

Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act
1962
42

Pondicherry (Administration) Act
1962
49

Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act
1962
50

Customs Act
1962
52

Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act
1962
55

State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1962
56

Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act
1962
57

Warehousing Corporations Act
1962
58

Marine Insurance Act
1963
11

Official Languages Act
1963
19

Government of Union Territories Act
1963
20

Compulsory Deposit Scheme Act
1963
21

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act
1963
22

Limitation Act
1963
36

Personal Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act
1963
37

Major Port Trusts Act
1963
38

Textiles Committee Act
1963
41

Administrators-General Act
1963
45

Specifice Relief Act
1963
47

Unit Trust of India Act
1963
52

Central Boards of Revenue Act
1963
54

Companies (Profits) Surtax Act
1964
7

Taxation Laws (Continuation and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act
1964
11

Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act
1964
14

Delhi Delegation of Powers Act
1964
23

Legal Tender (Inscribed Notes) Act
1964
28

Food Corporations Act
1964
37

Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act
1965
20

Payment of Bonus Act
1965
21

Banking Laws (Application to Co-operative Societies) Act
1965
23

Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Arbitration Act) Act
1965
30

Railways Employment of Members of the Armed Forces Act
1965
40

Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1965
41

Cardamom Act
1965
42

Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act
1965
49

Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act
1965
50

Seamen’s Provident Fund Act
1966
4

Produce Cess Act
1966
15

Asian Development Bank Act
1966
18

Delhi High Court Act
1966
26

Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act
1966
29

Punjab Reorganisation Act
1966
31

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act
1966
32

Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act
1966
33

Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act
1966
51

Jawaharlal Nehru University Act
1966
53

Seeds Act
1966
54

Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act
1967
13

Passports Act
1967
15

Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act
1967
16

Standards of Weights and Measures (Extension to Kohima and Mokokchung Districts) Act
1967
25

Court-fees (Delhi Amendment) Act
1967
28

Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
1967
37

Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People (Supplementary) Act
1968
3

Public Provident Fund Act
1968
23

Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act
1968
24

Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act
1968
25

Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act
1968
26

Civil Defence Act
1968
27

Enemy Property Act
1968
34

Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act
1968
36

Insecticides Act
1968
46

Border Security Force Act
1968
47

Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control (Nasirabad Cantonment Repeal) Act
1968
49

Central Industrial Security Force Act
1968
50

Judges (Inquiry) Act
1968
51

State Agricultural Credit Corporation Act
1968
60

Legislative Assembly of Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act
1968
61

President (Discharge of Functions) Act
1969
16

Registration of Births and Deaths Act
1969
18

Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act
1969
19

Central Sales Tax (Amendment) Act
1969
28

Foreign Marriage Act
1969
33

Criminal and Election Laws Amendment Act
1969
35

Bihar Land Reforms Laws (Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act
1969
42

Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act
1969
43

Oaths Act
1969
44

Punjab Legislative Council (Abolition) Act
1969
46

Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act
1969
54

Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act
1969
55

Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1970
5

Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act
1970
16

Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act
1970
28

Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
1970
37

Patents Act
1970
39

Indian Medicine Central Council Act
1970
48

Central Labour Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act
1970
51

State of Himachal Pradesh Act
1970
53

Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation of Appointments and Proceedings) Act
1971
20

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
1971
34

Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act
1971
40

Small Coins (Offences) Act
1971
52

Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Amendment and Validation Act
1971
54

Comptroller and Auditor General’s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act
1971
56

Naval and Aircraft Prize Act
1971
59

Jayanti Shipping Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act
1971
63

Coking Coal Mines (Emergency Provisions) Act
1971
64

Asian Refractories Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act
1971
65

Uttar Pradesh Cantonments (Control of Rent and Eviction) Repeal Act
1971
68

Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act
1971
69

Contempt of Courts Act
1971
70

Delhi Road Transport Laws (Amendment) Act
1971
71

Manipur (Hill Areas District Council) Act
1971
76

North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act
1971
81

Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act
1971
82

North-Eastern Council Act
1971
84

Marine Products Export Development Authority Act
1972
13

Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and Production of Documents) Act
1972
18

Architects Act
1972
20

Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act
1972
25

National Service Act
1972
28

Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act
1972
30

Delhi Co-operative Societies Act
1972
35

Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act
1972
36

Payment of Gratuity Act
1972
39

Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act
1972
43

Antiquities and Art Treasures Act
1972
52

Wild Life (Protection) Act
1972
53

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act
1972
57

Indian Copper Corporation (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act
1972
58

Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act
1972
59

Limestone and Dolomite Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act
1972
62

Carriage by Air Act
1972
69

Sick Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act
1972
72

Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1972
78

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act
1973
2

Coal Mines (Taking Over of Management) Act
1973
15

Capital of Punjab Development and Regulation (Chandigarh Amendment) Act
1973
17

Delhi School Education Act
1973
18

North-Eastern Hill University Act
1973
24

Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act
1973
26

Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act
1973
50

Alcock Ashdown Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act
1973
56

Homoeopathy Central Council Act
1973
59

Konkan Passenger Ships (Acquisition) Act
1973
62

Delhi Urban Art Commission Act, 1973
1974
1

[[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
1974
2

Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act
1974
4

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
1974
6

Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act
1974
12

Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act
1974
28

Additional Emoluments (Compulsory Deposit) Act
1974
37

University of Hyderabad Act
1974
39

Interest-tax Act
1974
45

Oil Industry (Development) Act
1974
47

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act
1974
52

East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act
1974
54

Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act
1974
57

Tobacco Board Act
1975
4

All-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act
1975
19

Tokyo Convention Act
1975
20

Rampur Raza Library Act
1975
22

Tobacco Cess Act
1975
26

Delhi Sales Tax Act
1975
43

Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act
1975
49

Customs Tariff Act
1975
51

1976–2000

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Burmah Shell (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Act
1976
2

Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act
1976
10

Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act
1976
11

Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act
1976
13

Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act
1976
19

Regional Rural Banks Act
1976
21

Assam Sillimanite Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act
1976
22

Equal Remuneration Act
1976
25

Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act
1976
28

Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act
1976
31

Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act
1976
33

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act
1976
49

Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Cess Act
1976
55

Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act
1976
56

High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act
1976
57

Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act
1976
59

Standards of Weights and Measures Act
1976
60

Iron Ore Mines, Manganese Ore Mines and Chrome Ore Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act
1976
61

Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act
1976
62

Betwa River Board Act
1976
63

Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act
1976
72

National Library of India Act
1976
76

Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act
1976
77

Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act
1976
80

Delhi Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act
1976
87

Indian Iron and Steel Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act
1976
89

Delhi Sales Tax (Amendment and Validation) Act
1976
91

Braithwaite and Company (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1976
96

Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation) Act
1976
97

Laxmirattan and Atherton West Cotton Mills (Taking Over of Management) Act
1976
98

Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1976
100

Untouchability (Offences) Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision Act
1976
106

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act
1976
108

Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act
1977
15

Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act
1977
16

Caltex (Acquisition of Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India) Limited and of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India) Limited) Act
1977
17

Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act
1977
33

Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1977
34

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act
1977
36

Smith, Stainstreet and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1977
41

Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1977
42

High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act
1978
11

Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1978
13

Interest Act
1978
14

Public Sector Iron and Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1978
16

Deposit Insurance Corporation (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1978
21

Coast Guard Act
1978
30

Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act
1978
33

Delhi Police Act
1978
34

Press Council Act
1978
37

Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act
1978
40

Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1978
41

Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1978
42

Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act
1978
43

Sugar Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act
1978
49

Coconut Development Board Act
1979
5

Punjab Excise (Delhi Amendment) Act
1979
12

Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act
1979
24

Kosangas Company (Acquisition of Undertakings) Act
1979
28

Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act
1979
30

Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act
1979
31

Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act
1980
7

Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act
1980
37

Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1980
40

Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act
1980
41

National Company (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1980
42

Brahmaputra Board Act
1980
46

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Act
1980
52

Hotel-Receipts Tax Act
1980
54

Company Secretaries Act
1980
56

Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1980
58

Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act
1980
62

Maruti Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1980
64

National Security Act
1980
65

Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act
1980
67

Forest (Conservation) Act
1980
69

Hind Cycles Limited and Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act
1980
70

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act
1981
14

High Court and Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman and Diu) Act
1981
26

Export-Import Bank of India Act
1981
28

British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act
1981
29

Cine-Workers Welfare Cess Act
1981
30

Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1981
31

Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act
1981
33

Burmah Oil Company (Acquisition of Shares of Oil India Limited and of the Undertakings in India of Assam Oil Company Limited and the Burmah Oil Company (India Trading) Limited) Act
1981
41

Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act
1981
42

Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act
1981
48

Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act
1981
50

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act
1981
61

African Development Fund Act
1982
1

Sugar Cess Act
1982
3

Sugar Development Fund Act
1982
4

Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act
1982
36

Chit Funds Act
1982
40

Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act
1982
43

National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi, Hooghly River) Act
1982
49

Amritsar Oil Works (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1982
50

State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act
1982
62

Anti-Hijacking Act
1982
65

Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act
1982
66

Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1982
71

African Development Bank Act
1983
13

Jute Manufacturers Development Council Act
1983
27

Jute Manufactures Cess Act
1983
28

National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act
1983
29

Emigration Act
1983
31

Punjab Disturbed Areas Act
1983
32

Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act
1983
33

Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act
1983
34

Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act
1983
35

Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act
1983
39

Textile Undertakings (Taking Over of Management) Act
1983
40

Transformer and Switchgear Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1983
41

Public Financial Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity and Secrecy) Act
1983
48

Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act
1984
3

Asiatic Society Act
1984
5

Ganesh Flour Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1984
16

Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited (Nationalisation) Act
1984
17

Mogul Line Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act
1984
33

 Punjab State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act
1984
36

Aluminium Corporation of India Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Aluminium Undertaking) Act
1984
43

Indian Veterinary Council Act
1984
52

Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition of Undertakings and Transfer) Act
1984
55

Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1984
57

Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act
1984
61

Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India Act
1984
62

Family Courts Act
1984
66

National Capital Region Planning Board Act
1985
2

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act
1985
3

Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act
1985
10

Administrative Tribunals Act
1985
13

Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act
1985
21

Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act
1985
22

Tea Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Sick Tea Units) Act
1985
37

Indira Gandhi National Open University Act
1985
50

Pondicherry University Act
1985
53

Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act
1985
54

Intelligence Organisations (Restriction on Rights) Act
1985
58

Judges (Protection) Act
1985
59

Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Act
1985
60

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
1985
61

Central Excises and Salt (Amendment) Act
1985
79

Customs (Amendment) Act
1985
80

Banking Laws (Amendment) Act
1985
81

Inland Waterways Authority of India Act
1985
82

Futwah-Islampur Light Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act
1985
83

Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985
1986
1

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985
1986
2

Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985
1986
5

Spices Board Act
1986
10

Administrative Tribunals (Amendment) Act
1986
19

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act
1986
25

Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act
1986
27

Environment (Protection) Act
1986
29

Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1986
30

Research and Development Cess Act
1986
32

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act
1986
33

State of Mizoram Act
1986
34

Taxation Laws (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1986
46

National Security Guard Act
1986
47

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act
1986
54

Delhi Fire Prevention and Fire Safety Act
1986
56

Delhi Apartment Ownership Act
1986
58

Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act
1986
60

Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act
1986
61

Bureau of Indian Standards Act
1986
63

Shipping Development Fund Committee (Abolition) Act
1986
66

Consumer Protection Act
1986
68

State of Arunachal Pradesh Act
1986
69

Cotton Copra and Vegetable Oils Cess (Abolition) Act
1987
4

Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act
1987
10

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act
1987
13

Mental Health Act
1987
14

Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concessions (Abolition and Declaration as Mining Leases) Act
1987
16

Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act
1987
18

Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act
1987
22

Expenditure-tax Act
1987
35

Brentford Electric (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act
1987
36

National Dairy Development Board Act
1987
37

Legal Services Authorities Act
1987
39

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Amendment Act
1987
47

All India Council for Technical Education Act
1987
52

National Housing Bank Act
1987
53

Railway Claims Tribunal Act
1987
54

Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987
1988
2

Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987
1988
3

Tamil Nadu Agricultural Service Co-operative Societies (Appointment of Special Officers) Amendment Act
1988
22

Companies (Amendment) Act
1988
31

Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act
1988
33

Special Protection Group Act
1988
34

National Waterway (Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of the Brahmaputra River) Act
1988
40

Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act
1988
41

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act
1988
44

Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act
1988
45

Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act
1988
46

Prevention of Corruption Act
1988
49

Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act
1988
51

Auroville Foundation Act
1988
54

Jamia Millia Islamia Act
1988
58

Motor Vehicles Act
1988
59

National Highways Authority of India Act
1988
68

Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act
1989
3

Representation of the People (Amendment) Act
1989
21

Assam University Act
1989
23

Railways Act
1989
24

Employees’ State Insurance (Amendment) Act
1989
29

Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
1989
33

Nagaland University Act
1989
35

Small Industries Development Bank of India Act
1989
39

National Commission for Women Act
1990
20

Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act
1990
21

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act
1990
25

Public Liability Insurance Act
1991
6

Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act
1991
11

Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act
1991
41

Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act
1991
42

Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act
1991
44

Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991
1992
1

Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act
1992
12

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act
1992
15

Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act
1992
16

National Commission for Minorities Act
1992
19

Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act
1992
22

National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of West Coast Canal and Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act
1992
25

Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act
1992
27

Rehabilitation Council of India Act
1992
34

Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act
1992
35

Central Agricultural University Act
1992
40

Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act
1992
41

Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act
1993
23

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act
1993
24

Gold Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act
1993
25

National Commission for Backward Classes Act
1993
27

Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act
1993
28

Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Undertakings Act
1993
32

Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act
1993
33

SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act
1993
36

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Amendment Act
1993
41

Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act
1993
44

Tezpur University Act
1993
45

Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act
1993
46

Betwa River Board (Amendment) Act
1993
49

Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act
1993
51

National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act
1993
64

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act
1993
65

Public Records Act
1993
69

National Council for Teacher Education Act
1993
73

Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993
1994
6

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
1994
10

Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act
1994
13

Manipur Panchayati Raj Act
1994
26

Punjab Gram Panchayat, Samities and Zilla Parishad (Chandigarh Repeal) Act
1994
27

Transplantation of Human Organs Act
1994
42

Manipur Municipalities Act
1994
43

New Delhi Municipal Council Act
1994
44

Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act
1994
45

Airports Authority of India Act
1994
55

Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act
1994
56

Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act
1994
57

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act
1994
58

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act
1995
7

National Environment Tribunal Act
1995
27

Delhi Rent Act
1995
33

Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act
1995
39

Wakf Act
1995
43

Technology Development Board Act
1995
44

Persons With Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995
1996
1

Depositories Act
1996
22

Arbitration and Conciliation Act
1996
26

Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act
1996
27

Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act
1996
28

Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act
1996
40

Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996
1997
2

Mahatama Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996
1997
3

Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act
1997
7

Lalitkala Akademi (Taking Over of Management) Act
1997
17

National Environment Appellate Authority Act
1997
22

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act
1997
24

Vice-President’s Pension Act
1997
30

Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major Ports) Act
1997
31

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act
1998
13

Lotteries (Regulation) Act
1998
17

Leaders of Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Act, 1998
1999
5

Delhi Development Authority (Validation of Disciplinary Powers) Act, 1998
1999
6

Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act
1999
15

Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act
1999
40

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act
1999
41

Foreign Exchange Management Act
1999
42

National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act
1999
44

Trade Marks Act
1999
47

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act
1999
48

Mizoram University Act
2000
8

Designs Act
2000
16

Direct-Tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act
2000
20

Information Technology Act
2000
21

Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act
2000
28

Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act
2000
29

Bihar Reorganisation Act
2000
30

Chemical Weapons Convention Act
2000
34

Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act
2000
37

Coal India (Regulation of Transfer and Validation) Act
2000
45

Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act
2000
52

Central Road Fund Act
2000
54

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act
2000
56

2000 – present

Name of the Act
Year
Act No.

Indian Council of World Affairs Act
2001
29

Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act
2001
45

Energy Conservation Act
2001
52

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmer’s Right Act
2001
53

Delimitation Act
2002
33

Haj Committee Act
2002
35

Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel and Lubricants) Act
2002
36

Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act
2002
39

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act
2002
54

Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act
2002
58

Delhi Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act
2002
60

Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act
2002
69

Competition Act, 2002
2003
12

Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002
2003
13

Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
2003
15

Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002
2003
17

Biological Diversity Act, 2002
2003
18

Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act
2003
34

Electricity Act
2003
36

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act
2003
39

Central Vigilance Commission Act
2003
45

Repatriation of Prisoners Act
2003
49

Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act
2003
53

Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003
2004
01

Customs and Central Excise Laws (Repeal) Act
2004
25

Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Act
2004
26

National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act, 2004
2005
02

Parel Investments and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private Limited (Taking over of Management) Repeal Act
2005
14

The Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005
2005
21

Right to Information Act
2005
22

Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act
2005
24

University of Allahabad Act
2005
26

Bihar Value Added Tax Act
2005
27

Special Economic Zones Act
2005
28

Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act
2005
29

Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act
2005
30

National Rular Employment Guarantee Act
2005
42

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act
2005
43

National Tax Tribunal Act
2005
49

State Emblems of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act
2005
50

Disaster Management Act
2005
53

Manipur University Act
2005
54

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act,2005
2006
01

Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act,2005
2006
04

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act
2006
19

Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act,2006
2006
22

Cess Laws (Repealing and Amending) Act,2006
2006 24

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act,2006
2006
27

National Institute of Fashion Technology Act,2006
2006
28

Union Duties of Excise (Electricity) Distribution Repeal Act,2006
2006
30

References

  1. ^ THE FOOD CORPORATIONS ACT, 1964

External links

  • Indian Law Ministry - Chronologically listed Indian Acts
  • Indian Constitutional Documents

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