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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF CENTRAL ACTS

Name of the Act Year Act No

A Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other subsidies, benefits and

Services) Act 2016 18
Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Act 2012 13
Acquired Territories (Merger) Act 1960 64
Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act 1993 33
Actuaries Act 2006 35
Administrative Tribunals Act 1985 13
Administrators-General Act 1963 45
Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act 2017 22
Advocates Act 1961 25
Advocates’ Welfare Fund Act 2001 45
African Development Bank Act 1983 13
African Development Fund Act 1982 01
Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act 1937 01
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act 1986 02
Agriculturists' Loans Act 1884 12
Aircraft Act 1934 22
Airports Authority of India Act 1994 55
Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act 2008 27
Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act 1994 13
Air Force Act 1950 45
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981 14
Ajmer Tenancy and Land Records Act 1950 42
Aligarh Muslim University Act 1920 40
All-India Council for Technical Education Act 1987 52
All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Act 1956 25
All-India Services Act 1951 61
Anand Marriage Act 1909 07
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 1958 24
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904 07
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council Act 2005 2006 01
Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1959 56
Andhra Pradesh and Mysore (Transfer of Territory) Act 1968 36
Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 06
Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act 1982 71
Andhra State Act 1953 30
Anti-Apartheid (United Nations Convention) Act 1981 48
Anti-Hijacking Act 2016 30
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act 1972 52
Apprentices Act 1961 52
Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 26
Architects Act 1972 20
Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act 1947 15
Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act 1990 21
Armed Forces (Punjab and Chandigarh) Special Powers Act 1983 34
Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 28
Armed Forces Tribunal Act 2007 55
Arms Act 1959 54
Army Act 1950 46
Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act 1950 40
Arya Marriage Validation Act 1937 19
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A Asian Development Bank Act 1966 18

Asiatic Society Act 1984 05
Assam (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1951 47
Assam Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act 1969 55
Assam Rifles Act 2006 47
Assam University Act 1989 23
Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021 42
Atomic Energy Act 1962 33
Auroville Foundation Act 1988 54
Authoritative Texts (Central Laws) Act 1973 50

B Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Act 1994 58

Banaras Hindu University Act 1915 16
Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1891 18
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1970 05
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 40
Banking Regulation Act 1949 10
Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act 2019 21
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1966 32
Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act 1887 12
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1838 05
Bengal Bonded Warehouse Association Act 1854 05
Bengal Districts Act 1836 21
Bengal Embankment Act 1855 32
Bengal Ghatwali Lands Act 1859 05
Bengal Indigo Contracts Act 1836 10
Bengal Land Holders' Attendance Act 1848 20
Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1841 12
Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act 1859 11
Bengal Military Police Act 1892 05
Bengal Rent Act 1859 10
Betwa River Board Act 1976 63
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited 1988 44
(Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act
Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Act 1985 21
Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1968 24
Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956 40
Bihar Land Reforms Laws (Regulating Mines and Minerals) Validation Act 1969 42
Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 30
Bihar Value Added Tax Act 2005 27
Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Act 2020 30
Biological Diversity Act 2003 18
Bird and Company Limited (Acquisition and
Transfer of Undertakings and Other Properties) Act 1980 67
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886 06
Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition
of Tax Act 2015 22
Boilers Act 1923 05
Bombay Civil Courts Act 1869 14
Bombay Rent-free Estates Act 1852 11
Bombay Reorganisation Act 1960 11
Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1876 10
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act 1976 19
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B Border Security Force Act 1968 47

Boundary-marks, Bombay 1846 03
Brahmaputra Board Act 1980 46
Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the
Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition
and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1978 41
British India Corporation Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act 1981 29
Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act 1877 14
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
Bureau of Indian Standards Act 2016 11

C Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995 07

Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act 1953 41
Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act 1919 15
Calcutta Land-revenue Act 1856 18
Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary
Provisions Act 1985 10
Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act 1948 33
Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act 1957 46
Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act 1923 06
Cantonments Act 2006 41
Cardamom Act 1965 42
Carriage by Air Act 1972 69
Carriage by Road Act 2007 41
Cattle-trespass Act 1871 01
Census Act 1948 37
Central Agricultural University Act 1992 40
Central Board of Revenue Act 1963 54
Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act 2007 05
Central Education Institutions (Reservation in Teacher’s Cadre) Act 2019 10
Central Excise Act 1944 01
Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 12
Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 2017 26
Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act 1999 40
Central Industrial Security Force Act 1968 50
Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act 1993 44
Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1968 25
Central Provinces Court of Wards Act 1899 24
Central Provinces Financial Commissioner's Act 1908 13
Central Provinces Land-revenue Act 1881 18
Central Provinces Tenancy Act 1898 11
Central Road Fund Act 2000 54
Central Reserve Police Force Act 1949 66
Central Sales Tax Act 1956 74
Central Sanskrit Universities Act 2020 05
Central Silk Board Act 1948 61
Central Universities Act 2009 25
Central Vigilance Commission Act 2003 45
Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act 1992 16
Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act 1988 02
Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act 1983 33
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C Chaparmukh Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal Lalabazar Railway Line
(Nationalisation) Act 1982 36
Charitable Endowments Act 1890 06
Charitable and Religious Trusts Act 1920 14
Chartered Accountants Act 1949 38
Chemical Weapons Convention Act 2000 34
Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 61
Chit Funds Act 1982 40
Chotta Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act 1876 06
Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and
Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Products, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003 34
Cinematograph Act 1952 37
Cine-Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1981 50
Cine-Workers Welfare Fund Act 1981 33
Citizenship Act 1955 57
Civil Defence Act 1968 27
Civil Liability for Nuclear damage Act 2010 38
Clinical Establishment (Representation and Regulation) Act 2010 23
Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act 1957 20
Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act 2000 45
Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act 1974 28
Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act 1986 27
Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1948 46
Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act 2015 11
Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act 2005 24
Coast Guard Act 1978 30
Coasting Vessels Act 1838 19
Coconut Development Board Act 1979 05
Code of Civil Procedure 1908 05
Code of Criminal Procedure 1974 02
Code on Social Security 2020 36
Code On Wages Act 2019 29
Coffee Act 1942 07
Coinage Act 2011 11
Coir Industry Act 1953 45
Collection of Statistics Act 2009 07
Commercial Documents Evidence Act 1939 30
Commercial Courts Act 2016 04
Commissions for Protection of Child’s Rights Act 2006 04
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1952 60
Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act 1988 03
Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and
Adjoining Areas Act 2021 29
Companies Act 2013 18
Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act 1951 54
Companies (Profits) Surtax Act 1964 07
Company Secretaries Act 1980 56
Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act 2016 38
Competition Act 2003 12
Comptroller and Auditor General's (Duties, Powers and Conditions of
Service) Act 1971 56
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act 1974 52
Consumer Protection Act 1986 68
Consumer Protection Act 2019 35
Contempt of Courts Act 1971 70
Contingency Fund of India Act 1950 49
Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 37
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C Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act 2003 13

Co-operative Societies Act 1912 02
Copyright Act 1957 14
Coroners Act 1871 04
Cost and Works Accountants Act 1959 23
Court-fees Act 1870 07
Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act 2005 30
Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022 11
Customs Act 1962 52
Customs Tariff Act 1975 51
Cutchi Memons Act 1938 10

D Dadra and Nagar Haveli Act 1961 35

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act 2019 44
Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha Act 1964 14
Dalmia Dadri Cement Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1981 31
Dam Safety Act 2021 41
Damodar Valley Corporation Act 1948 14
Dehra Dun Act 1871 21
Dekkhan Agriculturists Relief Act 1879 17
Delhi and Ajmer-Merwara Land Development Act 1948 66
Delhi and Ajmer Rent Control Act 1952 38
Delhi Apartment Ownership Act 1986 58
Delhi Co-operative Societies Act 1972 35
Delhi Development Act 1957 61
Delhi Fire Prevention And Fire Safety Act 1986 56
Delhi High Court Act 1966 26
Delhi Land Holdings (Ceiling) Act 1960 24
Delhi Lands (Restriction on Transfer) Act 1972 30
Delhi Laws Act 1912 13
Delhi Laws Act 1915 07
Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2006 22
Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation Act 1962 57
Delhi Municipal Corporation Act 1957 66
Delhi Police Act 1978 34
Delhi Primary Education Act 1960 39
Delhi Rent Control Act 1958 59
Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act 1941 12
Delhi Sales Tax Act 1975 43
Delhi School Education Act 1973 18
Delhi Sikh Gurdwaras Act 1971 82
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 25
Delhi University Act 1922 08
Delhi (Urban Areas) Tenants' Relief Act 1961 30
Delhi Urban Art Commission Act 1974 01
Delimitation Act 2002 33
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954 27
Dentists Act 1948 16
Departmental Inquiries (Enforcement of Attendance of Witnesses and
Production of Documents) Act 1972 18
Departmentalisation of Union Accounts (Transfer of Personnel) Act 1976 59
Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act 1961 47
Depositories Act 1996 22
Designs Act 2000 16
Destruction of Records Act 1917 05
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D Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914 02

Destructive Insects and Pests (Amendment and Validation) Act 1992 12
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) Act 1948 41
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and Fees) (Extension to Jammu
and Kashmir) Act 1973 02
Diplomatic Relations (Vienna Convention) Act 1972 43
Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act 2020 03
Disaster Management Act 2005 53
Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939 08
Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Act 1976 77
Divorce Act 1869 04
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act 1948 09
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) (Inapplicability to Major
Ports) Act 1997 31
Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act 1986 54
Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 28
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Act 2016 32
Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 23
Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act 1954 21
Durgah Khawaja Saheb Act 1955 36

E Easements (Extending Act 5 of 1882) 1891 08

East-Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1974 54
Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act 1974 12
Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners 1991 11
and Transaction of Business) Act
Election Laws (Extension to Sikkim) Act 1976 10
Electricity Act 2003 36
Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act 1950 12
Emigration Act 1983 31
Employees' Compensation Act 1923 08
Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1952 19
Employees' State Insurance Act 1948 34
Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act 1959 31
Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines
(Prohibition) Act 1993 46
Enemy Property Act 1968 34
Energy Conservation Act 2001 52
English and Foreign Languages University Act 2007 07
Environment (Protection) Act 1986 29
Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 03
Equal Remuneration Act 1976 25
Essential Commodities Act 1955 10
Essential Defence Services Act 2021 25
Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act 1980 41
Expenditure-tax Act 1987 35
Explosive Substances Act 1908 06
Explosives Act 1884 04
Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981 28
Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act 1963 22
Extradition Act 1962 34

F Factories Act 1948 63

Factoring Act 2012 12
Family Courts Act 1984 66
Faridabad Development Corporation Act 1956 90
Farm Laws Repeal Act 2021 40
Fatal Accidents Act 1855 13
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F Finance Commission (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1951 33

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act 2003 39
Food Corporations Act 1964 37
Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 34
Footwear Design and Development Institute Act 2017 20
Foreign Aircraft (Exemption from Taxes and Duties on Fuel
and Lubricants) Act 2002 36
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 42
Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 42
Foreign Marriage Act 1969 33
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act 1992 22
Foreigners Act 1946 31
Foreigners Law (Application and Amendment) Act 1962 42
Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 69
Forfeited Deposits Act 1850 25
Former Secretary of State Service Officers (Conditions of Service) Act 1972 59
Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act 1952 74
Fugitive Economic Offenders Act 2018 17

G General Clauses Act 1897 10

General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act 1972 57
Geneva Conventions Act 1960 06
Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999 48
Gift-Tax Act 1958 18
Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act 1962 01
Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Code of Civil
Procedure and the Arbitration Act) Act 1965 30
Goa, Daman and Diu Mining Concession (Abolition and
Declaration as Mining Leases) Act 1987 16
Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act 1987 18
Gold Bonds (Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1993 25
Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act 2017 15
Government Buildings Act 1899 04
Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act 1992 01
Government of Union Territories Act 1963 20
Government Savings Banks Act 1873 05
Government Securities Act 2006 38
Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Act 1982 43
Gram Nyayalayas Act 2009 04
Guardians and Wards Act 1890 08

H Haj Committee Act 2002 35

Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for Production) Act 1985 22
Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act 1970 16
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1979 31
High Court and Bombay (Extension of Jurisdiction to Goa, Daman 1981 26
and Diu) Act
High Court at Patna (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Ranchi) Act 1976 57
High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Act 1954 28
High Courts (Seals) Act 1950 07
High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act 1978 11
Himachal Pradesh and Bilaspur (New State) Act 1954 32
Hind Cycles Limited and Sen-Raleigh Limited (Nationalisation) Act 1980 70
Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Act 1962 13
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 78
Hindu Disposition of Property Act 1916 15
Hindu Gains of Learning Act 1930 30
Hindu Marriage Act 1955 25
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H Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act 1956 32

Hindu Succession Act 1956 30
Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition
and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1984 55
Hotel-Receipts Tax Act 1980 54
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Act 2017 16

I Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 33

Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act 1983 39*
Immigration (Carriers’ Liability) Act 2000 52
Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act 1950 10
Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act 1956 104
Improvements in Towns 1850 26
Inchek Tyres Limited and National Rubber Manufacturers Limited
(Nationalisation) Act 1984 17
Income-tax Act 1961 43
Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act 1986 60
Indian Bills of Lading Act 1856 09
Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1925 26
Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872 15
Indian Council of World Affairs Act 2001 29
Indian Contract Act 1872 09
Indian Easements Act 1882 05
Indian Evidence Act 1872 01
Indian Forest Act 1927 16
Indian Institutes of Information Technology Act 2014 30
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (Public-Private Partnership) Act 2017 23
Indian Institute of Management Act 2017 33
Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act 2018 03
Indian Maritime University Act 2008 22
Indian Museum Act 1910 10
Indian Naval Armament Act 1923 07
Indian Nursing Council Act 1947 48
Indian Partnership Act 1932 09
Indian Penal Code 1860 45
Indian Ports Act 1908 15
Indian Post Office Act 1898 06
Indian Railway Board Act 1905 04
Indian Red Cross Society Act 1920 15
Indian Reserve Forces Act 1888 04
Indian Soldiers (Litigation) Act 1925 04
Indian Stamp Act 1899 02
Indian Statistical Institute Act 1959 57
Indian Succession Act 1925 39
Indian Telegraph Act 1885 13
Indian Tolls Act 1851 08
Indian Tolls Act 1864 15
Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act 1901 02
Indian Tramways Act 1886 11
Indian Treasure-trove Act 1878 06

* Struck down by the Supreme Court in Sarbananda Sonowal vs Union of India on 5 th December,
2006.
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I Indian Trusts Act 1882 02

Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 52
Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933 17
Indira Gandhi National Open University Act 1985 50
Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Act 2007 52
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force Act 1992 35
Industrial Development Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2003 53
Industrial Disputes Act 1947 14
Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act 1949 54
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act 1946 20
Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 23
Industrial Reconstruction Bank (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1997 07
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 65
Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation
of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992 41
Inflammable Substances Act 1952 20
Information Technology Act 2000 21
Inland Waterways Authority of India Act 1985 82
Inland Vessels Act 2021 24
Insecticides Act 1968 46
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 31
Institute of Teaching And Research In Ayurveda Act 2020 16
Institutes of Technology Act 1961 59
Insurance Act 1938 04
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act 1999 41
Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 13
Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu
and Kashmir) Act 2017 27
Intelligence Organisations (Restriction on Rights) Act 1985 58
Interest Act 1978 14
Interest-tax Act 1974 45
International Development Association (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1960 32
International Finance Corporation (Status, Immunities and Privileges) Act 1958 42
International Financial Services Centres Authority Act 2019 50
International Monetary Fund and Bank Act 1945 47
Inter-State Corporation Act 1957 38
Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Service) Act 1979 30
Inter-State River Water Disputes Act 1956 33

J Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act 1951 25

Jamia Millia Islamia Act 1988 58
Jammu and Kashmir (Extension of Laws) Act 1956 62
Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act 2020 23
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 34
Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Supplementary) Act 1968 03
Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research,
Puducherry Act 2008 19
Jawaharlal Nehru University Act 1966 53
Judges (Inquiry) Act 1968 51
Judges (Protection) Act 1985 59
Judicial Officers Protection Act 1850 18
Jute Companies (Nationalisation) Act 1980 62
Jute Manufacturers Development Council Act 1983 27
Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act 1987 10
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2016 02
Kalakshetra Foundation Act 1994 06
Kazis Act 1880 12
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K Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act 1950 78

Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act 1956 61
Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Act 1969 43
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1887 19
King of Oudh's Estate Act 1888 14
King of Oudh's Estate Validation Act 1917 12

L Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and Maintaining Registers

by Certain Establishments) Act 1988 51
Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital (Acquisition and Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1977 34
Lalitkala Akademi (Taking Over of Management) Act 1997 17
Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Act 1967 13
Land Acquisition (Mines) Act 1885 18
Land Improvement Loans Act 1883 19
Land Port Authority of India Act 2010 31
Laws Local Extent Act 1874 15
Leaders of Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and Groups in Parliament
(Facilities) Act 1999 05
Legal Metrology Act 2010 01
Legal Practitioners Act 1879 18
Legal Representatives' Suits Act 1855 12
Legal Services Authorities Act 1987 39
Legal Tender (Inscribed Notes) Act 1964 28
Legislative Assembly of Nagaland (Change in Representation) Act 1968 61
Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act 1976 31
Life Insurance Corporation Act 1956 31
Life Insurance Corporation (Modification of Settlement) Act 1976 72
Limitation Act 1963 36
Limited Liability Partnership Act 2009 06
Live-stock Importation Act 1898 09
Local Authorities Loans Act 1914 09
Lokpal and Lokaayuktas Act 2014 01
Lok Sahayak Sena Act 1956 53
Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998 17
Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act 1954 18

M Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 28

Madras, Bengal and Bombay Children (Supplementary) Act 1925 35
Madras City Civil Court Act 1892 07
Madras City Land Revenue Act 1851 12
Madras Civil Courts Act 1873 03
Madras District Police Act 1859 24
Madras Rent and Revenue Sales Act 1839 07
Mahatma Gandhi Antarashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act 1997 03
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 42
Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 56
Maintenance Orders Enforcement Act 1921 18
Majority Act 1875 09
Major Port Authorities Act 2021 01
Mangrol and Manavadar (Administration of Property) Act 1949 02
Manipur (Courts) Act 1955 56
Manipur (Hill Areas District Council) Act 1971 76
Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 33
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M Manipur Municipalities Act 1994 43

Manipur Panchayati Raj Act 1994 26
Manipur (Sales of Motor Spirit and Lubricants) Taxation Act 1962 55
Manipur University Act 2005 54
Manipur (Village Authorities in Hill Areas) Act 1956 80
Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act 1938 05
Marine Aids to Navigation Act 2021 20
Marine Insurance Act 1963 11
Marine Products Export Development Authority Act 1972 13
Maritime Zones of India (Regulation of Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act 1981 42
Marking of Heavy Packages Act 1951 39
Married Women's Property Act 1874 03
Maternity Benefit Act 1961 53
Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996 1997 02
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 34
Mental Healthcare Act 2017 10
Merchant Shipping Act 1958 44
Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 100
Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Act 2002 60
Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Act 1978 33
Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act 2006 27
Mines Act 1952 35
Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act 1957 67
Minimum Wages Act 1948 11
Mizoram University Act 2000 08
Moorshedabad Act 1891 15
Motor Transport Workers Act 1961 27
Motor Vehicles Act 1988 59
Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act 1993 28
Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act 2002 39
Murshidabad Estate Administration Act 1933 23
Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937 26
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 20
Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986 25
Mussalman Wakf Act 1923 42

N Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act 1957 42

Nagaland University Act 1989 35
Nalanda University Act 2010 39
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 61*
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act 1981 61
National Bank For Financing Infrastructure And Development Act 2021 17
National Cadet Corps Act 1948 31
National Capital Region Planning Board Act 1985 02
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2007 43
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2009 24
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act 2011 05
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act 2009 40
National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Act 2011 20
National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of
Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act 2019 45
National Commission For Allied And Healthcare Professions Act 2021 14
National Commission for Homoeopathy Act 2020 15

*61(1985)-S32-A is declared unconstitutional to the extent it takes away the right of the court to
suspend the sentence of person convicted under the Act
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N National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act 2020 14

National Commission for Minorities Act 1992 19
National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act 2005 02
National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act 1993 64
National Commission for Women Act 1990 20
National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Act 2018 24
National Company (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1980 42
National Co-operative Development Corporation Act 1962 26
National Council for Teacher Education Act 1993 73
National Dairy Development Board Act 1987 37
National Food Security Act 2013 20
National Forensic Sciences University Act 2020 32
National Green Tribunal Act 2010 19
National Highways Act 1956 48
National Highways Authority of India Act 1988 68
National Housing Bank Act 1987 53
National Institute of Design Act 2014 18
National Institute of Fashion Technology Act 2006 28
National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Act 2021 19
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore Act 2012 38
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act 1998 13
National Institute of Technology Act 2007 29
National Investigation Agency Act 2008 34
National Judicial Appointments Commission Act 2014 40**
National Jute Board Act 2009 12
National Medical Commission Act 2019 30
National Rural Employment Guarantee (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 2007 23
National Security Act 1980 65
National Security Guard Act 1986 47
National Service Act 1972 28
National Sports University Act 2018 25
National Tax Tribunal Act 2005 49
National Trust for Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy,
Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act 1999 44
National Waterway Act 2016 17
Naval and Aircraft Prize Act 1971 59
Navy Act 1957 62
Negotiable Instruments Act 1881 26
New Delhi International Arbitration Centre Act 2019 17
New Delhi Municipal Council Act 1994 44
North-Eastern Area (Reorganisation) Act 1971 81
North-Eastern Council Act 1971 84
North-Eastern Hill University Act 1973 24
Northern India Canal and Drainage Act 1873 08
Northern India Ferries Act 1878 17
Notaries Act 1952 53

O Oaths Act 1969 44

Obstructions in Fairways Act 1881 16
Official Languages Act 1963 19
Official Secrets Act 1923 19
Official Trustees Act 1913 02
OffshoreAreas Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 2003 17
Oil and Natural Gas Commission (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 1993 65

** Struck down by the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Advocetes- on- Record Association &
Anr. vs.Union of India on 16th October, 2015
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O Oil Fields (Regulation and Development) Act 1948 53

Oil Industry (Development) Act 1974 47
Oriental Gas Company 1857 05
Oriental Gas Company 1867 11
Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act 2011 15
Orissa Weights and Measures (Delhi Repeal) Act 1958 57
Orphanages and Other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act 1960 10
Oudh Estates Act 1869 01
Oudh Laws Act 1876 18
Oudh Taluqdars' Relief Act 1870 24

P Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959 10

Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act 1977 15
Parel Investments and Trading Private Limited and Domestic Gas Private
Limited (Taking over of Management) Repeal Act 2005 14
Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1936 03
Partition Act 1893 04
Partition of Revenue-paying Estates Act 1863 19
Passport (Entry into India) Act 1920 34
Passports Act 1967 15
Patents Act 1970 39
Payment and Settlement Systems Act 2007 51
Payment of Bonus Act 1965 21
Payment of Gratuity Act 1972 39
Pensions Act 1871 23
Pensions Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act 2013 23
Petroleum Act 1934 30
Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act 1962 50
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act 2006 19
Pharmacy Act 1948 08
Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act 1991 42
Plantations Labour Act 1951 69
Poisons Act 1919 12
Police Act 1861 05
Police Act 1949 64
Police, (Agra) Act 1854 16
Police Forces (Restriction of Rights) Act 1966 33
Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act 1922 22
Pondicherry (Administration) Act 1962 49
Pondicherry (Extension of Laws) Act 1968 26
Pondicherry University Act 1985 53
Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act 2006 44
Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh Act 1966 51
Post Office Cash Certificates Act 1917 18
Powers-of-Attorney Act 1882 07
Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act 1990 25
Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividend) Act 1960 63
Pre-conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of
Sex Selection) Act 1994 57
Presidency Small Cause Courts Act 1882 15
President (Discharge of Functions) Act 1969 16
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act 1952 31
President's Emoluments and Pension Act 1951 30
Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 25
Press Council Act 1978 37
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P Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious diseases in Animals Act 2009 27
Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential
Commodities Act 1980 07
Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 49
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 59
Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act 1984 03
Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2003 15
Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act 1988 46
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971 69
Prevention of Terrorism (Repeal) Act 2004 26
Prisoners Act 1900 03
Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act 1955 32
Prisons Act 1894 09
Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act 2005 29
Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act 1978 43
Prize Competitions Act 1955 42
Probation of Offenders Act 1958 20
Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act 1988 45
Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import,
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Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2007 06
Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 25
Protection of Civil Rights Act 1955 22
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 32
Protection of Human Rights Act 1994 10
Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act 2001 53
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 43
Provident Funds Act 1925 19
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act 1887 09
Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1931 16
Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act 1996 40
` Public Debt Act 1944 18
Public Employment (Requirement as to Residence) Act 1957 44
Public Financial Institutions (Obligation as to Fidelity and Secrecy) Act 1983 48
Public Gambling Act 1867 03
Public Liability Insurance Act 1991 06
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act 1971 40
Public Records Act 1993 69
Public Sector Iron and Steel Companies (Restructuring) and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act 1978 16
Punjab District Boards Act 1883 20
Punjab Disturbed Areas Act 1983 32
Punjab Land Revenue Act 1887 17
Punjab Laws Act 1872 04
Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act 1994 45
Punjab Reorganisation Act 1966 31
Punjab Tenancy Act 1887 16

R Railway Claims Tribunal Act 1987 54

Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act 1966 29
Railway Protection Force Act 1957 23
Railways Act 1989 24
Railways Employment of Members of the Armed Forces Act 1965 40
Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (Transfer of Territories) Act 1959 47
Rajghat Samadhi Act 1951 41
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007 54
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Act 2013 26
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R Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Act 2012 35

Rajiv Gandhi University Act 2007 08
Rampur Raza Library Act 1975 22
Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act 2014 10
Rashtriya Raksha University Act 2020 31
Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2016 16
Reciprocity Act 1943 09
Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act 1993 51
Recycling Of Ship Act 2019 49
Regional Centre for Biotechnology Act 2016 36
Regional Rural Banks Act 1976 21
Registration Act 1908 16
Registration of Births and Deaths Act 1969 18
Registration of Foreigners Act 1939 16
Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992 34
Rehabilitation Finance Administration Act 1948 12
Religious Endowments Act 1863 20
Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act 1988 41
Religious Societies Act 1880 01
Remittances of Foreign Exchange and Investment in Foreign Exchange Bonds
(Immunities and Exemptions) Act 1991 41
Rent Recovery Act 1853 06
Repatriation of Prisoners Act 2003 49
Repealing and Amending Act 2015 17
Repealing and Amending (Second) Act 2015 19
Repealing and Amending Act 2016 23
Repealing and Amending Act 2018 02
Repealing and Amending(Second) Act 2018 04
Repealing and Amending Act 2019 31
Representation of the People Act 1950 43
Representation of the People Act 1951 43
Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property Act 1952 30
Reserve and Auxiliary Air Forces Act 1952 62
Reserve Bank (Transfer of Public Ownership) Act 1948 62
Reserve Bank of India Act 1934 02
Revenue, Bombay 1842 13
Revenue Commissioners, Bombay 1842 17
Revenue Recovery Act 1890 01
Richardson and Cruddas Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act 1972 78
River Boards Act 1956 49
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 35
Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition,
Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act 2013 30
Right to Information Act 2005 22
Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 49
Road Transport Corporations Act 1950 64
Rubber Act 1947 24

S SAARC Convention (Suppression of Terrorism) Act 1993 36

Salar Jung Museum Act 1961 26
Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act 1954 30
Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1952 58
Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act 1953 20
Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act 1977 33
Sale of Goods Act 1930 03
Sales of Land for Revenue Arrears 1845 01
Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act 1976 11
Sarais Act 1867 22
Sashastra Seema Bal Act 2007 53
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S Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act 1951 37
Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of
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Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act 1976 108
Scheduled Securities (Hyderabad) Act 1949 07
School of Planning and Architecture Act 2014 37
Science and Engineering Research Board Act 2009 09
Seamen's Provident Fund Act 1966 04
Seaward Artillery Practice Act 1949 08
Securities and Exchange Board of India Act 1992 15
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956 42
Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of
Security Interest Act ` 2002 54
Seeds Act 1966 54
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design Act 2000 37
Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and
Redressal) Act 2013 14
Shillong (Rifle Range and Umlong) Cantonments Assimilation of Laws Act 1954 31
Shore Nuisances (Bombay and Kolaba) Act 1853 11
Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act 2004 01
Sick Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1974 57
Sikh Gurdwaras (Supplementary) Act 1925 24
Sikkim University Act 2007 10
Sir Dinshaw Maneckjee Petit Act 1893 06
Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Baronetcy Act 1915 10
Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act 1956 96
Small Industries Development Bank of India Act 1989 39
Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1976 13
Societies Registration Act 1860 21
Sonthal Parganas Act 1855 37
South Asian University Act 2009 08
Special Court (Trial of Offences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act 1992 27
Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act 1950 18
Special Economic Zones Act 2005 28
Special Marriage Act 1954 43
Special Protection Group Act 1988 34
Specific Relief Act 1963 47
Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017 02
Spices Board Act 1986 10
Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharti) Act 2007 11
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology,
Trivandrum Act 1980 52
Stage-Carriages Act 1861 16
State Armed Police Forces (Extension of Laws) Act 1952 63
State Associated Banks (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1962 56
State Bank of India Act 1955 23
State Bank of Sikkim (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act 1982 62
State Financial Corporations Act 1951 63
State Emblems of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act 2005 50
State of Arunachal Pradesh Act 1986 69
State of Himachal Pradesh Act 1970 53
State of Mizoram Act 1986 34
State of Nagaland Act 1962 27
States Reorganisation Act 1956 37
Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street
Vending) Act, 2014 07
Sugar-cane Act 1934 15
Sugar Development Fund Act 1982 04
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S Sugar Export Promotion Act 1958 30*

Suits Valuation Act 1887 07
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act 1982 66
Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Maritime Navigation and
Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act 2002 69
Supreme Court (Enlargement of Criminal Appellate Jurisdiction) Act 1970 28
Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act 1958 41
Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Act 1956 55
Surrogacy (Regulation) Act 2021 47
Swadeshi Cotton Mills Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings) Act 1986 30

T Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Act 2010 16

Taxation Laws (Continuation and Validation of Recovery Proceedings) Act 1964 11
Taxation Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act 1972 25
Tea Act 1953 29
Technology Development Board Act 1995 44
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act 1997 24
Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act 1950 74
Territorial Army Act 1948 56
Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and Other
Maritime Zones Act 1976 80
Terrorist Affected Areas (Special Courts) Act 1984 61
Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Act 1995 39
Textiles Committee Act 1963 41
Tezpur University Act 1993 45
Tobacco Board Act 1975 04
Tobacco Duty (Town of Bombay) Act 1857 04
Tokyo Convention Act 1975 20
Trade Marks Act 1999 47
Trade Unions Act 1926 16
Transfer of Prisoners Act 1950 29
Transfer of Property Act 1882 04
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2019 40
Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994 42
Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 33
Tripura Land Revenue and Land Reforms Act 1960 43
Tripura University Act 2007 09
Tyre Corporation of India Limited (Disinvestment of Ownership) Act 2007 50

U Union Duties of Excise (Distribution) Act 1979 24

Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act 1965 49
Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 14
Union Territories (Laws) Act 1950 30
Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act 1969 19
Union Territories (Stamp and Court-fees Laws) Act 1961 33
Unit Trust of India (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act 2002 58
United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act 1947 46
United Nations (Security Council) Act 1947 43
United Provinces Act 1890 20

*Repealed by Ordinance w.e.f. 15th January, 1997.

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U University Grants Commission Act 1956 03

University of Hyderabad Act 1974 39
University of Allahabad Act 2005 26
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967 37
Unorganised Sector Workers Social Security Act 2008 33
Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act 1999 15
Usurious Loans Act 1918 10
Usury Laws Repeal Act 1855 28
Uttaranchal (Alteration of Name) Act 2006 52
Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2000 29

V Vice-President's Pension Act 1997 30

Victoria Memorial Act 1903 10
Visva-Bharati Act 1951 29
Voluntary Surrender of Salaries (Exemption from Taxation) Act 1961 46

W Wakf Act 1995 43

Warehousing Corporations Act 1962 58
Warehousing Corporations (Supplementary) Act 1965 20
Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act 2007 37
Waste-Lands (Claims) Act 1863 23
Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1974 06
Wealth-tax Act 1957 27
Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of
Unlawful Activities) Act 2005 21
West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act 1949 20
White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act 1913 05
Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 53
Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act 1956 105
Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service)
and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1955 45
Working Journalists (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Act 1958 29
Works of Defence Act 1903 07