Off the statute book
Repealed Central Acts
4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.
| Act | Citation | Repealed by |
|---|---|---|
| Banganapalle, Madras Act, 1848 | 25 of 1848 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Bank of Bengal Act 1870 | 19 of 1870 | Act 11 of 1876 |
| Bank of Bengal Act, 1836 | 19 of 1836 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Bank of Bengal Act, 1838 | 24 of 1838 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Bank of Bengal Act, 1839 | 6 of 1839 | Act 4 of 1862 |
| Bank of Bengal Act, 1862 | 4 of 1862 | Act 11 of 1876 |
| Bank of Bengal Madras and Bombay Act 1861 | 24 of 1861 | Act 3 of 1871 |
| Bank of Bengal, Madras and Bombay Act | 27 of 1855 | Bom. Act 10 of 1863 |
| Bank of Bombay Act, 1840 | 3 of 1840 | Bom. Act 10 of 1863 |
| Bank of Madras Act, 1843 | 9 of 1843 | Act 5 of 1862 |
| Bengal −−Appeals Act, 1850 | 8 of 1850 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Bengal -Justices of the Peace, 1838 | 32 of 1838 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Bengal Judiciary system Act, 1837 | 25 of 1837 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Bengal Mariners, etc., Society Act 1856 | 24 of 1856 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Bengal Militry orphan Society Act, 1861 | 30 of 1861 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Bengal Regulations Repeal Act, 1871, 29 of 1871 (Rep., Act 12 of 1873 | Not recorded | |
| Bengal Sadr Courts Act, 1837 | 3 of 1837 | Act 16 of 1874 |
| Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 | 20 of 1885 | Act 12 of 1891 |
| Bengal, Madras and Bombay.-- Public Works and Railways Act, 1850 | 42 of 1850 | Act 6 of 1857 |
| Bengal,--Assistant and Deputy Magistrates Act 1854 | 10 of 1854 | Act 10 of 1872 |
| Bengal.--Court of Wards.--Education Act 1854 | 26 of 1854 | Act 1 of 1903 |
| Bengal.--Mofussil Treasury Warrants Act 1854 | 25 of 1854 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Berar Laws Act 1941 | 4 of 1941 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| Bhatti Territory, Agra Act, 1846 | 6 of 1846 | Act 4 of 1872 |
| Bhor Ghat Toll Act, 1836 | 18 of 1836 | Act 2 of 1837 |
| Bigam Samru Act, 1836 | 17 of 1836 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Bikrama Singh's Estates Act 1883 | 10 of 1883 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| Bills of Exchange Act, 1840 | 6 of 1840 | Act 26 of 1881 |
| Binding Apprentices Act, 1850 | 19 of 1850 | Act 52 of 1961 |
| Boat Regulation, Madras Roads Act, 1842 | 4 of 1842 | Mad. Act 1 of 1893 |
| Boats in Harbours, Madras Act, 1846 | 9 of 1846 | Mad. Act 1 of 1893 |
| Bombay Port-Dues Act, 1883 | 11 of 1883 | Act 10 of 1889 |
| Bombay- Cantonment Bazars Act 1854 | 4 of 1854 | Act 13 of 1889 |
| Borneo Commission.--Sir J. Brooke Act 1854 | 15 of 1854 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Boundaries Act, 1847 | 1 of 1847 | Act 19 of 1873 |
| Boundary-marks Act, 1860, 28 of 1860 (Rep., (in Coorg) Reg., 1 of 1899 Rep., (in Mad) Mad Act 4 of 1897) | Not recorded | |
| Boundary-marks, Madras Act 1855 | 20 of 1855 | Act 28 of 1860 |
| Branding Convicts Act, 1849 | 2 of 1849 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Breaches of Trust Act, 1850 | 13 of 1850 | Act 17 of 1862 |
| British Burma Labour Law (Act 3 of 1876) Act 1883 | 7 of 1883 | Act 12 of 1891 |
| British Subjects Act 1854 | 22 of 1854 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Burma Coast-lights Act 1867 | 13 of 1867 | Act 9 of 1879 |
| Burma Courts Act 1863 | 24 of 1863 | Act 7 of 1872 |
| The Bamboo Paper Industry (Protection) Act 1927 | 20 of 1927 | Act 32 of 1934 |
| The Bamoo Paper Industry (Protection) Act 1932 | 6 of 1932 | Act 32 of 1934 |
| The Banaras Hindu University (Amendment) Act 1958 | 34 of 1958 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Bangalore Marriages Validating Act, 1936 | 16 of 1936 | Act 02 of 2018 |
| The Bankers' Books Evidence Act 1900 | 12 of 1900 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1893 | 1 of 1893 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Banki Laws Act 1881 | 25 of 1881 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1969 | 22 of 1969 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 1992 | 36 of 1992 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 1994 | 37 of 1994 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 1995 | 8 of 1995 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) and Financial Institutions Laws (Amendment) Act, 2006 | 45 of 2006 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Banking Companies (Amendment) Act 1953 | 52 of 1953 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Banking Companies (Amendment) Act 1960 | 23 of 1960 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 1950 | 20 of 1950 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 1956 | 95 of 1956 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 1961 | 7 of 1961 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 1962 | 36 of 1962 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Banking Companies (Legal Practitioners' Clients' Accounts) Repeal Act 2001 | 20 of 2001 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Companies (Restriction of Branches) Act, 1946 | 27 of 1946 | Act 10 of 1949 |
| The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act 2012 | 4 of 2013 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 1968 | 58 of 1968 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 1983 | 1 of 1984 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 1984 | 64 of 1984 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 1985 | 81 of 1985 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Banking Laws (Application to Co-operative Societies) Act, 1965 | 23 of 1965 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1963 | 55 of 1963 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007 | 17 of 2007 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1994 | 20 of 1994 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2017 | 30 of 2017 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 | 39 of 2020 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Banking Regulation (Amendment) And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2004 | 24 of 2004 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Banking Regution (Amendment) Act, 1991 | 54 of 1991 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Act, 2003 | 29 of 2003 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Banking Service Commission Act 1975 | 42 of 1975 | Act 20 of 1978 |
| The Banking Service Commission Act, 1984 | 44 of 1984 | Act 29 of 2003 |
| The Banking, Public Financial Institutions and Negotiable Instruments Laws (Amendment) Act | 66 of 1988 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Bankings Companies (Amendment) Act, 1959 | 33 of 1959 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act 1956 | 4 of 1956 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Barsi Light Railway Company (Transferred Liabilities) Act 1954 | 14 of 1954 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Basel Mission Trading Company Act 1920 | 35 of 1920 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Batwaras Act, 1836 | 20 of 1836 | Act 32 of 1940 |
| The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess (Amendment) Act 1981 | 47 of 1981 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess (Amendment) Act, 1998 | 24 of 1998 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Beedi Workers Welfare Cess Act, 1976 | 56 of 1976 | Act 18 of 2017 |
| The Beedi Workers Welfare Fund Act, 1976 | 62 of 1976 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 | 32 of 1966 | 37 of 2020 |
| The Benares Family Domains Act 1881 | 14 of 1881 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Benares Hindu University (Amendment) Act 1951 | 55 of 1951 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Benares Hindu University (Amendment) Act, 1922 | 3 of 1922 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Benares Hindu University (Amendment) Act, 1930 | 29 of 1930 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Avt, 1847-contd, 1847 | 9 of 1847 | WB Act 10 of 1956 |
| The Bengal Bihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act 1912 | 7 of 1912 | Act 04 of 2018 |
| The Bengal Board of Revenue Act, 1850 | 44 of 1850 | Act 1 of 1903 |
| The Bengal Chaukidari (Amendment) Act, 1871 | 22 of 1871 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bengal Chaukidari Act, 1856 | 20 of 1856 | W.B Act 1 of 1914 |
| The Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 | 58 of 1980 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Bengal Civil Courts Act 1871 | 6 of 1871 | Act 12 of 1887 |
| The Bengal Criminal Law Amendment supplementary (Extending) Act, 1934 | 26 of 1934 | Act 20 of 1937 |
| The Bengal Districts Act, 1836 | 21 of 1836 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 17 of 1887 |
| The Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Amendment) Act, 1959 | 20 of 1959 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Amendment) Act, 1963 | 15 of 1963 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) (Delhi Validation of Appointments andProceedings) Act, 1971 | 20 of 1971 | Act 02 of 2018 |
| The Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984 | 57 of 1984 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1841 | 12 of 1841 | Second Sch, Act 19 of 1873 |
| The Bengal Pilot Service (Centralisation of Administration) Act 1929 | 11 of 1929 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bengal Rent Act, 1859 | 10 of 1859 | Sec 2 and Second Sch, Act 9 of 1883 |
| The Bengal Sessions Courts Act 1871 | 19 of 1871 | Act 1 of 1903 |
| The Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act 1932 | 24 of 1932 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Bengal Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1886 | 8 of 1886 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1911 | 16 of 1911 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Betwa River Board (Amendment) Act 1977 | 47 of 1977 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Betwal River Board (Amendment) Act, 1993 | 49 of 1993 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of Conditions of Service of Employees) Act, 1988 | 44 of 1988 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Bhaunagar Act 1876 | 20 of 1876 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Bhopal Coinage Act, 1897 | 11 of 1897 | Act1 of 1903 |
| The Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster (Processing of Claims) Amendment Act, 1992 | 24 of 1992 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Bhopal and Vindhya Pradesh (Court) Act, 1950 | 41 of 1950 | Act 22 of 2001 |
| The Bhutan Duars Act 1869 | 16 of 1869 | Act 1 of 1903 |
| The Bihar State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1968 | 39 of 1968 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Bihar State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1969 | 32 of 1969 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Bilaspur Commercial Corporation (Repeal) Act 1960 | 47 of 1960 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Births, Death & Marriges Registration Act (1885) Amending Act 1890 | 16 of 1890 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration (Amendment) Act, 1911 | 9 of 1911 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Boilers Act, 1923 | 5 of 1923 | Act 12 of 2025 |
| The Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1978 | 42 of 1978 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Bombay Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1930 | 28 of 1930 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bombay Civil Courts Act 1880 | 9 of 1880 | Act 1 of 1838 |
| The Bombay Coasting Vessels (Amendment) Act 1952 | 22 of 1952 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Bombay High Court (Letters Patent Act 1866) | 23 of 1866 | Act 22 of 2001 |
| The Bombay Improvement Act, 1904 Act | 14 of 1904 | Bom Act 16 of 1925 |
| The Bombay Land-customs Act 1857 | 29 of 1857 | Act 3 of 1937 |
| The Bombay Municipal Debentures Act 1876 | 15 of 1876 | Act 1 of 1879 |
| The Bombay Port Trust (Amendment) Act 1952 | 11 of 1952 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Bombay Port Trust (Amendment) Act, 1949 | 27 of 1949 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| The Bombay Regulation XIII of 1830 (Application) Act, 1840 | 15 of 1840 | Bom. Act 18 of 1953 |
| The Bombay Revenue Jurisdiction Act 1880 | 15 of 1880 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Bombay University Act 1857 | 22 of 1857 | Act Bom 4 of 1928 |
| The Bombay, Calcutta and Madras Port Trust (Companies) Act, 1948 | 36 of 1948 | Act 35 of 1950 |
| The Bombay, Calcutta and Madras Port Trusts (Amendment) Act 1958 | 13 of 1958 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Bomboo Paper Industry (Protection) Act 1925 | 25 of 1925 | Act 32 of 1934 |
| The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Amendment Act 1985 | 73 of 1985 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Border Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2000 | 35 of 2000 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Braithwaite and Company (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1976 | 96 of 1976 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Brentford Electric (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1987 | 36 of 1987 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and the Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1978 | 41 of 1978 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The British Burma Labour Law Act 1876 | 3 of 1876 | Act 7 of 1883 |
| The British Burma Municipal Act 1874 | 7 of 1874 | Act 11 of 1889 |
| The British Burma Pilots Act 1883 | 12 of 1883 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The British Statutes (Application to India) Repeal Act 1960 | 57 of 1960 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Broach Thakurs' Relief Act 1871 | 15 of 1871 | Act 14 of 1877 |
| The Broach and Kaira Incumbered Estates Act 1881 | 21 of 1881 | Bom Act 62 of 1949 |
| The Bronze Coin (Legal Tender) Act 1918 | 22 of 1918 | Act 4 of 1941 |
| The Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 | 27 of 1996 | Act 37 of 2020 |
| The Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Cess Act, 1996 | 28 of 1996 | Act 36 of 2020 |
| The Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 | 63 of 1986 | Act 11 of 2016 |
| The Burma Boundaries Act 1880 | 5 of 1880 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Burma Coast-lights Act 1879 | 9 of 1879 | Act 17 of 1927 |
| The Burma Courts Act 1872 | 7 of 1872 | Act 17 of 1875 |
| The Burma Courts Act 1875 | 17 of 1875 | Act 11 of 1889 |
| The Burma Courts Act 1880 | 11 of 1880 | Act 11 of 1889 |
| The Burma Courts Act, 1884 | 10 of 1884 | Act 11 of 1899 |
| The Burma Courts Act, 1885 | 14 of 1885 | Act 11 of 1889 |
| The Burma Courts Amendment Act, 1873 | 01 of 1873 | Act 17 of 1875 & Rep., Act 20 of 1975 |
| The Burma District Cesses and Rural Police Act 1880 | 2 of 1880 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Burma Embankment Act 1877 | 13 of 1877 | Act 4 of 1912 |
| The Burma Ferries Act 1873 | 2 of 1873 | Act 2 of 1898 |
| The Burma Financial Commissioner's Act, 1888 | 18 of 1888 | Act 13 of 1898 |
| The Burma Fisheries Act 1875 | 7 of 1875 | Bur. Act 3 of 1905 |
| The Burma Forests Act 1881 | 19 of 1881 | Bur. Act 4 of 1902 |
| The Burma Gaming Act 1884 | 16 of 1884 | Bur. Act 1 of 1899 |
| The Burma Land and Revenue Act 1876 | 2 of 1876 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Burma Laws Act, 1898 | 13 of 1898 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Burma Military Police Act, 1887 | 15 of 1887 | Act Bur. 12 of 1928 |
| The Burma Municipal Act, 1884 | 17 of 1884 | Act 13 of 1898 |
| The Burma Municipalities Act, 1888 | 19 of 1888 | Act 13 of 1898 |
| The Burma Port-dues Act 1873 | 7 of 1873 | 12 Act of 1875 |
| The Burma Salt (Amendment) Act, 1928 | 1 of 1928 | Sec 3, Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Burma Salt (Amendment) Act, 1929 | 16 of 1929 | Sec 3 and Second Sch, (Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Burma Spirti Duty Act, 1872 | 16 of 1872 | Act 11 of 1889 |
| The Burma Steam-Boilers and Prime-Movers Act 1882 | 18 of 1882 | Bur. Act 2 of 1910 |
| The Burma Steam-boilers and Prime-movers Act, 1885 | 1 of 1885 | Bur. Act 2 of 1910 |
| The Burma Timber Act 1873 | 13 of 1873 | Act 19 of 1881 |
| The 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 of 1981 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Burmah Shell (Acquisition of undertakings in india) Act, 1976 | 2 of 1976 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Burmese Steamer Survey Act 1871 | 16 of 1871 | Act 6 of 1884 |
| The Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Nationalisation) Act, 1976 | 97 of 1976 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Burn Company and Indian Standard Wagon Company (Taking over of Management) Act, 1973 | 57 of 1973 | Act 97 of 1976 |
| The Business Profits Tax Act 1947 | 21 of 1947 | Act 20 of 2000 |
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