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Repealed Central Acts
4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.
| Act | Citation | Repealed by |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Canal Tolls, Bengal Act, 1836 | 22 of 1836 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Effectuating Act 5 of 1863 (Treaty with Burma) Act 1864 | 12 of 1864 | Act 20 of 1886 |
| Effectuating Treaty with Burma Act 1863 | 4 of 1863 | Act 20 of 1886 |
| Electic Telegraphs Act 1860 | 8 of 1860 | Act 1 of 1876 |
| Electric Telegraphs Act 1854 | 34 of 1854 | Act 1 of 1876 |
| Elphinstone Land Company's Porperty Act 1870 | 9 of 1870 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Emigrant Ships Act, 1845 | 25 of 1845 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigrants Act 1870 | 6 of 1870 | Act 7 of 1871 |
| Emigration Act 1852 | 4 of 1852 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration Act 1856 | 19 of 1856 | Act 16 of 1874 |
| Emigration Act 1869 | 6 of 1869 | Act 7 of 1871 |
| Emigration Act, 1837 | 32 of 1837 | Act 14 of 1839 |
| Emigration Act, 1842 | 15 of 1842 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration Act, 1843 | 21 of 1843 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration Act, 1844 | 21 of 1844 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration From Madras Port Act, 1847 | 8 of 1847 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration of Native Labours Act 1864 | 13 of 1864 | Act 7 of 1871 |
| Emigration to British Colonies Act 1860 | 49 of 1860 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration to Ceylon Act, 1847 | 13 of 1847 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration to French Colonies Act 1860 | 46 of 1860 | Act 7 of 1871 |
| Emigration to Natal Act 1860 | 33 of 1860 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration to Saint Croix Act 1863 | 7 of 1863 | Act 13 of 1874 |
| Emigration to Seychelles Act, 1862 | 22 of 1862 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration to St. Kitts Act 1860 | 41 of 1860 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration to St. Lucia and Grenada Act 1855 | 31 of 1855 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Emigration to St. Vincent Act 1860 | 12 of 1860 | Act 13 of 1864 |
| Enforcement of Judgments Act 1852 | 33 of 1852 | Act 8 of 1887 |
| Enforcement of The Attendance of Witness in The Courts of the Munsif?s, Within the Presidency of Fort William Act, 1845 | 17 of 1845 | Act 19 of 1873 |
| English Law.--Fines, And Common Recoveries Act 1854 | 31 of 1854 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| Escaped Convicts Act 1860 | 17 of 1860 | Act 5 of 1871 |
| Escapped Convicts Act 1858 | 5 of 1858 | Act 17 of 1860 |
| Estates, Oudh (Amedning Act 1 of 1869), 1885 | 10 of 1885 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| European British Subjects Act 1870 | 22 of 1870 | Act 10 of 1882 |
| European Vagrancy Act 1871 | 28 of 1871 | Act 9 of 1874 |
| Evidence Act 1852 | 15 of 1852 | Act 1 of 1872 |
| Evidence Act 1855 | 2 of 1855 | Act 1 of 1872 |
| Evidence Act, 1837 | 19 of 1837 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Evidence Act, 1841 | 7 of 1841 | Act 16 of 1874 |
| Ex-King Thebaw's Act, 1895 | 20 of 1895 | Act 32 of 1940 |
| Excise (Amending Act 22 of 1881) Act, 1885 | 6 of 1885 | Act 12 of 1896 |
| Excise, Straits Settlement Act 1851 | 14 of 1851 | Act 30 of 1866 |
| Exectution of Decrees, Bombay 1851 (7 of 1851) Rep., Act 10 of 1861 | Not recorded | |
| Execution in Presidency-towns of Mufassal Forces Act, 1840 | 23 of 1840 | Act 10 of 1882 |
| Execution of Decrees of Courts of 24-Parganas Act, 1839 | 27 of 1839 | Act 12 of 1891 |
| Execution of Decres on Appeal Act 1852 | 25 of 1852 | Act 6 of 1874 |
| Execution of Judgments Act 1855 | 34 of 1855 | Act 10 of 1877 |
| Execution of Sentences of Courts in Native States Act, 1847 | 5 of 1847 | Act 8 of 1863 |
| Execution, Supreme Courts Act 1855 | 6 of 1855 | Act 10 of 1877 |
| Execution-Sales of Land, Bengal Act, 1846 | 4 of 1846 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Exempting Timber from Import-duty Act 1868 | 11 of 1868 | Act 14 of 1870 |
| Exempting certain Bombay Villages from General Regulations, 1868 | 04 of 1868 | Act 14 of 1874 |
| Exemption from Jurisdiction Act, 1836 | 11 of 1836 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Exice (amending Act 22 of 1881) Act, 1893 | 10 of 1893 | Act 12 of 1896 |
| Explaining Act 25 of 1836 Act, 1841 | 13 of 1841 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Explaining Act 5 of 1840 Act, 1847 | 2 of 1847 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Export Of Military Stores Act, 1841 | 18 of 1841 | Act 11 of 1878 |
| Exportion of Saltpeire Act 1855 | 33 of 1855 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Extending 3 and 4 Wm. 4, c. 42 Act, 1841 | 26 of 1841 | Act 10 of 1877 |
| Extending 9 Geo. 4, C. 14, Act, 1840 | 14 of 1840 | Act 9 of 1872 |
| Extending Act 12 of 1836; Straits Settlement Act, 1840 | 12 of 1840 | Act 9 of 1848 |
| Extending Act 20 of 1865 to Sadar Court, Agra Act 1866 | 9 of 1866 | Act 18 of 1879 |
| Extending Act 21 of 1839 Act, 1842 | 3 of 1842 | Act 13 of 1856 |
| Extending Act 23 of 1839 to camp followers Act, 1841 | 28 of 1841 | Act 29 of 1861 |
| Extending Act 23 of 1854, Act 1856 | 5 of 1856 | Act 20 of 1859 |
| Extending Marriage Act 5 of 1865 Act 1866 | 22 of 1866 | Act 15 of 1872 |
| Extending Prisons Act 1870, to Coorg Act 1871 | 2 of 1871 | Act 12 of 1891 |
| Extending certain Acts to Straits Settlement Act 1852 | 14 of 1852 | Act 27 of 1866 |
| Extension of Civil Procedure Code to Sindh Act 1864 | 5 of 1864 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| The Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 | 28 of 1982 | Act 42 of 1994 |
| The East Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners (Delhi Amendment) Act, 1963 | 49 of 1963 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The East Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners (Delhi Amendment) Act, 1964 | 15 of 1964 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Amendment Act 1978 | 46 of 1981 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991 | 11 of 1991 | Act 49 of 2023 |
| The Election Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 | 10 of 2016 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 | 24 of 2003 | Act 17 of 2015 |
| The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 | 49 of 2021 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Election and Other Related Laws(Amendment) Act, 2003. | 46 of 2003 | Act 17 of 2015 |
| The Electricity (Amendment) Act 2007 | 26 of 2007 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Electricity (Amendment) Act, 2003 | 57 of 2003 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Act, 1949 | 57 of 1949 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Act 1948 | 54 of 1948 | Act 36 of 2003 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act 1978 | 23 of 1978 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act, 1962 | 44 of 1962 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act, 1966 | 30 of 1966 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act, 1976 | 115 of 1976 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act, 1984 | 48 of 1984 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act. 1956 | 101 of 1956 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Electricity Act, 1887 | 13 of 1887 | Act 3 of 1903 |
| The Electricity Laws (Amendment) Act, 1991 | 50 of 1991 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Electricity Laws (Amendment) Act, 1998 | 22 of 1998 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Electricity Regulatory Commissions (Amendment) Act, 2001 | 21 of 2001 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Electrictiy (Supply) Amendment Act, 1983 | 16 of 1983 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Elephants Preservation Act (1879) Amendment Act, 1883 | 2 of 1883 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Elephants Preservation Act 1879 | 6 of 1879 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Emergency Legislation Continuance Act, 1915 | 1 of 1915 | Act 12 of 1927 |
| The Emergency Risks (Factories) Insurance Act, 1962 | 63 of 1962 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Emergency Risks (Goods) Insurance Act, 1962 | 62 of 1962 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Employee's Compensation Act, 1923 | 8 of 1923 | Act 36 of 2020 |
| The Employee?s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2017 | 11 of 2017 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Employee?s State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1984 | 45 of 1984 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1996 | 25 of 1996 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1989 | 29 of 1988 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Employees' Providend Funds and Family Pension Fund (Amendment) Act, 1973 | 40 of 1973 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The Employees' Provident Fund (Amendment) Act 1958 | 22 of 1958 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Employees' Provident Funds (Amendment) Act 1953 | 37 of 1953 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Employees' Provident Funds (Amendment) Act 1960 | 46 of 1960 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Employees' Provident Funds (Amendment) Act 1963 | 28 of 1963 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Employees' Provident Funds (Amendment) Act, 1962 | 48 of 1962 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act 1951 | 53 of 1951 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act 1975 | 38 of 1975 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1989 | 29 of 1989 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Employees' State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2010 | 18 of 2010 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948 | 34 of 1948 | Act 36 of 2020 |
| The Employees? Provident Funds (Amendment) Act. 1956 | 94 of 1956 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Employeesâ?? Provident Funds (Amendment) Act, 1965 | 22 of 1965 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Employeesâ?? Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Act, 1998 | 10 of 1998 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Employers and Workmen (Disputes) Act 1860 | 9 of 1860 | Act 2 of 1932 |
| The Employers and Workmen (Disputes) Repealing Act 1932 | 2 of 1932 | Act 20 of 1937 |
| The Employers' Liability (Amendment) Act 1951 | 5 of 1951 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Employers' Liability Act 1938 | 24 of 1938 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 | 31 of 1959 | Act 36 of 2020 |
| The Employment of Children (Amendment) Act 1951 | 48 of 1951 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Employment of Children (Amendment) Act 1978 | 39 of 1978 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Employment of Children (Amendment) Act, 1939 | 15 of 1939 | Act 25 of 1942 |
| The Employment of Children (Amendment) Act, 1985 | 62 of 1985 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Employment of Children Act 1938 | 26 of 1938 | Act 61 of 1986 |
| The Enemy Missions Act 1921 | 9 of 1921 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2017 | 3 of 2017 | 37 of 2025 |
| The Enemy Property (Amendment) Act 1977 | 40 of 1977 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Enemy Trading Act 1915 | 14 of 1915 | Act 12 of 1927 |
| The Enemy Trading Act 1916 | 10 of 1916 | Act 12 of 1927 |
| The Enemy Trading Orders (Validation) Act 1918 | 15 of 1918 | Act 12 of 1927 |
| The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2010 | 28 of 2010 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022 | 19 of 2022 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Enforcement Of Security Interest And Recovery of Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 | 1 of 2013 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Enforcement of Decrees, Bengal Act 1836 | 5 of 1836 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| The Enforcement of Security Interest And Recovery of Debts Laws ( Amendment) Act, 2004 | 30 of 2004 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Engineer's Certificates Validation Act, 1894 | 15 of 1894 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Equal Remuneration (Amendment) Act, 1987 | 49 of 1987 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 | 25 of 1976 | Act 29 of 2019 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 1957 | 13 of 1957 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 1986 | 42 of 1986 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1961 | 17 of 1961 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1964 | 47 of 1964 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1966 | 25 of 1966 | 56 of 1974 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1967 | 14 of 1967 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2010 | 35 of 2010 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 | 22 of 2020 | Act 40 of 2021 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act,2003 | 37 of 2003 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Continuance Act, 1970 | 14 of 1970 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Essential Commodities (Amendment)Act, 1984 | 34 of 1984 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Essential Commodities (Second Amendment) Act 1957 | 28 of 1957 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Essential Commodities (Second Amendment) Act 1986 | 73 of 1986 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Essential Commodities (Second Amendment) Act, 1967 | 36 of 1967 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Essential Commodities (Special Provision) Act 1981 | 18 of 1981 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Amendment Act 1993 | 34 of 1993 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Continuance Act 1987 25 of 1987 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001 | Not recorded | |
| The Essential Goods (Declaration and Regulation of Tax on Sale or Purchase) Act 1952 | 52 of 1952 | Act 74 of 1956 |
| The Essential Services Maintenance (Amendment) Act 1985 | 49 of 1985 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Essential Supplies (Temporary Power) (Second Amendment) Act, 1949 | 49 of 1949 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| The Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) (Amendment) Act, 1949 | 19 of 1949 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| The Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Amendment Act, 1950 | 52 of 1950 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Amendment Act, 1952, 65 of 1952, (Lapsed) | Not recorded | |
| The Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Second Amendment Act, 1950 | 72 of 1950 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Essential Supplies (temporary Powers) (Amendment) Act, 1949 | 64 of 1948 | Act 35 of 1950 |
| The Esso (Acquisitiion of Undertakings in India) Act, 1974 | 4 of 1974 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Esso (Acquisition of Undertakings in India) Amendment Act, 1974 | 40 of 1974 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act 1985 | 52 of 1985 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1958 | 33 of 1958 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1960 | 16 of 1960 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1968 | 22 of 1968 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1982 | 31 of 1982 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1984 | 53 of 1984 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Estate Duty (Amendment) Act, 1986 | 49 of 1986 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Act, 1962 | 9 of 1962 | Act 20 of 2000 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Amendment Act 1985 | 28 of 1985 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Amendment Act, 1965 | 51 of 1965 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Amendment Act, 1969 | 15 of 1969 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Amendment Act, 1974 | 21 of 1974 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Amendment Act, 1979 | 26 of 1979 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Estate Duty (Distribution) Amendment Act, 1984 | 32 of 1984 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Estate Duty Act 1953 | 34 of 1953 | Act 20 of 2000 |
| The Estate Duty and Tax on Railway Passenger Fares (Distribution) Act 1957 | 57 of 1957 | Act 9 of 1962 |
| The European British Minor Act 1875 | 13 of 1874 | Act 8 of 1890 |
| The European Deserters Act, 1856 | 11 of 1856 | A.O. 1950 |
| The European Vagrancy Act 1874 | 9 of 1874 | Act 17 of 1949 |
| The Evacuee Interest (Separation) Act 1951 | 64 of 1951 | Act 38 of 2005 |
| The Evacuee Interest (Separation) Amendment Act 1960 | 27 of 1960 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The Excess Profile Tax Act 1940 | 15 of 1940 | Act 20 of 2000 |
| The Excess Profits Duty Act 1919 | 10 of 1919 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Excess Profits Tax (Amendment) Act, 1940 | 42 of 1940 | Act 06 of 1945 |
| The Excess Profits Tax(Second Amendment) Act, 1941 | 24 of 1941 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Exchange of Prisoners Act 1948 | 58 of 1948 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Excise (Malt Liquors) Act, 1890 | 13 of 1890 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Excise (Spirits) Act 1863 | 16 of 1863 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Excise Act 1871 | 10 of 1871 | Act 22 of 1881 |
| The Excise Act 1881 | 22 of 1881 | Act 12 of 1896 |
| The Excise and Sea Customs Law Amendment Act, 1885 | 9 of 1885 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Exempting Straits Settlement from Emigration Act 1872 | 14 of 1872 | Act 21 of 1883 |
| The Expenditure-tax Act 1957 | 29 of 1957 | Act 13 of 1966 |
| The Explosive Substances (Amendment) Act, 2001 | 54 of 2001 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Explosives (Temporary Provisions) Act 1947 | 10 of 1947 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Explosives (Temporary Provisions) Act 1949 | 55 of 1949 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Amendment Act, 1984 | 40 of 1984 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Export-Import Bank Of India (Amendment) Act, 1998 | 1 of 1999 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2011 | 11 of 2012 | Act, 19 of 2015 |
| The Extradition (Amendment) Act, 1993 | 66 of 1993 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Extradition (India) Act 1895 | 9 of 1895 | Act 15 of 1903 |
| The Extradition Act 1903 | 15 of 1903 | Act 34 of 1962 |
| The Eyes (Authority for use for Therapeutic Purposes Act, 1982 | 29 of 1982 | Act 42 of 1994 |
| The electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 | 14 of 1998 | Act 36 of 2003 |
Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Repeal information is as recorded in the Repeal collection published by India Code; we parse the citation out of the recorded title rather than restating it. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.