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Repealed Central Acts
4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.
| Act | Citation | Repealed by |
|---|---|---|
| (High Courts (Master's office and Oaths) Act 1863 | 18 of 1863 | Act 10 of 1877 |
| He Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1949 | 44 of 1949 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| Heads of Villages, Bombay Act 1852 | 27 of 1852 | Bom. Act 8 of 1867 |
| Heinous Offences Act 1857 | 16 of 1857 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Hereditary Officers, Bombay Act, 1843 | 11 of 1843 | Bom. Act 3 of 1874 |
| Honorary Degrees, Calcutta University Act, 1875 | 21 of 1875 | Act 01 of 1884 |
| Horsburgh Light-house Act 1852 | 6 of 1852 | Act 13 of 1854 |
| Horse-racing Act 1867 | 8 of 1867 | Act 9 of 1872 |
| The Hackney-carriage Act 1879 | 14 of 1879 | Act 04 of 2018 |
| The Haj Committee Act, 1959 | 51 of 1959 | Act 35 of 2002 |
| The Haryana State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1967 | 30 of 1967 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Heavy Chemical Industry (Protection) Act 1931 | 22 of 1931 | Act 32 of 1934 |
| The High Court (Agra) Act 1866 | 24 of 1866 | Act 10 of 1877 |
| The High Court And Supreme Court Judges (Salaries And Condition Of Services) Amendment Act, 2005 | 46 of 2005 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The High Court And Supreme Court Judges (Salaries And Condition Of Services) Amendment Act, 2009 | 23 of 2009 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The High Court And Supreme Court Judges (Salaries And Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1998 | 7 of 1999 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The High Court Fees Act 1868 | 15 of 1868 | Act 7 of 1870 |
| The High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act 1958 | 46 of 1958 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act 1987 | 48 of 1987 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1961 | 50 of 1961 | Act 52 of 1964 |
| The High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1964 | 27 of 1964 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1971 | 78 of 1971 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The High Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1976 | 35 of 1976 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The High Court Judges (Salaries And Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2002 | 7 of 2003 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The High Court Jurisdiction (Sindh) Act, 1872 | 5 of 1872 | Reg. Act 6 of 1936 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act 1988 | 20 of 1988 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1980 | 57 of 1980 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1985 | 36 of 1985 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1986 | 38 of 1986 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1989 | 32 of 1989 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1998 | 18 of 1998 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Conditions of Services) Amendment Act, 1993 | 2 of 1994 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2018 | 10 of 2018 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2021 | 44 of 2021 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The High Court and the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act 2016 | 13 of 2016 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The High Courts' Criminal Procedure Act 1875 | 10 of 1875 | Act 5 of 1898 |
| The High Courts' Criminal Procedure Amendment Act 1865 | 13 of 1865 | Act 10 of 1875 |
| The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Act, 1978 | 11 of 1978 | Act 18 of 2023 |
| The High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonetisation) Amendment Act, 1998 | 3 of 1999 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Constitution and Proceedings) Validation Act 1958 | 56 of 1958 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The Himachal Pradesh State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1993 | 5 of 1993 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Amendment) Act, 1963 | 1 of 1963 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance (Amendment) Act, 1962 | 45 of 1962 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act 1928 | 12 of 1928 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Hindu Law of Inheritance (Amendment) Act, 1929 | 2 of 1929 | Sec 31, Act 30 of 1956 |
| The Hindu Marriage (Amendment) Act 1956 | 73 of 1956 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Hindu Marriage (Amendment) Act, 1964 | 44 of 1964 | Act 56 of 1974 |
| The Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal Act, 1946 | 28 of 1946 | Act 25 of 1955 |
| The Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act 1960 | 19 of 1960 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Hindu Marriages Validity Act 1949 | 21 of 1949 | Act 25 of 1955 |
| The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 | 39 of 2005 | Act 17 of 2015 |
| The Hindu Transfers and Bequests (City of Madras ) Act, 1921 | 8 of 1921 | Sec 4 and Second Sch, Act 48 of 1959 |
| The Hindu Widows' Re- marriage Act 1856 | 15 of 1856 | Act 24 of 1983 |
| The Hindu Widows' Re-Marriage (Repeal) Act, 1983 | 24 of 1983 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Hindu Wills Act 1870 | 21 of 1870 | Act 39 of 1925 |
| The Hindu Women?s Rights to Property (Amendment) Act, 1938 | 11 of 1938 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The Hindu Women?s Rights to Property Act, 1937 | 17 of 1937 | Act 30 of 1942 |
| The Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act 1978 | 13 of 1978 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Amendment Act, 1980 | 50 of 1980 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Hire-Purchase Act, 1972 | 26 of 1972 | Act 31 of 2005 |
| The Hire-purchase (Repeal) Act, 2005 | 31 of 2005 | Rep., Act 02 of 2018 |
| The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 | 51 of 2002 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2018 | 23 of 2018 | Act 37 of 2023 |
| The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2019 | 11 of 2019 | Act 37 of 2023 |
| The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2020 | 24 of 2020 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984 | 55 of 1984 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The House of the People (Extension of Duration) Act, 1976 | 30 of 1976 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The House of the People (Extension of Duration) Amendment Act, 1976 | 109 of 1976 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Howrah Offences Act, 1857 | 21 of 1857 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The Husainabad Endowment Act 1878 | 15 of 1878 | Act U.P. 16 of 1960 |
| The Hyderabad Coinage and Paper Currency (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 | 10 of 1953 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Hyderabad Export Duties (Validation) Act 1955 | 20 of 1955 | Act 26 of 2001 |
| The Hyderabad Export Duties (Validation) Repeal Act, 2001 | 26 of 2001 | Act 02 of 2018 |
| The Hyderabad Public Companies (Limitation of Dividends) Repealing Act 1951 | 31 of 1951 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Hyderabad Securities Contracts Regulation (Repeal) Act 1958 | 17 of 1958 | Act 58 of 1960 |
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.