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Repealed Central Acts

4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.

ActCitationRepealed by
Madras and Bombay Act, 1850 2 of 1850 Act 8 of 1855
Madras.--District Moonsifs Act 1854 12 of 1854 Act 17 of 1862
Madras.--Police Magistrates Act, 1849 9 of 1849 Act 16 of 1874
Madras.--Torture Act 1854 32 of 1854 Act 8 of 1868
Magistrates and Justices of the peace Act 1859 18 of 1859 Act 10 of 1875
Magistrates. Bombay, 1835 14 of 1835 Act 8 of 1868
Mahoba and Jeitpur Act 1863 12 of 1863 Act 15 of 1874
Malabar War-knives Act 1854 24 of 1854 Act 56 of 1974
Mandvi , Bombay, 1848 10 of 1848 Act 12 of 1891
Marchant Seamen Act, 1861 28 of 1861 Act 15 of 1863
Markets, Bombay Town Act, 1841 14 of 1841 Act 14 of 1856
Marriage Act 1864 25 of 1864 Act 5 of 1865
Marriage Licenses Validation Act 1884 15 of 1884 Act 2 of 1891
Marriage by Registrars Act 1852 5 of 1852 Act 15 of 1872
Marriages by Scotch Ministers Act 1860 24 of 1860 Act 8 of 1868
Mauza Kheria Act 1868 22 of 1868 Act 15 of 1874
Meaning of "Thug" And "Tuggee" Act, 1848 3 of 1848 Act 17 of 1862
Meaning of offence Act 1867 4 of 1867 Act 27 of 1870
Merchant Seamen Act 1863 15 of 1863 Act 4 of 1875
Merchant Seamen Act, 1850 28 of 1850 Act 1 of 1859
Meriah Sacrifices Act, 1845 21 of 1845 Act 16 of 1874
Military Bazar and Liabilities of Camp-Followers Act, 1842 12 of 1842 Act 8 of 1887
Military Bazars, Madras Act 1855 14 of 1855 Act 16 of 1874
Military Cantonments Act 1864 22 of 1864 Act 3 of 1880
Military Courts of Requests Abolition, 1887 8 of 1887 Act 12 of 1891
Military Courts of Requests Act, 1841 11 of 1841 Act 8 of 1887
Military Law -Native Army Act, 1850 6 of 1850 Act 29 of 1861
Military Officer a Magistrates Act, 1847 4 of 1847 Act 8 of 1868
Military and State Offences Act 1857 14 of 1857 Act 8 of 1868
Minor Act 1861 9 of 1861 Act 8 of 1890
Minor, Madras Act 1858 14 of 1858 Act 8 of 1868
Minors Act 1858 40 of 1858 Act 8 of 1890
Minors, Bombay Act 1864 20 of 1864 Act 8 of 1890
Mofussil Police (Bengal) Act, 1837 24 of 1837 Act 8 of 1868
Mufassal Small Cause Courts Act 1865 11 of 1865 Act 9 of 1887
Multan District Act 1880 10 of 1880 Act 13 of 1883
Muncipal Funds, Bombay Town Act, 1845 11 of 1845 Act 25 of 1858
Muncipalities Lower Burma (Amending Act 17 of 1884), 1885 11 of 1885 19 of 1888
Municipal Assessments, Madras Act, 1836 28 of 1836 Act 26 of 1856
Municipal Commissioner, Calcutta Act, 1847, 22 of 1847 (Rep., Act 14 of 1856)) Not recorded
Municipal Commissioners, Bombay Town Act 1858 25 of 1858 Bom. Act 2 of 1865
Municipal Commissioners, Calcutta Act 1852 10 of 1852 Act 28 of 1856
Municipal Commissioners, Calcutta Act, 1848 2 of 1848 Act 12 of 1852
Municipal Commissioners, Calcutta Act, 1850 39 of 1850 Act 8 of 1868
Municipal Commissioners, Straits Settlements Act 1856 27 of 1856 Act 17 of 1863
Municipal Committee, Lucknow Act 1864 18 of 1864 Act 15 of 1873
Municipal Committees, Punjab Oudh, Central Provinces, 1867 15 of 1867 Act 4 of 1873/Rep., Act 15 of 1873
Municipal Lock-hospitals Act 1868 26 of 1868 Act 9 of 1888
Municipal Rates, Madras Town Act, 1841 22 of 1841 Act 26 of 1856
Municipal Rates, Presidency-towns Act 1856 25 of 1856 Act 16 of 1874
Municipal Rates, Straits Settlement, 1848 09 of 1848 Act 27 of 1856
Municipal rates, Calcutta,1840 24 of 1840 Act 16 of 1847
Municipalities, Bengal Act, 1842 10 of 1842 Act 26 of 1850
Municipalities, Lower Burma (amending Act 17 of 1884) Act, 1891 21 of 1891 Act 13 of 1898
Munsifs, Courts, Bengal, 1850 15 of 1850 Act 12 of 1873
Murder of Female Infants Act 1870 8 of 1870 Act 48 of 1852
Mutineers and Deserters Act 1857 17 of 1857 Act 8 of 1868
The Madhya Bharat Taxes on Income (Validation) Act 1954 38 of 1954 Act 20 of 2000
The Madhya Pradesh State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1993 9 of 1993 Act 30 of 2001
The Madras Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1877 19 of 1877 Act 1 of 1938
The Madras Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 1926 14 of 1926 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Madras Civil Courts (Second Amendment) Act, 1926 18 of 1926 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Madras Civil Courts Act, 1885 21 of 1885 Act 1 of 1938
The Madras Coast-Lights Act 1904 9 of 1904 Act 17 of 1927
The Madras Compulsory Labour Act, 1858 1 of 1858 Act Tn24 of 2021
The Madras Forest (Validation) Act, 1882 21 of 1882 Act 4 of 2018
The Madras Inland Customs Act, 1844 6 of 1844 Act 3 of 1837
The Madras Irrigation and Canal Company Act, 1865 30 of 1865 17 of 1914
The Madras Minors Act 1855 21 of 1855 Mad. Act 1 of 1902
The Madras Panchayats Act, 1840 08 of 1840 Mad. Act 7 of 1931
The Madras Partition Deeds Act 1884 2 of 1884 Act 48 of 1952
The Madras Port Trust (Amendment) Act 1952 4 of 1952 Act 36 of 1957
The Madras Port Trust (Amendment) Act, 1941 18 of 1941 Act 06 of 1954
The Madras Port-dues Act 1881 4 of 1881 Act 10 of 1889
The Madras Salt (Amendment) Act, 1927 6 of 1927 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Madras Salt (Amendment) Act, 1928 19 of 1928 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Madras Salt Act 1875 11 of 1875 Act 18 of 1877
The Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 53 of 1968 Act 47 of 2001
The Madras Uncovenanted Officers' Act 1857 7 of 1857 Act 4 of 2018
The Madras University Act 1857 27 of 1857 Mad. Act 7 of 1923
The Madras lrrigation and Canal Company's Act 1880 16 of 1880 Act 17 of 1914
The Mahendra Partab Singh Estates Act, 1923 24 of 1923 Act 48 of 1960
The Mahendra Pratab Singh Estates (Repeal ) Act 1960 48 of 1960 Act 4 of 2018
The Maintenance Orders Enforcement (Amendment) Act 1952 47 of 1952 Act 36 of 1957
The Maintenance of Internal Security (Amendment) Act 1975 39 of 1975 Act 38 of 1978
The Maintenance of Internal Security (Repeal) Act 1978 27 of 1978 Act 19 of 1988
The Maintenance of Internal Security Act, 1971 26 of 1971 Act 27 of 1978
The Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act, 1988 12 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Major Port Trusts Act 1963, 38 of 1963 38 of 1963 Act 1 of 2021
The Major Trusts (Amendment) Act, 2000 22 of 2000 Act 19 of 2015
The Malabar (Completion of Trials) Supplementing Act 1923 2 of 1923 Act 20 of 1937
The Malkharoda and Gaontia Villages Laws Act, 1923 22 of 1923 Sec 2 and First Sch, Act 42 of 1953
The Manipur Court-fees (Amendment and Validation) Act 1953 44 of 1953 Act 22 of 2001
The Manipur State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1973 23 of 1973 Act 38 of 1978
The Manipur and Tripura (Repeal of Laws) Act, 1958 35 of 1958 Act 23 of 2016
The Marchant Shipping Act, 1958 44 of 1958 Act 20 of 2025 and Act 24 of 2025
The Marking of Heavy Packages (Amendment) Act, 1961 29 of 1961 Act 52 of 1964
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act , 2001 49 of 2001 Act 17 of 2015
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 1999 39 of 1999 Act 17 of 2015
The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Act, 2003 50 of 2003 Act 17 of 2015
The Marriages Validation (Bangalore) Act, 1895 17 of 1895 Act 11 of 1901
The Married Women's Property (Amendment) Act, 1923 13 of 1923 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Married Women's Property (Extension) Act, 1959 61 of 1959 Act 02 of 2018
The Maruti Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1980 64 of 1980 Act 23 of 2016
The Match Industry (Protection) Act 1928 17 of 1928 Sec 13 and Third Sch, Act 32 of 1934
The Matches (Excise Duty) Act 1934 16 of 1934 Act 1 of 1944
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1972 21 of 1972 Act 38 of 1978
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1973 52 of 1973 Act 38 of 1978
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1976 53 of 1976 Act 19 of 1988
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1988 61 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 1995 29 of 1995 Act 30 of 2001
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2008 15 of 2008 Act 23 of 2016
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 6 of 2017 37 of 2025
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 53 of 1961 Act 36 of 2020
The Maysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1973 31 of 1973 Act 47 of 2001
The Mazor Port Trusts (Amendment) Act, 1982 17 of 1982 Act 19 of 1988
The Mechanical Lighters (Excise Duty) Act 1934 23 of 1934 Act 1 of 1944
The Medical Diplomas Act 1939 28 of 1939 Act A. O. of 1950
The Medical Diplomas Act, 1939 27 of 1939 Act 25 of 1942
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002 64 of 2002 Act 23 of 2016
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 8 of 2021 Act 37 of 2025
The Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 16 of 1955 Act 12 of 2017
The Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Amendment Act, 1961 19 of 1961 Act 52 of 1964
The Mental Act, 1987 14 of 1987 Act 10 of 2017
The Mental Tokens (Amendment) Act, 1962 46 of 1962 Act 56 of 1974
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 25 of 1970 Act 23 of 2016
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1978 1 of 1978 Act 19 of 1988
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1981 43 of 1981 Act 19 of 1988
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 1993 68 of 1993 Act 30 of 2001
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act 2007 40 of 2007 Act 19 of 2015
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1966 21 of 1966 Act 23 of 2016
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1976 69 of 1976 Act 19 of 1988
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1979 20 of 1979 Act 19 of 1988
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1983 12 of 1983 Act 19 of 1988
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1988 55 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 1998 9 of 1998 Act 30 of 2001
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2002 63 of 2002 Act 23 of 2016
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003 59 of 2003 Act 19 of 2015
The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2014 31 of 2014 Act 31 of 2019
The Merchant Shipping (Second Amendment) Act 2014 32 of 2014 Act 31 of 2019
The Merchant Shipping Amendment Act, 1986 33 of 1986 Act 23 of 2016
The Merchant Shipping and Lighthouse (Amendment) Act, 1949 52 of 1949 Act 48 of 1952
The Merchant shipping Laws (Extension to Acceding States and Amendment) Act, 1949 18 of 1949 Act 44 of 1958
The Merged States (Laws) Act 1949 59 of 1949 Act 23 of 2016
The Mesne Profits and Improvement Act 1855 11 of 1855 Act 48 of 1952
The Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1976 100 of 1976 Act 37 of 2023
The Metal Corporation of India (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1965 44 of 1965 Act 37 of 2023
The Metal Corporation of India (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1966 36 of 1966 Act 100 of 1976
The Metro Railway (Amendment) Act, 2009 34 of 2009 Act 23 of 2016
The Metro Railways (Construction of Works) Amendment Act 1987 42 of 1987 Act 30 of 2001
The Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 1980 51 of 1980 Act 19 of 1988
The Mica Mines Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1946 22 of 1946 Act 02 of 2018
The Military Lunatics Act 1877 11 of 1877 Act 4 of 1912
The Mineral Oils (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs Amendment Act, 1964 41 of 1964 Act 56 of 1974
The Mineral Oils (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs) Amendment, 1959 59 of 1959 Act 02 of 2018
The Mineral Oils (Additional Duties of Excise and customsAct 1958 27 of 1958 Act 25 of 2004
The Mineral Products (Additional Duties of Excise and Customs) Amendment Act, 1967 11 of 1967 Act 56 of 1974
The Mines (Amendment) Act, 1959 62 of 1959 Act 52 of 1964
The Mines Act, 1952 35 of 1952 Act 37 of 2020
The Mines And Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2010 34 of 2010 Act 23 of 2016
The Mines Maternity Benefit Act, 1941 19 of 1941 Act 53 of 1961
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act 2015 10 of 2015 Act 31 of 2019
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act 2016 25 of 2016 Act 31 of 2019
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2023 16 of 2023 Act 37 of 2025
The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act 1958 15 of 1958 Act 58 of 1960
The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 1972 56 of 1972 Act 38 of 1978
The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 1986 37 of 1986 Act 30 of 2001
The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 1994 25 of 1994 Act 30 of 2001
The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Amendment Act, 1999 38 of 1999 23 of 2016
The Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act 1951 16 of 1951 Act 36 of 1957
The Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act 1954 26 of 1954 Act 58 of 1960
The Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act 1957 30 of 1957 Act 58 of 1960
The Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1950 56 of 1950 Act 36 of 1957
The Minimum Wages (Amendment) Act, 1961 31 of 1961 Act 52 of 1964
The Minimum Wages Act, 1948 11 of 1948 Act 29 of 2019
The Mirzapur Stone Mahal Act, 1886 5 of 1886 U.P. Repealing Act 2017, Act 10 of 2018
The Miscellaneous Personal Laws (Extension) Act, 1959 48 of 1959 Act 02 of 2018
The Mizoram University (Amendment) Act 2007, 24 of 2007, (Rep., Act 4 of 2018) , Not recorded
The Mogul Line Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1984 33 of 1984 Act 23 of 2016
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1980 60 of 1980 Act 19 of 1988
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1982 30 of 1982 Act 19 of 1988
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1984 30 of 1984 Act 19 of 1988
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1985 38 of 1985 Act 30 of 2001
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1986 74 of 1986 Act 30 of 2001
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1988 62 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1991 58 of 1991 Act 30 of 2001
The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969 54 of 1969 Act 12 of 2003
The Moorshedabad (Amendment) Act, 1923 25 of 1923 Sec 2 and First Sch, Act 40 of 1949
The Moplah Outrages Act, 1859 20 of 1859 Mad Act 14 of 1951
The Mortagaged Estates Administration Act 1855 23 of 1855 Act 48 of 1952
The Motor Spirit (Duties) (Amendment) Act, 1940 39 of 1940 Act 06 of 1945
The Motor Spirit (Duties) Act 1917 2 of 1917 Act 1 of 1944
The Motor Spirit (Duties) Amendment Act, 1919 3 of 1919 Act 12 of 1927
The Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961 27 of 1961 Act 37 of 2020
The Motor Vehicels (Amendment) Act, 2001 39 of 2001 Act 31 of 2019
The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 1942 20 of 1942 Act 02 of 1948
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 1978 47 of 1978 Act 19 of 1988
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 1986 9 of 1986 Act 30 of 2001
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 1994 54 of 1994 Act 30 of 2001
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1939 40 of 1939 Act 25 of 1942
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1940 26 of 1940 Act 06 of 1945
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1947 27 of 1947 Act 35 of 1950
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1960 5 of 1960 Act 02 of 2018
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1969 56 of 1969 Act 56 of 1974
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1976 26 of 1976 Act 19 of 1988
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1982 47 of 1982 Act 19 of 1988
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2000 27 of 2000 Act 23 of 2016
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2015 3 of 2015 Act 31 of 2019
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 32 of 2019 Act 37 of 2025
The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act. 1956 100 of 1956 Act 02 of 2018
The Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Act 1960 51 of 1960 Act 52 of 1964
The Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 4 of 1939 Act 59 of 1988
The Motor Vehicles International Circulation Act 1912 12 of 1912 Act 8 of 1914
The Mulki Rules Act, 1972 79 of 1972 Act 68 of 1973
The Mult-unit Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 1962 60 of 1962 Act 56 of 1974
The Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2023 11 of 2023 Act 37 of 2025
The Multi-State Co-oprative Societies Act, 1984 51 of 1984 Act 39 of 2002
The Multi-Unit Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act 1956 34 of 1956 Act 58 of 1960
The Multi-unit Co-operative Societies Act, 1942 06 of 1942 Act 51 of 1984
The Multi-unit Co-operative Societies act, 1942 05 of 1942 Act 02 of 1948
The Multimodal Transportations of Goods (Amendment) Act, 2000 44 of 2000 Act 19 of 2015
The Municipal Improvements (N.W.P.) Act 1868 6 of 1868 Act 15 of 1873
The Municipal Taxation Act 1881 11 of 1881 Act 31 of 2019
The Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 42 of 1923 Act 15 of 2025
The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1913 6 of 1913 Act 23 of 2016
The Mussalman Wakf Validating Act 1930 32 of 1930 Act 23 of 2016
The Mysore High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction to Coorg) Act 1952 72 of 1952 Act 22 of 2001
The Mysore State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1971 23 of 1971 Act 57 of 2002
The Mysore State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Repeal Act, 2002 57 of 2002 Act 4 of 2018

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