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Repealed Central Acts
4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.
| Act | Citation | Repealed by |
|---|---|---|
| N.W.P. Land-revenue Act 1879 | 8 of 1879 | Act U.P. 2 of 1906 |
| NWP Local Rates Act 1871 | 18 of 1871 | Act 3 of 1878 |
| Nabob of Carnatic Act 1858 | 30 of 1858 | 8 of 1868 |
| Nabob of Carnatic Act 1860 | 38 of 1860 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Native Army Act 1854 | 3 of 1854 | Act 29 of 1861 |
| Native Army, Articles of War Act, 1845 | 20 of 1845 | Act 19 of 1847 |
| Native Articles of War Act 1856 | 10 of 1856 | Act 29 of 1861 |
| Native Articles of War Act 1857 | 32 of 1857 | Act 29 of 1861 |
| Native Articles of War Act 1860 | 6 of 1860 | Act 29 of 1861 |
| Native Articles of War Act, 1861 | 29 of 1861 | Act 5 of 1869 |
| Native Emigrants Act, 1837 | 5 of 1837 | Act 14 of 1839 |
| Native Law Officers Act 1864 | 11 of 1864 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Native Law Officers Act, 1845 | 5 of 1845 | Act 11 of 1864 |
| Native Military Convicts Act, 1844 | 8 of 1844 | Act 7 of 1850 |
| Native Passenger Ships Act 1858 | 21 of 1858 | Act 12 of 1870 |
| Native Passenger Vessels Act 1857 | 1 of 1857 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Native Passenger Vessels Act 1859 | 25 of 1859 | Act 8 of 1876 |
| Native Press (amending Act 9 of 1878) Act 1878 | 16 of 1878 | Act 3 of 1882 |
| Native Press Act 1878 | 9 of 1878 | Act 3 of 1882 |
| Native Soldiers Act, 1845 | 15 of 1845 | Act 10 of 1872 |
| Nawab of Carnatic Act 1858 | 37 of 1858 | Act 32 of 1940 |
| Nawab of Carnatic Act 1859 | 16 of 1859 | Act 37 of 1860 |
| Nawab of Carnatic Act 1868 | 21 of 1868 | Act 12 of 1891 |
| Nawab of Carnatic Act, 1844 | 1 of 1844 | Act 8 of 1868 |
| Nawab of Surat Act, 1848 | 18 of 1848 | Act 32 of 1940 |
| Nazim of Bengal Act 1854 | 27 of 1854 | Act 3 of 1883 |
| Nazim of Bengal Act 1883 | 3 of 1883 | Act 12 of 1891 |
| Nazirs in Munsif's Court, Bombay Act, 1845 | 14 of 1845 | Act 12 of 1873 |
| Nepali Jagir Act, 1842 | 6 of 1842 | Act 15 of 1874 |
| Non-Regulation Districts, Agra Act 1864 | 24 of 1864 | Act 15 of 1874 |
| North-Western Provinces Rent Act, 1886 | 14 of 1886 | U.P. Act 2 of 1901 |
| North-Western Provinces and Oudh Kanungos and Patwaris Act, 1889 | 9 of 1889 | U.P. Act 4 of 1906 |
| Nuisances, Bombay Town Act, 1842, 14 of 1842 (Rep., Act 14 of 1856 | Not recorded | |
| The Nagaland State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act 1975 | 31 of 1975 | Act 31 of 1978 |
| The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Act 1988 | 2 of 1989 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Airports Authority Act 1985 | 64 of 1985 | Act 55 of 1994 |
| The National Bank For Agriculture And Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2003 | 48 of 2003 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Deelopment (Amendment) Act, 2000 | 55 of 2000 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Act, 2018 | 7 of 2018 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The National Cadet Corps (Amendment) Act 1952 | 57 of 1952 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The National Cadet Corps (Amendment) Act 1991 | 50 of 1975 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provision) Second Amendment Act 2014 | 39 of 2014 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The National Co-operation Development Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1973 | 32 of 1973 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1974 | 3 of 1974 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The National Co-operative Development Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2002 | 45 of 2002 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Commission For Minority Educational Institution (Amendment) Act, 2010 | 20 of 2010 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 | 27 of 1993 | Act 24 of 2018 |
| The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Act, 2021 | 39 of 2021 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Act, 2021 | 38 of 2021 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The National Commission for Minorities (Amendment) Act, 1995 | 41 of 1995 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Commission for Minority Educational Institution (Amendment) Act, 2006 | 18 of 2006 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (Amendment) Act, 1997 | 18 of 1997 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (Amendment) Act, 2001 | 55 of 2001 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Council for Teacher Education (Amendment) Act 2011 | 18 of 2011 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997 | 22 of 1997 | Act 19 of 2010 |
| The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995 | 27 of 2016 | 19 of 2010 |
| The National Highways (Amendment) Act 1977 | 30 of 1978 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The National Highways (Amendment) Act, 1992 | 1 of 1993 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Highways (Amendment) Act, 1995 | 26 of 1995 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Highways Authority of India (Amendment) Act 2013 | 19 of 2013 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Highways Laws (Amendment) Act, 1997 | 16 of 1997 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Housing Bank Amendment Act, 2000, 15 of 2000, (Rep., Act 19 of 2015) , | Not recorded | |
| The National Institute of Design (Amendment) Act, 2019 | 38 of 2019 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education And Research (Amendment) Act, 2002 | 28 of 2002 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Act 2007, 19 of 2007, (Rep., Act 2 of 2018) , | Not recorded | |
| The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (Amendment) Act, 2021 | 43 of 2021 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act 2014 | 9 of 2014 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act 2016 | 42 of 2016 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The National Institute of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Act 2017 | 19 of 2017 | Act 31 of 2019 |
| The National Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act 2012 | 28 of 2012 | Act, 31 of 2019 |
| The National Library of India Act, 1976 | 76 of 1976 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The National Oil Seeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board Act, 1983 | 29 of 1983 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Act, 2009 | 46 of 2009 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Security (Amendment) Act 1985 | 23 of 1985 | Act 27 of 1987 |
| The National Security (Amendment) Act, 1984 | 24 of 1984 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The National Security (Amendment) Act, 1987 | 27 of 1987 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The National Security (Amendment) Act, 1988 | 43 of 1988 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The National Security (Second Amendment) Act, 1984 | 60 of 1984 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The National Service (European British Subjects) Act 1940 | 18 of 1940 | Act 48 of 1952 |
| The National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Act 2007 | 18 of 2007 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the NationalHydroelectric Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited(Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act, 1993 | 24 of 1993 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The National Waterway (Allahabad-Haldia Stretch of the Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly River) Act, 1982 | 49 of 1982 | Act 17 of 2016 |
| The National Waterway (Kakinada-Puducherry Strech of Canals And The Kaluvelly Tank, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry Stretch of River Godavari And Wazirabad-Vijaywada Stretch of River Krishna) Act, 2008 | 24 of 2008 | Act 17 of 2016 |
| The National Waterway (Kollam-Kottapuram Stretch of West Coast Canal And Champakara and Udyogmandal Canals) Act, 1992 | 25 of 1992 | Act 17 of 2016 |
| The National Waterway (Sadiya-Dhubri Stretch of Brahmaputra River) Act, 1988 | 40 of 1988 | Act 17 of 2016 |
| The National Waterway (Talcher-Dhamra Stretch of Rivers, Geonkhali-Charbatia Stretch of East Coast Canal, Charbatia-Dharma Stretch of Matai River And Mahanadi Delta Rivers) Act, 2008 | 23 of 2008 | Act 17 of 2016 |
| The Native Christian Administration of Estates Act, 1901 | 7 of 1901 | 39 of 1925 |
| The Native Coinage Act 1876 | 9 of 1876 | Act 36 of 1957 |
| The Native Military Lunatics Act 1901 | 1 of 1901 | Act 1 of 1903 |
| The Native Military Lunatics Act, 1872 | 21 of 1872 | Act 11 of 1877 |
| The Native Passenger Ships Act 1870 | 12 of 1870 | Act 8 of 1876 |
| The Native Passenger Ships Act 1872 | 12 of 1872 | Act 8 of 1876 |
| The Native Passenger Ships Act 1876 | 8 of 1876 | Act 10 of 1887 |
| The Native Passenger Ships Act, 1883 | 17 of 1883 | Act 10 of 1887 |
| The Native Passenger Ships Act, 1887 | 10 of 1887 | Act 21 of 1923 |
| The Naval Forces (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1950 | 57 of 1950 | Act 62 of 1957 |
| The Navy (Amendment) Act 1987 | 34 of 1987 | Act 30 of 2001 |
| The Navy (Amendment) Act, 1974 | 53 of 1974 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The Navy (Amendment) Act, 1982 | 48 of 1982 | Act 19 of 1988 |
| The Navy (Amendment) Act, 2005 | 23 of 2005 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Nawab Nazim's Debts Act 1873 | 17 of 1873 | Act 32 of 1940 |
| The Nawab Salar Jung Bahadur (Administration of Assets) Act 1950 | 36 of 1950 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Negotiable Instrument (Amendment) Act, 1947 | 33 of 1947 | Act 35 of 1950 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 | 55 of 2002 | Act 19 of 2015 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act 1955 | 37 of 1955 | Act 58 of 1960 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1914 | 5 of 1914 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1919 | 8 of 1919 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1920 | 25 of 1920 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1921 | 12 of 1921 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1922 | 18 of 1922 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1930 | 25 of 1930 | Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 1934 | 17 of 1934 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2018 | 20 of 2018 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The Negotiable Instruments (Interest) Act 1926 | 30 of 1926 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments Act Amendment Act, 1897 | 6 of 1897 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1885 | 2 of 1885 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Act, 2022 | 23 of 2022 | Act 37 of 2025 |
| The New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Act 2011 | 5 of 2012 | Act, 19 of 2015 |
| The Newspaper (Price and Page) Continuance Act, 1961 | 36 of 1961 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Newspaper (Price and page) Act 1956 | 45 of 1956 | Act 23 of 2016 |
| The Newspapers (Incitements of Offences) Act 1908 | 7 of 1908 | Act 14 of 1922 |
| The Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (Acquition and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act 1994 | 56 of 1994 | Act 4 of 2018 |
| The North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other Related Laws (Amendment) Act 2012 | 26 of 2012 | Act, 19 of 2015 |
| The North-Eastern Areas (Recorganisation) Amendment Act 1975 | 3 of 1975 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Amendment) Act, 1974 | 8 of 1974 | Act 38 of 1978 |
| The North-Eastern Council (Amendment) Act, 2002 | 68 of 2002 | Act 2 of 2018 |
| The North-Eastern Council Act, 1970 | 26 of 1970 | Act 84 of 1971 |
| The North-West Border Military Police Act 1904 | 4 of 1904 | Act 13 of 1915 |
| The North-West Frontier Constabulary Act 1915 | 13 of 1915 | Act 42 of 1953 |
| The North-Western Provinces And Oudh Municipalities Act 1883 | 15 of 1883 | U.P. Act 3 of 1906 |
| The North-Western Provinces Land Revenue Act 1873 | 19 of 1873 | U.P. Act 3 of 1901 |
| The North-Western Provinces Licence Act, 1877 | 8 of 1877 | Act 2 of 1878 |
| The North-Western Provinces Local Rates Act 1878 | 3 of 1878 | U.P. Act 2 of 1906 |
| The North-Western Provinces Rent Act 1873 | 18 of 1873 | Act 12 of 1881 |
| The North-Western Provinces Rent Act 1881 | 12 of 1881 | U.P. Act 2 of 1901 |
| The North-Western Provinces Village and Road Police Act, 1873 | 16 of 1873 | 4 of 2018 |
| The Northern India Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Act, 1899 | 16 of 1899 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Northern India Ferries Act Amendment Act 1886 | 3 of 1886 | Act 1 of 1938 |
| The Northern India License Act 1878 | 2 of 1878 | Act 2 of 1886 |
| The Northern India Takkavi Act 1879 | 10 of 1879 | Act 12 of 1884 |
| The Notaries (Amendment) Act, 1999 | 36 of 1999 | Act 17 of 2015 |
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.