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Repealed Central Acts

4,513 Central Acts that have been repealed, with the instrument that repealed each one. An Act being repealed does not erase it: conduct before the repeal is still governed by the law as it then stood.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
Railways Act 1854 18 of 1854 Act 4 of 1879
Re-Admission of Appeals Dismissal Under Act XXIX of 1841 Act, 1845 16 of 1845 Act 12 of 1873
Re-importation of certain goods cleared at Rangoon. Act, 1872 23 of 1872 Act 20 of 1886
Rebellion in Beerbhum, etc Act 1855 38 of 1855 Act 8 of 1868
Receipts of Presidency Banks Act 1863 29 of 1863 Act 11 of 1876
Receivers of Stolen Goods Act 1851 16 of 1851 Act 17 of 1862
Recorders' Courts, Burma Act 1863 21 of 1863 Act 7 of 1872
Recovery of Revenue Arrears, Madras Act 1856 23 of 1856 Act 39 of 1858
Recusant Witnesses Act 1855 10 of 1855 Act 11 of 1901
References by Mufassal Small Cause Courts Act 1867 10 of 1867 Act 10 of 1877
Registrars, Recorders, Courts, Burma Act 1866 3 of 1866 Act 7 of 1872
Registration Act 1864 16 of 1864 Act 20 of 1866
Registration Act 1868 27 of 1868 Act 8 of 1871
Registration of Assurances Act 1865 9 of 1865 Act 20 of 1866
Registration of Deeds Act, 1845 4 of 1845 Act 16 of 1864
Registration of Deeds Bengal Act, 1847 18 of 1847 Act 16 of 1864
Registration of Deeds, Bengal Act 1851 11 of 1851 Act 16 of 1864
Registration of Instruments Act, 1843 1 of 1843 Act 16 of 1864
Registration of certain Deeds Act, 1843 19 of 1843 Act 16 of 1864
Registry of Deeds, Bengal Act, 1838 30 of 1838 Act 16 of 1864
Registry of Merchant Seamen Act, 1850 27 of 1850 Act 1 of 1859
Regular Appeals, Bengal Act 1853 15 of 1853 Act 12 of 1873
Regular Appeals, Madras Act 1855 9 of 1855 Act 10 of 1861
Regulation of Ports, Madras Act 1858 18 of 1858 Act 12 of 1875
Relating to Contracts for Labour in British or Foreign Colonies Act, 1839 14 of 1839 Act 13 of 1864
Removal of Prisoners Act 1859 4 of 1859 Act 8 of 1868
Removal of Prisoners, 1850 7 of 1850 Act 17 of 1862
Remuneration of Amins Effecting Partitions Act, 1838 11 of 1838 Act 32 of 1940
Repeal Bengal Regulation 19 of 1797, s.5, and 4 of 1803 Act, 1842 7 of 1842 Act 8 of 1868
Repeal of Bengal Regulation 9 of 1808 Act, 1844 4 of 1844 Act 8 of 1868
Repeal of Bengal Regulation XIX, 1810 Act 1884 8 of 1884 Act 12 of 1891
Repeal of Part of Bengal Regulation 3 of 1793 Act, 1843 22 of 1843 Act 8 of 1868
Repeal of Part of Bengal Regulations 9 of 1808 and 16 of 1810 Act, 1843 16 of 1843 Act 8 of 1868
Repeal of part of Bombay Regulation 13 of 1827, Act 1872 24 of 1872 Act 12 of 1873
Repealing Act 15 of 1836 Act, 1850 32 of 1850 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Act 16 of 1859, Act 1860 37 of 1860 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Act 18 of 1861 Act, 1862 2 of 1862 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Act 28 of 1839, s.7 30 of 1855 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Act 4 of 1855 Act 1866 11 of 1866 Act 14 of 1870
Repealing Act 6 of 1856 Act 1857 9 of 1857 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Act of 1861 Act 1864 9 of 1864 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Bengal Regulation 20 of 1817, s. 16, cl.17 Act 1852 31 of 1852 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Bengal Regulation 9 of 1819, s. 7 Act, 1841 15 of 1841 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Bengal Rgulation 1 of 1832, Act 1852 9 of 1852 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing Bombay Regulation 18 of 1827,s.6, cl.I, 1849 15 of 1849 Act 08 of 1868
Repealing Enactments Relating to Civil Procedure Act 1861 10 of 1861 Act 14 of 1870
Repealing Part of Act 2 of 1835 Act, 1862 12 of 1862 Act 8 of 1868
Repealing and Amending Act 1897 5 of 1897 Act 2 of 2018
Repealing enactments relating to Criminal Law Act, 1862 17 of 1862 Act 10 of 1872
Revenue Agents, Bengal Act 1876 4 of 1876 Act 18 of 1879
Revenue Courts and Moonsiffs Act, 1839 3 of 1839 Act 8 of 1868
Revenue Courts, Oudh Act 1865 16 of 1865 Act 32 of 1871
Revenue Juridiction, Bombay (amending Act 10 of 1876) Act 1877 16 of 1877 Act 1 of 1938
Revenue Settlement, Agra Act, 1846 8 of 1846 Act 12 of 1876
Revenue, Bombay Act, 1842 18 of 1842 Act 17 of 1862
Revenue-Sales Act, 1840 20 of 1840 Act 8 of 1868
Roads in Suburbs of Calcutta and Howrah Act 1858 12 of 1858 Ben. Act 5 of 1876
Rohil cund division, 1861 14 of 1861 Act 14 of 1874
Rural Police, Agra Act 1865 2 of 1865 Act 3 of 1869
The Railway (Amendment) Act, 2003 56 of 2003 Act 23 of 2016
The Railway (Second Amendment) Act, 2003 51 of 2003 Act 19 of 2015
The Railway Amendment Act 1871 25 of 1871 Act 4 of 1879
The Railway Claims Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 1998 4 of 1999 Act 23 of 2016
The Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act 1951 51 of 1951 Act 4 of 2018
The Railway Companies (Substitution of Parties in Civil Proceedings) Repeal Act, 2001 25 of 2001 Act 02 of 2018
The Railway Passenger Fares (Amendment) Act, 1960 54 of 1960 Act 23 of 2016
The Railway Passenger Fares (Repeal) Act, 1961 8 of 1961 Act 52 of 1964
The Railway Passenger Fares Act 1957 25 of 1957 Act 8 of 1961
The Railway Passenger Fares Act, 1971 46 of 1971 Act 13 of 1973
The Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Amendment Act 2012 25 of 2012 Act, 23 of 2016
The Railway Protection Force (Amendment) Act, 2003 52 of 2003 Act 23 of 2016
The Railway Servants Act 1867 31 of 1867 Act 4 of 1879
The Railway Store (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1955, 51of 1955 Act 29 of 1966
The Railways (Amendment) Act, 1994 28 of 1994 Act 30 of 2001
The Railways (Amendment) Act, 2005 47 of 2005 Act 23 of 2016
The Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 11 of 2008 Act 23 of 2016
The Railways (Local Authorities, Taxation) Act, 1941 25 of 1941 Act 23 of 2016
The Railways (Transport of Good) Amendment Act, 1949 11 of 1949 Act 48 of 1952
The Railways (Transport of Goods) (Amendment) Act, 1948 13 of 1948 Act 35 of 1950
The Railways (Transport of Goods) Act, 1947, 12 o f 1947 Act 36 of 1957
The Raipur and Khattra Laws Act 1879 19 of 1879 Act 4 of 2018
The Rajasthan State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1993 10 of 1993 Act 30 of 2001
The Rajghat Samadhi (Amendment) Act 1958 37 of 1958 Act 58 of 1960
The Rajghat Samadhi (Amendment) Act, 1988 30 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Rampur Raza Library (Amendment) Act 1981 52 of 1981 Act 19 of 1988
The Ranchi Mental Hospital Act 1922 13 of 1922 Act 58 of 1960
The Rangoon Pari Commissioners Act (1879) Amending Act, 1892 3 of 1892 Bur. Act 4 of 1905
The Rangoon Port Commissioners Act 1879 15 of 1879 Act 4 of 1905
The Rangoon Tramways Act, 1883 22 of 1883 Bur. Act 5 of 1909
The Rangoon Water-Works Act, 1884 19 of 1884 Act 42 of 1953
The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks And Financial Institutions (Amendment) Act 2000 1 of 2000 Act 19 of 2015
The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions (Amendment) Act, 1995 28 of 1995 Act 30 of 2001
The Red Cross Society (Allocation of Property) Act 1936 18 of 1936 Act 23 of 2016
The Reformatory Schools Act 1876 5 of 1876 Act 8 of 1897
The Reformatory Schools Act, 1897 8 of 1897 Act 4 of 2018
The Refugee Relief Taxes (Abolition) Act, 1973 13 of 1973 Act 70 of 2002
The Refugee Relief Taxes (Abolition) Repeal Act, 2002 70 of 2002 Act 4 of 2018
The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Act 1987 1 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Act 2015 14 of 2015 Act 31 of 2019
The Registration (Emergency Powers) Act, 1940 1 of 1940 Ord. 5 of 1946
The Registration and Limitation Acts Amendment Act, 1879 12 of 1879 Act 16 of 1908
The Registration and Other Related Laws(Amendment) Act, 2001 48 of 2001 Act 31 of 2019
The Registration of Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 1949 37 of 1949 Act 48 of 1952
The Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939 16 of 1939 Act 13 of 2025
The Rehabilitation Council of India (Amendment) Act, 2000 38 of 2000 Act 23 of 2016
The Rehabilitation Finance Administration (Amendment) Act 1953 36 of 1953 Act 36 of 1957
The Rehabilitation Finance Administration (Amendment) Act, 1950 1 of 1950 Act 36 of 1957
The Religious Endowments (Amendment) Act, 1925 21 of 1925 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Removal of Prisoners Act 1867 2 of 1867 Act 5 of 1871
The Repatriation of Prisoners (Amendment) Act 2011 6 of 2011 Act 31 of 2019
The Repealing Act 1868 8 of 1868 Act 14 of 1870
The Repealing Act 1927 12 of 1927 Act 18 of 1928
The Repealing Act, 1870 14 of 1870 Act 12 of 1873
The Repealing Act, 1873 12 of 1873 Act 16 of 1874
The Repealing Act, 1874 16 of 1874 Act 12 of 1876
The Repealing Act, 1876 12 of 1876 Act 12 of 1891
The Repealing Act, 1938 1 of 1938 Act 25 of 1942
The Repealing And Amending Act, 1927 10 of 1927 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing And Amendment Act, 2001, 30 of 2001, (Rep., Act 17 of 2015), Not recorded
The Repealing and Amending (Rates and Cesses) Acat, 1907 4 of 1907 Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act 2 of 1948 Act 35 of 1950
The Repealing and Amending Act 1923 11 of 1923 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act 1924 7 of 1924 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act 1952 48 of 1952 Act 36 of 1957
The Repealing and Amending Act 1953 42 of 1953 Act 36 of 1957
The Repealing and Amending Act 1957 36 of 1957 Act 58 of 1960
The Repealing and Amending Act 1960 58 of 1960 Act 56 of 1974
The Repealing and Amending Act 1978 38 of 1978 Act 19 of 1988
The Repealing and Amending Act 1988 19 of 1988 Act 30 of 2001
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 10 of 1914 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1915 11 of 1915 Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1917 24 of 1917 Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1919 18 of 1919 Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1920 31 of 1920 Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1925 37 of 1925 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1928 18 of 1928 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1930 8 of 1930 Sec 2 and Sch, Act 1 of 1938
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1935 12 of 1935 Act 20 of 1937
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1939 34 of 1939 Act 25 of 1942
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1940 32 of 1940 Act 06 of 1945
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1942 25 of 1942 Act 02 of 1948
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1950 35 of 1950 Act 36 of 1957
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1964 52 of 1964 Act 56 of 1974
The Repealing and Amending Act, 1974 56 of 1974 Act 38 of 1978
The Repealing and Amending act, 1949 40 of 1949 Act 48 of 1952
The Repelling and Amending Act, 1937 20 of 1937 Act 25 of 1942
The Representation Of The People (Amendment) Act 2009 41 of 2009 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of People (Amendment) Act, 1966 47 of 1966 Act 2 of 2018
The Representation of The People (Amendment) Act, 1999 30 of 1999 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of The People (Amendment) Act, 2002 9 of 2003 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of The People (Amendment) Act, 2003. 40 of 2003 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of The People (Amendment) Act, 2008 10 of 2008 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of The People (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 6 of 2003 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of The People (Second Amendment) Act, 2003 2 of 2004 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of The People (Third Amendment) Act, 2002 72 of 2002 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1951 27 of 1951 Act 36 of 1957
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1960 20 of 1960 Act 52 of 1964
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1987 31 of 1987 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act 1988 1 of 1989 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1950 73 of 1950 Act 36 of 1957
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1958 58 of 1958 Act 58 of 1960
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1961 40 of 1961 Act 52 of 1964
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1963 2 of 1963 Act 56 of 1974
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1964 33 of 1964 Act 56 of 1974
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1965 14 of 1965 Act 56 of 1974
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1967 10 of 1967 Act 56 of 1974
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1976 88 of 1976 Act 19 of 1988
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1980 8 of 1980 Act 19 of 1988
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1985 9 of 1985 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1989 2 of 1990 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1991 31 of 1991 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1992 38 of 1992 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1996 21 of 1996 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 1998 12 of 1998 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Amendment) Act, 2010 36 of 2010 Act 17 of 2015
The Representation of the People (Fourth Amendment) Act 1956 72 of 1956 Act 58 of 1960
The Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 88 of 1956 Act 4 of 2018
The Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act 1951 67 of 1951 Act 36 of 1957
The Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act 1987 38 of 1987 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 1956 27 of 1956 Act 02 of 2018
The Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 1965 17 of 1965 Act 56 of 1974
The Representation of the People (Second Amendment) Act, 1996 29 of 1996 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Third Amendment) Act 1987 40 of 1987 Act 30 of 2001
The Representation of the People (Third Amendment) Act, 1956 60 of 1956 Act 58 of 1960
The Representation of the People(Amendment) Act 1956 2 of 1956 Act 58 of 1960
The Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act 1949 51 of 1949 Act 4 of 2018
The Requisitioned Land (Continuance of Powers) Act 1947 17 of 1947 Act 30 of 1952
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act 1958 1 of 1958 Act 58 of 1960
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act 1977 44 of 1977 Act 19 of 1988
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act 1985 20 of 1985 Act 30 of 2001
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act 1991 2 of 1975 Act 38 of 1978
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act 2018 21 of 2018 Act 37 of 2023
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 1963 48 of 1963 Act 56 of 1974
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 1968 31 of 1968 Act 56 of 1974
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 1970 1 of 1970 Act 56 of 1974
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 1973 1 of 1973 Act 38 of 1978
The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 1980 35 of 1980 Act 19 of 1988
The Research and Development Cess (Amendment) Act, 1995 45 of 1995 Act 30 of 2001
The Research and Development Cess Act, 1986 32 of 1986 Act 07 of 2017
The Reserve Bank Of Indian (Amendment) Act, 1947 11 of 1947 Act 40 of 1949
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1953 54 of 1954 Act 23 of 2016
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1951 32 of 1951 Act 36 of 1957
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1955 24 of 1955 Act 58 of 1960
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1956 38 of 1956 Act 58 of 1960
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1957 19 of 1957 Act 58 of 1960
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1960 14 of 1960 Act 52 of 1964
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act 1978 24 of 1978 Act 19 of 1988
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1959 14 of 1959 Act 52 of 1964
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1962 35 of 1962 Act 56 of 1974
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1973 44 of 1973 Act 38 of 1978
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1974 51 of 1974 Act 38 of 1978
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1991 8 of 1991 Act 30 of 2001
The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1997 23 of 1997 Act 30 of 2001
The Reserve Bank of India (Closing of Annual Accounts) Act 1940 7 of 1940 Act 2 of 1948
The Reserve Bank of India (Second Amendment) Act, 1940 13 of 1940 Act 06 of 1945
The Reserve Bank of India (Second Amendment) Act, 1991 9 of 1991 Act 30 of 2001
The Reserve Bank of India (Third Amendment) Act, 1940 38 of 1940 Act 06 of 1945
The Reserve Bank of Indian (Second Amendment) Act, 1947 23 of 1947 Act 40 of 1949
The Reserve Bank of Indian (Second Amendment) Act, 1957 48 of 1957 Act 58 of 1960
The Reserve Bank of Indian Amendment Act, 2006 26 of 2006 Act 19 of 2015
The Reserve Banks Of India (Amendment) Act, 1940 9 of 1940 Act 06 of 1945
The Resettlement of Displaced Persons (Land Acquisition) Act 1948 60 of 1948 Act 23 of 2016
The Reviving Act 15 of 1867, Act 1872 2 of 1872 Act 4 of 1873
The Rice-Milling Industry (Regulation) Act 1958 21 of 1958 Act 28 of 1997
The Rice-Milling Industry (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1972 47 of 1972 Act 38 of 1978
The Rice-Milling Industry (Regulation) Amendment, Act, 1968 29 of 1968 Act 56 of 1974
The Rice-Milling Industry (Regulation) Repeal Act, 1997 28 of 1997 Act 30 of 2001
The Right of Children to Free And Compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2012 30 of 2012 Act, 23 of 2016
The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019 24 of 2019 Act 37 of 2023
The Road Transport Corporation (Amendment) Act. 1956 87 of 1956 Act 58 of 1960
The Road Transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1959 28 of 1959 Act 52 of 1964
The Road Transport Corporations Act 1948 32 of 1948 Act 64 of 1950
The Road transport Corporations (Amendment) Act, 1982 63 of 1982 Act 31 of 2019
The Rouble Note Act 1920 30 of 1920 Act 12 of 1927
The Royal Indian Navy (Extension of Service) Act 1940 3 of 1940 Act 2 of 1948
The Rubber (Amendment) Act 1960 21 of 1960 Act 52 of 1964
The Rubber (Amendment) Act, 1994 33 of 1994 Act 30 of 2001
The Rubber (Production and Marketing) (Amendment) Act, 1949 50 of 1949 Act 48 of 1952
The Rubber (Production and Marketing) Amendment Act 1952 50 of 1952 Act 36 of 1957
The Rubber (Production and Marketing) Amendment Act, 1949 33 of 1949 Act 48 of 1952
The Rubber Production and Marketing Amendment Act 1954 54 of 1954 Act 58 of 1960
The Rulers of Indian States (Abolition of Privileges) Act, 1972 54 of 1972 Act 38 of 1978
The Rules and Regulations Continuance Act 1937 24 of 1937 Act 36 of 1957
The Rural Police (Agra) Act 1869 3 of 1869 Act 16 of 1873
The Rural Police Act Amendment Act 1866 2 of 1866 Act 3 of 1869

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.