The Repealing and Amending Act, 2015
An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
Administered by. Ministry of Law and Justice, Legislative Department · Other Acts of 2015
Preamble
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2015
ACT NO. 17 OF 2015
[13th May, 2015.] An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:---
What this Act covers
Summary of the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015
Objectives of the Act
• To repeal obsolete, redundant, and spent Central Acts that no longer serve any practical purpose.
• To make minor consequential amendments to existing laws, including corrections of statutory references, drafting errors, and inconsistencies.
• To simplify and modernise the corpus of Central legislation.
• To improve the clarity, accessibility, and efficiency of the legal framework.
Key Provisions
• Repeal of Enactments: The Act repeals a number of Central Acts and amending Acts that had become obsolete, fully implemented, superseded, or otherwise unnecessary.
• Consequential Amendments: It makes limited amendments to certain existing enactments to update references, rectify drafting errors, and ensure consistency in statutory language.
• Saving Clause: The repeal of any enactment does not affect its previous operation or any rights, obligations, liabilities, penalties, investigations, or legal proceedings arising under it, unless expressly provided otherwise.
• Schedules: The Acts repealed and the amendments made are specified in the Schedules to the Act.
Sections
Type to filter. 4 sections.
Schedules
This Act has 2 schedules. A schedule is published as a document of its own; the text is reproduced on its page where it has been read, and the document is mirrored here either way.
- THE FIRST SCHEDULE401 words
- THE SECOND SCHEDULE92 words
Related Acts
- The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 20154 sections
- The Commercial Courts Act, 201526 sections
- The National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 201414 sections
- The Repealing and Amending Act, 20164 sections
- The Repealing and Amending Act, 20174 sections
- The Repealing and Amending Act (Second) Act, 20174 sections
- The India International Arbitration Centre Act, 201935 sections
- The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 20198 sections
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