The Repealing and Amending (Second) 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
What this Act covers
Summary of the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015
The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015 was enacted to improve the statute book by repealing obsolete, spent, and unnecessary laws and making minor amendments to certain existing Acts. It is a housekeeping legislation intended to remove redundant enactments and correct drafting or clerical errors without making substantive changes to the law.
Key Objectives
• To repeal laws that had become obsolete, spent, or were no longer in force.
• To remove redundant and unnecessary legislation from the statute book.
• To make minor amendments, corrections, and textual changes to existing Acts for greater clarity and consistency.
• To simplify and streamline the body of Central legislation.
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 SCHEDULE1,241 words
- THE SECOND SCHEDULE82 words
Related Acts
- The Repealing and Amending Act, 20154 sections
- The Commercial Courts Act, 201526 sections
- The National Judicial Appointments Commission Act, 201414 sections
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- The Repealing and Amending Act (Second) Act, 20174 sections
- The Repealing and Amending 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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