THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2017 _________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS ________ SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. Repeal of certain enactments. 3. Amendment of certain enactments. 4. Savings. THE FIRST SCHEDULE. THE SECOND SCHEDULE . 1 THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2017 ACT NO. 4 OF 2018 [5th January, 2018.] An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017. 2. Repeal of certain enactments.—The enactments specified in the First Schedule are hereby repealed. 3. Amendment of certain enactments.—The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof. 4. Savings.—The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any other enactment in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to; and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing; nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed; nor shall the repeal by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force. 2 Year Act No. 1 2 THE FIRST SCHEDULE (See section 2) REPEALS Short title 3 Central Acts 1850 1857 1857 1859 1862 1873 1875 1876 1879 1879 1881 1882 1883 1886 1888 1888 1893 1895 1897 1911 1912 1917 1921 1931 XXI VII The Caste Disabilities Removal Act, 1850. The Madras Uncovenanted Officers Act, 1857. XXI The Howrah Offences Act, 1857. XII The Calcutta Pilots Act, 1859. III The Government Seal Act, 1862. XVI The North-Western Provinces Village and Road Police Act, 1873. XX The Central Provinces Laws Act, 1875. XIX The Dramatic Performances Act, 1876. XIV The Hackney-carriage Act, 1879. XIX XIII XXI The Raipur and Khattra Laws Act, 1879. The Fort William Act, 1881. The Madras Forest (Validation) Act, 1882. X The Bikrama Singh's Estates Act, 1883. XXI The Oudh Wasikas Act, 1886. III The Police Act, 1888. VIII The Indian Tolls Act, 1888. II The Porahat Estate Act, 1893. XV The Government Grants Act, 1895. VIII The Reformatory Schools Act, 1897. X VII The Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act, 1911. The Bengal, Bihar and Orissa and Assam Laws Act, 1912. XXV The Sir Currimbhoy Ebrahim Baronetcy (Amendment) Act, 1917. XVII The Cattle-trespass (Amendment) Act, 1921. XX The Sheriff of Calcutta (Powers of Custody) Act, 1931. 3 Year Act No. Short title 3 The Public Suits Validation Act, 1932. 2 XI 1 1932 1932 1938 1941 1942 1943 1947 1948 1949 1949 1950 1950 1950 1951 1951 1951 1951 1951 1952 1952 1952 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 1954 XXIV The Bengal Suppression of Terrorist Outrages (Supplementary) Act, 1932. XX The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1938. IV The Berar Laws Act, 1941. XVIII The Weekly Holidays Act, 1942. XXIII The War Injuries (Compensation Insurance) Act, 1943. XVI 26 51 61 The Trading with the Enemy (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Act, 1947. The Junagadh Administration (Property) Act, 1948. The Requisitioned Land (Apportionment of Compensation) Act, 1949. The Professions Tax Limitation (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1949. IV The Preventive Detention Act, 1950. L 67 The Preventive Detention (Amendment) Act, 1950. The Cooch-Behar (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1950. 3 The Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951. IV 51 66 70 1 The Preventive Detention (Amendment) Act, 1951. The Railway Companies (Emergency Provisions) Act, 1951. The Part C States (Miscellaneous Laws) Repealing Act, 1951. The Displaced Persons (Debts Adjustment) Act, 1951. The Part B States Marriages Validating Act, 1952. XXXIV The Preventive Detention (Amendment) Act, 1952. LXI The Preventive Detention (Second Amendment) Act, 1952. 4 7 15 20 36 The Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Amendment Act, 1954. The Government of Part C States (Amendment) Act, 1954. The Transfer of Evacuee Deposits Act, 1954. The Absorbed Areas (Laws) Act, 1954. The Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954. 51 The Preventive Detention (Amendment) Act, 1954. 4 Year Act No. 1 1955 1955 1956 1956 1956 1956 1956 1957 1957 1957 1959 1960 1960 1960 1960 1962 1962 1963 1963 1964 1965 1967 1969 1971 1971 1972 1973 1975 2 19 30 4 50 65 88 97 32 37 54 24 31 47 48 53 62 63 29 56 23 50 16 41 65 68 36 26 19 Short title 3 The Commanders-in-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955. The Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Continuance Act, 1955. The Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act, 1956. The Indian Cotton Cess (Amendment) Act, 1956. The Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Continuance Act, 1956. The Representation of the People (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956. The Delhi Tenants (Temporary Protection) Act, 1956. The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1957. The Legislative Councils Act, 1957. The Preventive Detention (Continuance) Act, 1957. The Pharmacy (Amendment) Act, 1959. The Tripura Municipal Law (Repeal) Act, 1960. The Bilaspur Commercial Corporation (Repeal) Act, 1960. The Mahendra Pratab Singh Estates (Repeal) Act, 1960. The Tripura Excise Law (Repeal) Act, 1960. The Emergency Risks (Goods) Insurance Act, 1962. The Emergency Risks (Factories) Insurance Act, 1962. The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Act, 1963. The Delhi Development (Amendment) Act, 1963. The Delhi (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1964. The Goa, Daman and Diu (Absorbed Employees) Act, 1965. The Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act, 1967. The International Monetary Fund and Bank (Amendment) Act, 1969. The Asian Refractories Limited (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1971. The Uttar Pradesh Cantonments (Control of Rent and Eviction) (Repeal) Act, 1971. The Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972. The Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973. The All-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act, 1975. 5 Year Act No. 1 2 Short title 3 1976 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1978 1978 1979 1980 1983 1984 1984 1984 1985 1987 22 28 76 89 96 16 41 42 13 42 12 58 35 39 43 57 80 36 1993 24 1994 56 1999 1999 1999 6 8 49 The Assam Sillimanite Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Refractory Plant) Act, 1976. The Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Repeal Act, 1976. The National Library of India Act, 1976. The Indian Iron and Steel Company (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1976. The Braithwaite and Company (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1976. The Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Act, 1977. The Smith, Stainstreet and Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1977. The Gresham and Craven of India (Private) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1977. The Hindustan Tractors Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1978. The Bolani Ores Limited (Acquisition of Shares) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1978. The Punjab Excise (Delhi Amendment) Act, 1979. The Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980. The Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983. The Punjab Municipal (New Delhi Amendment) Act, 1984. The Aluminium Corporation of India Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Aluminium Undertaking) Act, 1984. The Bengal Immunity Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984. The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1985. The Brentford Electric (India) Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1987. The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Limited and the North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited(Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission Systems) Act, 1993. The Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Power Transmission System) Act, 1994. The Delhi Development Authority (Validation of Disciplinary Powers) Act, 1998. The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1998. The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1999. 6 Year Act No. 1 2 Short title 3 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 20 48 33 36 37 41 47 57 65 66 70 2 38 44 3 18 24 29 32 46 49 24 39 25 39 The Direct-tax Laws (Miscellaneous) Repeal Act, 2000. The Forfeiture (Repeal) Act, 2000. The Influx from Pakistan (Control) Repealing (Repeal) Act, 2001. The Indian Universities (Repeal) Act, 2001. The Auroville (Emergency Provisions) Repeal Act, 2001. The Central Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 2001. The Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) and other Laws Repeal Act, 2001. The Mysore State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Repeal Act, 2002. The Countess of Dufferin's Fund (Repeal) Act, 2002. The Prevention of Food Adulteration (Extension to Kohima and Mokokchung Districts) Repeal Act, 2002. The Refugee Relief Taxes (Abolition) Repeal Act, 2002. The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2002. The Displaced Persons Claims and other Laws Repeal Act, 2005. The Immigration (Carriers' Liability) Amendment Act, 2005. The Central Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 2005. The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2006. The Cess Laws (Repealing and Amending) Act, 2006. The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Act, 2006. The Spirituous Preparations (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control (Repeal) Act, 2006. The Produce Cess Laws (Abolition) Act, 2006. The Indian Rifles (Repeal) Act, 2006. The Mizoram University (Amendment) Act, 2007. The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2007. The Central Universities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2008. The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2009. 7 1 2010 2010 2012 2012 1941 1942 1942 1944 1945 1945 1946 1946 1946 Year Act No. Short title 3 The National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2010. 2 20 33 The Jharkhand Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act, 2010. 27 The Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. 31 The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Amendment Act, 2012. Ordinances made by the Governor-General VII The War Injuries Ordinance, 1941. XX The Collective Fines Ordinance, 1942. XLI The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1942. XXI The Public Health (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance, 1944. XXIV The War Gratuities (Income-tax Exemption) Ordinance, 1945. XXX The Secunderabad Marriage Validating Ordinance, 1945. II The Bank Notes (Declaration of Holdings) Ordinance, 1946. VI The Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1946. X The Termination of War (Definition) Ordinance, 1946. _____________ 8 THE SECOND SCHEDULE (See section 3) AMENDMENTS Year Act No. Short title Amendments 1 1951 2 69 3 4 The Plantations Labour Act, 1951 In section 43, sub-section (4) shall be omitted. 2016 2 The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 2016 49 The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 In section 69, in sub-section (2), for the words, brackets and letters "mentioned at (d) to (f)", the words, brackets, letters and figure "mentioned at clauses (d) to (f) of sub-section be (1)" substituted. shall In section 76, after the word, brackets and letter, "clause (b)", the words, brackets and figure "of sub-section (1)" shall be inserted _________________ 9