THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2023 

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS        

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SECTIONS . 

1. Short title.  

2. Repeal of certain enactments.  

3. Amendment of enactments.  

4. Savings.  

THE FIRST SCHEDULE   

THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

        THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

 
 
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2023 

ACT NO. 37 OF 2023 

                                                                                                              [17th December, 2023.] 

An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend an enactment.  

    BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—  

 1. Short title. —This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending Act, 2023. 

 2. Repeal of certain enactments. —The enactments specified in the First Schedule and the Second 

Schedule are hereby repealed. 

 3. Amendment of enactment. —The enactment specified in the Third Schedule is hereby amended 

to the extent and in the manner specified 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the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;  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, accruedor 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recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed;  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.  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

(See section 2) 

REPEALS 

Short Title 

3 

The Judicial Officers Protection Act, 1850. 

The Usury Laws Repeal Act, 1855. 

The Oriental Gas Company Act, 1857. 

The Oriental Gas Company Act, 1867. 

The Coroners Act, 1871. 

The Obstruction in Fairways Act, 1881 

The Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885. 

The Delhi Laws Act, 1912. 

The Delhi Laws Act, 1915 

The Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922. 

The Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act, 1923. 

The Sugar-cane Act, 1934. 

The Delhi Restriction of Uses of Land Act, 1941. 

The Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1950. 

The Metal Corporation of India (Acquisition of Undertaking) Act, 1965. 

The Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974. 

Act 
No. 

2 

18 

28 

5 

11 

4 

16 

18 

13 

7 

22 

6 

15 

12 

74 

44 

28 

100 

The Metal Corporation (Nationalisation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1976. 

71 

17 

13 

1 

8 

21 

23 

26 

27 

The Andhra Scientific Company Limited (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) 
Act, 1982. 

The Delhi Motor Vehicles Taxation (Amendment) Act, 1983. 

The Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal) Act, 1994. 

The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017. 

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2018. 

The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Act, 2018. 

The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2018. 

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act, 2018. 

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) 
Amendment Act, 2018. 

Year 

1 

1850  

1855 

1857 

1867 

1871 

1881 

1885 

1912 

1915 

1922 

1923 

1934 

1941 

1950 

1965 

1974 

1976 

1982 

1983 

1994 

2018 

2018 

2018 

2018 

2018 

2018 

          
 
 
Year 

1 

2019 

2019 

2019 

2019 

2019 

2019 

2019 

2019 

2020 

Act 
No. 

2 

6 

8 

11 

14 

24 

26 

36 

37 

19 

Short Title 

3 

The Personal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

The Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

The Right to Information (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2019. 

The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Act, 2019. 

The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2019. 

The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 
2020. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

(See section 2) 

REPEALS 

Short Title 

3 

The Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 2 Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2013 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 3 Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (No. 5) Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 4 Act, 2013. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 2 Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 3 Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2014. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 2 Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 3 Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2015. 

The Appropriation (No. 5) Act, 2015.                

Year  Act No. 

1 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2013 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2014 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2015 

2016 

2016 

2 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

15 

16 

21 

2 

3 

4 

5 

12 

13 

21 

22 

23 

24 

38 

6 

7 

8 

9 

13 

15 

24 

25 

7 

8 

 
Year  Act No. 

1 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2016 

2017 

2017 

2 

14 

15 

19 

20 

26 

29 

46 

50 

51 

8 

9 

Short Title 

3 

The Appropriation (Railways) Vote on Account Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 2 Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (No. 5) Act, 2016. 

The Appropriation (Railways) Act, 2017. 

The Appropriation (Railways) No. 2 Act, 2017. 

 
 
                           
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE THIRD SCHEDULE 

(See section 3) 

AMENDMENT 

Year 

1 

2012 

Act No. 

Short Title 

Amendment 

2 

12 

3 

4 

The Factoring 
Regulation Act, 2011 

In  section  31A,  in  sub-section 
(3), for the words "that Central 
Government",  the  words  "that 
Government" 
be 
substituted 

shall 

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