Report No. 96
1.6. Repealing Acts in India.-
Similar process has been undertaken from time to time in almost all countries. The introduction and initiation of repealing Acts at intervals is a process quite familiar to legislative draftsmen in most countries. In India, the first two such Acts were passed1 in 1866 and 1870. The last such Act seems to have been passed in 1978.2-3
1. Repealing Act (11 of 1866) and Repealing Act (14 of 1870).
2. Repealing and Amending Act (23 of 1978).
3. Last 3 repealing Acts prior to 1978 were Acts 58 of 1960, 52 of 1964 and 56 of 1974.
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