The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015
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Study material for The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED G.S.R. . . . . . for General Statutory Rules.
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2015
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THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2015 _________ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS _________ SECTIONS 1.
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2015
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Section 1 — Short title. — This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015. 2. Repeal of certain enactments
Section 3 — Amendment of certain enactments
Section 4 — Savings
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2015 ACT NO. 19 OF 2015 [14th 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:— 1. Short title. — This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015. Repeal of certain enactments.—The enactments specified in the First Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the fourth column thereof. Amendment of certain enactments.—The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are hereby amended to the extent and the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
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THE FIRST SCHEDULE (See section 2) REPEALS Year No. Short title Extent of repeal 1999 1 The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 1998 The whole. 1999 7 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries The whole. and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1998 1999 16 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of The whole. Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1999 2000 1 The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial The whole. Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2000 2000 7 The Small Industries Development Bank of India The whole. (Amendment) Act, 2000 2000 12 The Food Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole. 2000 15 The National Housing Bank (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
Year No. Short title Extent of repeal
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Short title Extent of repeal 2001 40 The Inland Waterways Authority of India (Amendment) The whole. Act, 2001 2001 46 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of The whole. Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2001 2001 54 The Explosive Substance (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole. 2002 14 The Inter-State Water Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole. 2002 29 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament and The whole. Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2002 2002 30 The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
Year No. Short title Extent of repeal
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Short title Extent of repeal 2003 58 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) The whole. Act, 2003 2003 59 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole. 2004 4 The Prevention of Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole. 2004 6 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole. 2004 9 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of The whole. Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2003 2004 16 The Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004 The whole.
Year No. Short title Extent of repeal
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Short title Extent of repeal 2008 4 The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2008 The whole. 2008 30 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2008 2009 5 The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, The whole. 2008 2009 11 The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2008 The whole. 2009 20 The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 2009 The whole. 2009 23 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment The whole. Act, 2009 2009 48 The State Bank of Saurashtra (Repeal) and the State Sections 3 to 11.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE (See section 3) AMENDMENTS Year No. Short title Amendments 2008 11 The Railways (Amendment) Act, 2008 In section 2, –– (i) the words and figure “section 2 of” shall be omitted; (ii) after the brackets and words “(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act)”, insert the words and figure “in section 2”. 2008 22 The Indian Maritime University In section 2, for the words “in all Statutes Act, 2008 made hereunder”, substitute the words “in the Statutes made thereunder”.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS This Bill is one of those periodical measures by which enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become obsolete or the retention whereof as separate Acts is unnecessary are repealed or by which the formal defects detected in enactments are corrected. The notes which follow explain the reasons for the amendments suggested in such of those items of the Bill in respect whereof some detailed explanation is necessary. Clause 4 of the Bill contains a precautionary provision which it is usual to include in the Bill of this kind.