ANNEXURE
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CENTRAL ACTS |
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Act No. |
Year |
Name of the Act |
XII |
1850 |
Public Accounts Default Act |
XVIII |
1850 |
Judicial Officers Protection Act |
XXXVII |
1850 |
Public Servants (Inquiries) Act |
XIII |
1857 |
Opium Act |
IX |
1859 |
Forfeiture Act |
XLV |
1860 |
Indian Penal Code |
XXI |
1860 |
The Societies Registration Act |
V |
1861 |
Police Act |
III |
1865 |
The Carriers Act, 1865 |
XVI |
1861 |
Stage Carriages Act |
III |
1867 |
Public Gambling Act |
XXII |
1867 |
Sarais Act |
XXV |
1867 |
Press and Registration of Books Act |
IV |
1869 |
Indian Divorce Act |
VII |
1870 |
Courts Fee & Suits Valuation Act |
I |
1871 |
Cattle Tresspass Act |
IV |
1871 |
Coroners Act |
IX |
1872 |
Indian Contract Act |
XV |
1872 |
Christian Marriage Act |
VIII |
1873 |
Northern Indian Canal and Drainage Act |
X |
1873 |
Indian Oaths Act |
IX |
1875 |
The Indian Majority Act |
XIX |
1876 |
Dramatic Performance Act |
I |
1878 |
Opium Act |
VI |
1878 |
Treasure-Trove Act |
VIII |
1878 |
Sea Customs Act |
VI |
1879 |
Elephants Preservation Act |
XIV |
1879 |
Hackney Carriage Act |
XVIII |
1879 |
Legal Practioners Act |
XIII |
1880 |
Vaccination Act |
XVI |
1881 |
Obstructions in Fairways Act |
XXVI |
1881 |
Negotiable Instruments Act |
IV |
1882 |
Transfer of Property Act |
VII |
1882 |
The Power of Attorney Act |
IV |
1884 |
Explosives Act |
XIII |
1885 |
Telegraph Act |
XVIII |
1885 |
Land Acquisition (Mines) Act |
VI |
1886 |
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act |
XI |
1886 |
Indian Tramways act |
LXVIII |
1886 |
The Consumer Protection Act |
VII |
1887 |
The Court Fees & Suits Valuation Act |
III |
1888 |
Police Act |
IV |
1888 |
Indian Reserve Forces Act |
I |
1889 |
Metal Tokens Act |
VIII |
1890 |
Guardians and Wards Act |
IX |
1890 |
Railways Act |
XI |
1890 |
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act |
XVIII |
1891 |
Bankers' Books Evidence Act |
IV |
1893 |
The Partition Act |
I |
1894 |
Land Acquisition Act |
IX |
1894 |
Prisons Act |
III |
1897 |
Epidemic Diseases Act |
IV |
1897 |
Fisheries Act |
VIII |
1897 |
Reformatory Schools Act |
X |
1897 |
General Clauses Act |
III |
1898 |
Lepers Act |
VI |
1898 |
Post Office Act |
IX |
1898 |
Live-Stock Importation Act |
II |
1899 |
Stamp Act |
III |
1900 |
Prisoners Act |
VIII |
1904 |
Ancient Monuments Preservation Act |
XIV |
1908 |
Indian Registration Act |
XIV |
1908 |
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act |
XV |
1908 |
Indian Ports Act |
XVI |
1908 |
Explosive Substances Act |
III |
1909 |
Presidency Town Insolvency Act |
IX |
1910 |
Electricity Act |
II |
1911 |
Patents and Designs Act |
X |
1911 |
Prevention of Seditious Meetings Act |
IV |
1912 |
Lunacy Act |
VIII |
1912 |
Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act |
V |
1913 |
White Phosphorus Matches Prohibition Act |
II |
1914 |
Destructive Insects and Pests Act |
VII |
1916 |
Medical Degrees Act |
I |
1917 |
Inland Steam - Vessels Act |
V |
1917 |
Destruction of Records Act |
II |
1918 |
Cinematograph Act |
X |
1918 |
Usurious Loan Act |
XXIII |
1918 |
Cotton Cloth Act |
XII |
1919 |
Poisons Act |
V |
1920 |
Provincial Insolvency Act |
XXIII |
1920 |
Rifles Act |
XXXIII |
1920 |
Identification of Prisoners Act |
XXXIV |
1920 |
Passport (Entry into India) Act |
XXVIII |
1921 |
Maintenance Order Enforcement Act |
VII |
1922 |
Indian Emigration Act |
XI |
1922 |
Indian Income Tax Act |
III |
Cotton Transport Act |
|
V |
1923 |
Boilers Act |
VI |
1923 |
Cantonments (House Accommodation) Act |
XIX |
1923 |
Official Secrets Act |
XXIII |
1923 |
Legal Practitioners (Women) Act |
II |
1924 |
The Cantonments Act |
XIX |
1924 |
Land Customs Act |
XII |
1925 |
Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act |
XXXIX |
1925 |
Indian Succession Act |
XXI |
1926 |
Legal Practitioners (Fee) Act |
XXXVIII |
1926 |
Indian Bar Councils Act |
XVI |
1927 |
Forest Act |
XVII |
1927 |
Indian Light House Act |
XIX |
1929 |
Child Marriage Restraint Act |
II |
1930 |
Dangerous Drugs Act |
III |
1930 |
The Sale of Goods Act |
IX |
1932 |
Indian Partnership Act |
XIII |
1932 |
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act |
| XXII & XXIII |
1932 |
Extradition Act |
| XXII | 1932 |
Tea Districts Emigrant Labour Act |
| XI | 1933 |
Children (Pledging or Labour) Act |
| XV | 1934 |
Sugar Cane Act |
| XIX | 1934 |
Indian Dock Labourers Act |
| XXII | 1934 |
Indian Aircraft Act |
| XXX | 1934 |
Petroleum Act |
| IV | 1936 |
Payment of Wages Act |
| I | 1937 |
Agricultural Produce (Grading & Marketing) Act |
| IV | 1938 |
Insurance Act |
| V | 1938 |
Manoeuvres, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act |
| XX | 1938 |
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act |
| XXVI | 1938 |
Employment of Children Act |
| XXIV | 1938 |
Employer' Liability Act |
| IV | 1939 |
Motor Vehicles Act |
| IX | 1939 |
Standards of Weight Act |
| XVI | 1939 |
Registration of Foreigners Act |
| XXX | 1939 |
Commercial Documents Evidence Act |
| XXIII | 1940 |
Drugs and Cosmetics Act |
| XIX | 1941 |
Mines Maternity Benefit Act |
| VI | 1942 |
Multi Unit Co-operative Societies Act |
| VII | 1942 |
Coffee Act |
| XVIII | 1942 |
Weekly Holidays Act |
| I | 1944 |
Central Excise and Salt Act |
| XX | 1946 |
Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act |
| XXV | 1946 |
Delhi Special Police Establishment Act |
| XXVI | 1946 |
Special Tribunals (Supplementary Provisions) Act |
| XXXI | 1946 |
Foreigners Act |
| II | 1947 |
Prevention of Corruption Act |
| VII | 1947 |
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act |
| XIV | 1947 |
Industrial Disputes Act |
| XVIII | 1947 |
Imports & Exports (Control) Act |
| XXI | 1947 |
Business Profits Tax Act |
| XXIV | 1947 |
Rubber Act |
| XXXI | 1947 |
Antiquities (Export Control) Act |
| XLVII | 1947 |
Extra Provincial Jurisdiction Act |
| XLVII | 1947 |
Foreign Jurisdiction Act |
| VII | 1948 |
Cotton Textiles Cess Act |
| VIII | 1948 |
Pharmacy Act |
| IX | 1948 |
Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act |
| XI | 1948 |
Minimum Wages Act |
| XV | 1948 |
Industrial Finance Corporation Act |
| XVI | 1948 |
Dentists Act |
| XXII | 1948 |
Indian Power Alcohol Act |
| XXXI | 1948 |
National Cadet Corps Act |
| XXXIV | 1948 |
Employees' State Insurance Act |
| XXXVII | 1948 |
Census Act |
| XLVI | 1948 |
Coal Mines Provident and Bonus Schemes Act |
| LIII | 1948 |
(Old Fields) Regulation and Development Act |
| LIV | 1948 |
Electricity (Supply) Act |
| LVI | 1948 |
Territorial Army Act |
| LVIII | 1948 |
Exchange of Prisoners Act |
| LXI | 1948 |
Central Silk Board Act |
| LXIII | 1948 |
Factories Act |
| X | 1949 |
Banking Companies Act |
| X | 1949 |
Banking Regulation Act |
| XXXVIII | 1949 |
Chartered Accountants Act |
| XLVI | 1949 |
Banking Companies (Legal Practitioners Clients Accounts) Act |
| LIV | 1949 |
Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Companies) Act |
| LXIV | 1949 |
Police Act |
| LXVI | 1949 |
Central Reserve Police Force Act |
| IV | 1950 |
Preventive Detention Act |
| XII | 1950 |
Emblems and Names (Unlawful Possession) Act |
| XVIII | 1950 |
Special Criminal Courts (Jurisdiction) Act |
| XXVI | 1950 |
Drugs (Control) Act |
| XXIX | 1950 |
Transfer of Prisoners Act |
| XXX | 1950 |
Union Territories (Laws) Act |
| XXXI | 1950 |
Administration of Evacuee Property Act |
| XXXIII | 1950 |
Opium and Revenue Loss (Extension of Application) Act |
| XLIII | 1950 |
Representation of the People Act |
| LXXIV | 1950 |
Army Act |
| LXXIV | 1950 |
Telegraph Wires (Unlawful Possession) Act |
| LXXVIII | 1950 |
Khaddar (Protection of Name) Act |
1950 |
Indian Bar Councils (Uttar Pradesh) Amendment Act | |
| XXXIX | 1950 |
Marking of Heavy Packages Act |
| XLIII | 1951 |
Representation of the People (No.2) Act |
| LXIII | 1951 |
State Financial Corporation Act |
| LXV | 1951 |
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act |
| LXIX | 1951 |
Plantations Labour Act |
| X | 1952 |
Uttar Pradesh Cantonments (Control of Rent & Eviction) Act |
| XIX | 1952 |
Employees' Provident Fund Act |
| XX | 1952 |
Inflammable Substances Act |
| XXX | 1952 |
Requisitioning and Acquisition of immovable property Act |
| XXXII | 1952 |
Contempt of Courts Act |
| XXXV | 1952 |
Mines Act |
| XXXVI | 1952 |
Standards Institution (Certification Marks) Act |
| XXXVII | 1952 |
Cinematograph Act |
| XLVI | 1952 |
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act |
| LIII | 1952 |
Notaries Act |
| LX | 1952 |
Commissions of Inquiry Act |
| LXIII | 1952 |
State Award Police Force (Extension of Laws) Act |
| LXXIV | 1952 |
Forward Contracts (Regulation) Act |
| XXIX | 1953 |
Tea Act |
| XXXII | 1953 |
Collection of Statistics Act |
| XLV | 1953 |
Coir Industry Act |
| XXI | 1954 |
Drugs & Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement) Act |
| XXVII | 1954 |
Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act |
| XXXVII | 1954 |
Prevention of Food Adulteration Act |
| XLIII | 1954 |
Special Marriage Act |
| XLIV | 1954 |
Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation) Act |
| X | 1955 |
Essential Commodities Act |
| XXII | 1955 |
Protection of Civil Rights Act |
| XXII | 1955 |
Untouchability (Offences) Act |
| XXV | 1955 |
Hindu Marriage Act |
| XXVI | 1955 |
Medical and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act |
| XXXII | 1955 |
Prisoners (Attendance in Courts) Act |
| XXXIX | 1955 |
Spirituous Preparations (Inter-State Trade and Commerce) Control Act |
| XLI | 1955 |
Industrial Disputes (Banking Companies) Decision Act |
| XLII | 1955 |
Prize Competitions Act |
| XLV | 1955 |
Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Provisions Act |
| LI | 1955 |
Railways Stores (Unlawful Possession) Act |
| LVII | 1955 |
Citizenship Act |
| I | 1956 |
Companies Act |
| III | 1956 |
University Grants Commission Act |
| IX | 1956 |
Life Insurance (Emergency Provisions) Act |
| XVII | 1956 |
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act |
| XXIV | 1956 |
Parliamentary Proceedings (Protection of Publication) Act |
| XXVIII | 1956 |
The Agricultural Produce (Development and Warehousing) Corporation Act |
| XXX | 1956 |
The Hindu Succession Act |
| XXXI | 1956 |
Life Insurance Corporation Act |
| XXXII | 1956 |
The Hindu Minority & Guardianship Act |
| XXXVI | 1956 |
Industrial Disputes (Amendment & Miscellaneous Provisions) Act |
| XLV | 1956 |
Newspapers (Price and Page) Act |
| LXXIV | 1956 |
Central Sales Tax Act |
| LXXVIII | 1956 |
The Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act |
| XCIII | 1956 |
Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act |
| XCVI | 1956 |
Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act |
| CIV | 1956 |
Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act |
| CV | 1956 |
Women's and Children's Institutions (Licensing) Act |
| XIV | 1957 |
Copyright Act |
| XX | 1957 |
Coal-bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act |
| XXIII | 1957 |
Railway Protection Force Act |
| LXVII | 1957 |
Mines and Minerals Regulation and Development Act |
| XVIII | 1958 |
Gift Tax Act |
| XX | 1958 |
Probation of Offenders Act |
| XXI | 1958 |
Rice-Milling Industry (Regulations) Act |
| XXIV | 1958 |
Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act |
| XXIII | 1958 |
Trade and Merchandise Marks Act |
| XLI | 1958 |
Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oath and Fees) Act |
| XLIV | 1958 |
Merchant Shipping Act |
| LIX | 1958 |
Delhi Rent Control Act |
| XXIII | 1959 |
Cost and Works Accounts Act |
| XLVI | 1959 |
Govt. Savings Certificates Act |
| LIV | 1959 |
The Arms Act |
| VI | 1960 |
Geneva Conventions Act |
| X | 1960 |
Orphanages and other Charitable Homes (Supervision and Control) Act |
| LIX | 1960 |
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act |
| XXIII | 1961 |
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act |
| XXV | 1961 |
Advocates Act |
| XXVII | 1961 |
Motor Transport Workers Act |
| XXVIII | 1961 |
Dowry Prohibition Act |
| XLIII | 1961 |
Income Tax Act |
| LII | 1961 |
Apprentices Act |
| LIII | 1961 |
Maternity Benefit Act |
| LX | 1961 |
Children Act |
| I | 1962 |
Petroleum and Mineral Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act |
| XXXIII | 1962 |
Atomic Energy Act |
| XXXIV | 1962 |
Extradition Act |
| LII | 1962 |
Customs Act |
| XXXVI | 1963 |
Limitation Act |
| LXVII | 1963 |
Specific Relief Act |
| XLII | 1965 |
Cardamom Act |
| XXII | 1966 |
Criminal Law Amendment (Amending) Act |
| XXII | 1966 |
Police (Incitement to Dissaffection) Act |
| XXIX | 1966 |
Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act |
| XXII | 1966 |
Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act |
| XXXIII | 1966 |
Police Force (Restriction of Rights) Act |
| LIV | 1966 |
Seeds Act |
| XV | 1967 |
Passports Act |
| XVI | 1967 |
Anti-Corruption Laws (Amendment) Act |
| XXVII | 1968 |
Civil Defence Act |
| XXXIV | 1968 |
Enemy Property Act |
| XLVI | 1968 |
Insecticides Act |
| XLVII | 1968 |
Border Security Forces Act |
| XLV | 1968 |
Gold (Control) Act |
| L | 1968 |
Central Industrial Security Force Act |
| XVIII | 1969 |
Registration of Births and Deaths Act |
| XXXIII | 1969 |
The Foreign Marriage Act |
| XXXV | 1969 |
Criminal and Election Laws (Amendment) Act |
| XXXIX | 1970 |
Patents Act |
| XXXIV | 1971 |
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act |
| XL | 1971 |
Public Premises (Eviction Unauthorised Occupants) Act |
| LII | 1971 |
Small Coins (Offences) Act |
| LXIX | 1971 |
Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act |
| LXX | 1971 |
Contempt of Courts Act |
| XX | 1972 |
Architects Act |
| XXVIII | 1972 |
National Service Act |
| LII | 1972 |
Antiquities and Art Treasures Act |
| LIII | 1972 |
Wild Life Protection Act |
| XLVI | 1973 |
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act |
| II | 1974 |
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 |
| VI | 1974 |
Water (Prevention & Control) Act |
| LII | 1974 |
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act |
| XX | 1975 |
Tokyo Conventions Act |
| XLIX | 1975 |
Cigarettes (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act |
| XI | 1976 |
Sales Promotion Employees (Condition of Service) Act |
| XIX | 1976 |
Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act |
| XXV | 1976 |
Equal Remuneration Act |
| XXXIII | 1976 |
The Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act |
| XXXI | 1976 |
Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act |
| XLIX | 1976 |
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act |
| LX | 1976 |
Standards of Weights and Measures Act |
| LXXVII | 1976 |
Disturbed Areas Special Courts Act |
| XI | 1978 |
High Denomination Bank Notes (Demonitisation) Act |
| XIV | 1978 |
Interest Act |
| XLIII | 1978 |
Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act |
| XXX | 1979 |
Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act |
| VII | 1980 |
Prevention of Blackmarketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act |
| LXV | 1980 |
National Security Act |
| XIV | 1981 |
Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 |
| V | 1982 |
Easement Act |
| XXI | 1982 |
Architects (Amendment) Act |
| XXX | 1982 |
Special Courts (Repeal) Act |
| XL | 1982 |
Chit Funds Act |
| XLVII | 1982 |
Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act |
| LVIII | 1982 |
Central Excise Laws (Amendments and Validation) Act |
| LXV | 1982 |
Anti-Hijacking Act |
| LXVI | 1982 |
Suppression of Unlawful Act against Safety of Civil Aviation Act |
| LXXXVI | 1982 |
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Act |
| LXVI | 1984 |
The Family Courts Act |
| XXXI | 1985 |
Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act |
| LXI | 1985 |
The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act |
| XXV | 1986 |
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act |
| XXIX | 1986 |
Environmental (Protection) Act |
| XXVIII | 1987 |
The Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act |
| III | 1988 |
The Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 |
| - | 1988 |
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act |
| XLIX | 1988 |
The Prevention of Corruption Act |
| LIX | 1988 |
Motor Vehicles Act |
| XXIV | 1989 |
The Railways Act |
| XXXIII | 1989 |
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act |
| VI | 1991 |
The Public Liability Insurance Act |
| XXXIV | 1991 |
The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act |
| - | 1992 |
Special Courts (Control of offences relating
to Transactions, insecurities) Act |
| XXVI | 1996 |
The Arbitration and Conciliation Act |
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