**Executive Summary:**
The Repealing and Amending Second Act, 2015, Act No. 19 of 2015, received Presidential assent on May 14, 2015. It repeals certain enactments and amends others, as detailed in the First and Second Schedules. The Act aims to streamline and update existing laws by removing obsolete or redundant provisions and making necessary changes to existing ones.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Repeal of Enactments:**
* The enactments specified in the First Schedule are repealed to the extent mentioned in the fourth column of that schedule.
* **Amendment of Enactments:**
* The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are amended to the extent and in the manner described in the fourth column of that schedule.
* **Savings Clause:**
* The repeal of any enactment does not affect any Act in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated, or referred to.
* The Act does not affect the validity, effect, or consequences of anything already done, or any existing rights, titles, obligations, or liabilities.
* The Act does not affect any principle or rule of law, established jurisdiction, pleading practices, or existing customs, privileges, or restrictions.
* The repeal of any enactment does not revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, or other matter not currently existing or in force.
**Impact Analysis:**
* **Legislative Bodies/Parliament:**
* Impact: Laws they previously enacted are being repealed or amended, requiring them to update legal references and frameworks.
* Action Required: Acknowledge and integrate the changes into the current legal system.
* **Courts of Law:**
* Impact: The changes may affect ongoing or future legal proceedings that reference the repealed or amended laws.
* Action Required: Ensure that judgments and legal interpretations align with the updated legal framework.
* **Government Agencies:**
* Impact: The Act could impact the enforcement and administration of laws related to the repealed and amended enactments.
* Action Required: Update operational guidelines and procedures to reflect the changes.
* **General Public/Citizens:**
* Impact: Indirectly affected through changes in laws that govern various sectors and activities.
* Action Required: Stay informed about the changes in laws that might affect their rights and responsibilities.
Key Entities Referenced
The Repealing and Amending Second Act, 2015: Title of the Act being published in the document.
Parliament: The legislative body that enacted the law.
President of India: The highest constitutional authority whose assent was received for the Act.
Ministry of Law and Justice: The government ministry responsible for the Legislative Department which published the Act.
New Delhi: Location where the Act was published.
Export-Import Bank of India: Financial institution whose Amendment Act of 1998 was repealed.
The High Court and Supreme Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Amendment Act: Act related to the salaries and service conditions of judges that has been repealed by this act.
Reserve Bank of India: Central bank of India, whose Amendment Act of 2006 was repealed.
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MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 14th May, 2015/Vaisakha 24, 1937 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
14th May, 2015, and is hereby published for general information:—
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING (SECOND) ACT, 2015
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. This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending (Second ) Act, 2015. Short title.
2. The enactments specified in the First Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent Repeal of
mentioned in the fourth column thereof. certain
enactments.
3. The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are hereby amended to the extent Amendment
and the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof. of certain
enactments.
4. The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any Act in which such Savings.
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;2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—
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, 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.
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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
and Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 1998 The whole.
1999 16 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1999 The whole.
2000 1 The Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial
Institutions (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 7 The Small Industries Development Bank of India
(Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 12 The Food Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 15 The National Housing Bank (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 17 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 18 The Leaders and Chief Whips of Recognised Parties and
Groups in Parliament (Facilities) Amendment Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 22 The Major Port Trusts (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 23 The Insecticides (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 35 The Border Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 39 The State Financial Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 44 The Multimodal Transportation of Goods (Amendment)
Act, 2000 The whole.
2000 55 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(Amendment) Act, 2000 The whole.
2001 10 The Chit Funds (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole.
2001 23 The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole.
2001 27 The Food Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole.
2001 38 The Government of Union Territories and the Government
of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)
Act, 2001 The whole.SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3
Year No. Short title Extent of repeal
2001 40 The Inland Waterways Authority of India (Amendment)
Act, 2001 The whole.
2001 46 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2001 The whole.
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 Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Amendment)
Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 30 The Sugar Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 31 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament
(Second Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 34 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 40 The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation)
Amendment Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 42 The Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 51 The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment)
Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 52 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment)
Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 55 The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment and
Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 56 The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament
and Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Second
Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2002 62 The Consumer Protection (Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2003 7 The High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of
Service) Amendment Act, 2002 The whole.
2003 8 The Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions
of Service) Amendment Act, 2002 The whole.
2003 10 The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders
(Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2003 11 The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 The whole.
2003 35 The Delhi High Court (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole.
2003 37 The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole.
2003 44 The Sixth Schedule to the Constitution (Amendment)
Act, 2003 The whole.
2003 48 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole.
2003 51 The Railways (Second Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—
Year No. Short title Extent of repeal
2003 58 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment)
Act, 2003 The whole.
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
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2003 The whole.
2004 16 The Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004 The whole.
2004 24 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) and Miscellaneous
Provisions Act, 2004 The whole.
2004 30 The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of
Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2004 The whole.
2005 19 The Government of Union Territories and the Government
of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)
Act, 2005 The whole.
2005 32 The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole.
2005 40 The Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences
and Technology, Trivandrum (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole.
2005 45 The Warehousing Corporations (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole.
2005 46 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and
Conditions of Service) Amendment Act, 2005 The whole.
2006 2 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005 The whole.
2006 5 The Government of Union Territories and the Government
of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment)
Act, 2006 The whole.
2006 6 The Contempt of Courts (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole.
2006 26 The Reserve Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole.
2006 40 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole.
2006 45 The Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of
Undertakings and Financial Institutions Laws
(Amendment) Act, 2006 The whole.
2006 54 The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2006 Sections 2 to 5.
2007 17 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole.
2007 18 The National Tax Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole.
2007 30 The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks Laws)
Amendment Act, 2007 The whole.
2007 32 The State Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole.
2007 35 The Inland Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole.
2007 40 The Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Act, 2007 The whole.SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 5
Year No. 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 The whole.
2009 5 The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2008 The whole.
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 Act, 2009 The whole.
2009 48 The State Bank of Saurashtra (Repeal) and the State Sections
Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Amendment Act, 2009 3 to 11.
2010 27 The State Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole.
2010 37 The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of
Parliament (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole.
2010 41 The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2010 The whole.
2010 43 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment)
Act, 2010 The whole.
2011 7 The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Amendment
Act, 2011 The whole.
2011 17 The State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks Laws)
Amendment Act, 2011 The whole.
2012 5 The New Delhi Municipal Council (Amendment) Act, 2011 The whole.
2012 8 The Life Insurance Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011 The whole.
2012 11 The Export-Import Bank of India (Amendment) Act, 2011 The whole.
2012 26 The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) and Other
Related Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole.
2012 36 The Chemical Weapons Convention (Amendment)
Act, 2012 The whole.
2013 1 The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of
Debts Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole.
2013 4 The Banking Laws (Amendment) Act, 2012 The whole.
2013 27 The Wakf (Amendment) Act, 2013 The whole.6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— SEC. 1]
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”.
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DR. SANJAY SINGH,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
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