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The Repealing and Amending Act, 2025
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The Repealing and Amending Act, 2025
(ACT NO. 37 OF 2025)
[As on the 1st January, 2026]
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED
G.S.R. . . . . for General Statutory Rules.
S.O. . . . . ,, Statutory Order.
Notifn. . . . . ,, Notification.
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THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2025
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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SECTIONS
1. Short title.
2. Repeal of certain enactments.
3. Amendment of certain enactments.
4. Savings.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE
THE SECOND SCHEDULE
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THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2025
ACT NO. 37 OF 2025
[20th December, 2025.]
An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:–
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending Act, 2025.
2. Repeal of certain enactments.—The enactments specified in the First Schedule are hereby
repealed.
3. Amendment of certain enactments.—The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are
hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned 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the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;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, 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;
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recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed;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 thing not now
existing or in force.
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THE FIRST SCHEDULE
(See section 2)
REPEALS
Year Act No. Short Title
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1886 XI The Indian Tramways Act, 1886.
1976 31 The Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act, 1976.
1978 41 The Britannia Engineering Company Limited (Mokameh Unit) and
the Arthur Butler and Company (Muzaffarpore) Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1978.
1982 36 The Chaparmukh-Silghat Railway Line and the Katakhal-Lalabazar
Railway Line (Nationalisation) Act, 1982.
1984 55 The Hooghly Docking and Engineering Company Limited
(Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1984.
1988 44 The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (Determination of
Conditions of Service of Employees) Act, 1988.
2016 3 The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2015.
2017 1 The Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017.
2017 3 The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2017.
2017 6 The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017.
2017 11 The Employee’s Compensation (Amendment) Act, 2017.
2017 30 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2017.
2018 7 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(Amendment) Act, 2018.
2018 10 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions
of Service) Amendment Act, 2018.
2018 12 The Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2018.
2018 18 The Specific Relief (Amendment) Act, 2018.
2018 19 The State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Act, 2018.
2018 20 The Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Act, 2018.
2018 28 The Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial
Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018.
2019 15 The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2019 19 The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2019.
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1 2 3
2019 27 The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment)
Act, 2019.
2019 32 The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2019 38 The National Institute of Design (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2019 41 The Chit Funds (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2019 43 The Special Protection Group (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2019 48 The Arms (Amendment) Act, 2019.
2020 1 The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2020 4 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2020 13 The Aircraft (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2020 17 The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act,
2020.
2020 18 The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2020 24 The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2020 25 The Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2020 39 The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020.
2021 3 The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 6 The Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 8 The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment)Act, 2021.
2021 15 The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 21 The Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 22 The Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 26 The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 27 The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 28 The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment)
Act, 2021.
2021 30 The Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 32 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 37 The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Act,
2021.
2021 38 The National Commission for Indian System of Medicine
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
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1 2 3
2021 39 The National Commission for Homoeopathy (Amendment) Act,
2021.
2021 43 The National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
2021 44 The High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions
of Service) Amendment Act, 2021.
2021 49 The Election Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021.
2022 8 The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders
(Amendment) Act, 2022.
2022 9 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment)Act, 2022.
2022 10 The Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022.
2022 14 The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems
(Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Act, 2022.
2022 19 The Energy Conservation (Amendment) Act, 2022.
2022 20 The Constitution (Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) Orders
(Second Amendment) Act, 2022.
2022 23 The New Delhi International Arbitration Centre (Amendment) Act,
2022.
2023 1 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment)
Act, 2022.
2023 2 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Fourth Amendment)
Act, 2022.
2023 9 The Competition (Amendment) Act, 2023.
2023 11 The Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2023.
2023 12 The Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 2023.
2023 13 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Act, 2023.
2023 14 The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Second Amendment)
Act, 2023.
2023 16 The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment
Act, 2023.
2023 17 The Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation)
Amendment Act, 2023.
2023 19 The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi
(Amendment) Act, 2023.
2023 27 The Coastal Aquaculture Authority (Amendment) Act, 2023.
2023 36 The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2023.
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE
(See section 3)
AMENDMENTS
Year Act No. Short Title Amendments
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1897 10 The General Clauses Act,
1897.
In section 27, for the words “registered
post”, the words “speed post with
registration” shall be substituted.
1908 5 The Code of Civil
Procedure, 1908.
(i) In section 148A, in sub-section (2), for
the words “registered post,
acknowledgement due”, the words “speed
post with registration and proof of delivery”
shall be substituted;
(ii) In the First Schedule,—
(a) in Order V, in rule 9,—
(I) in sub-rule (3), for the words
“registered post acknowledgement
due, addressed to the defendant or his
agent empowered to accept the service
or by speed post”, the words “speed
post with registration and proof of
delivery addressed to the defendant or
his agent empowered to accept the
service” shall be substituted;
(II) in sub-rule (4), the brackets
and words “(except by registered post
acknowledgment due)” shall be
omitted;
(III) in sub-rule (5), in the proviso,
for the words “registered post
acknowledgement due, the declaration
referred to in this sub-rule shall be
made notwithstanding the fact that the
acknowledgement”, the words “speed
post with registration and proof of
delivery, the declaration referred to in
this sub-rule shall be made
notwithstanding the fact that the proof
of delivery” shall be substituted;
(b) in Order XXI, in rule 1, in sub-rule
(2), for the words “registered post,
acknowledgement due”, the words “speed
post with registration and proof of
delivery” shall be substituted; and
(c) in Order XXXIX, in rule 3, in the
proviso, in clause (a), for the words
“registered post”, the words “speed post
with registration” shall be substituted.
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1925 39 The Indian Succession
Act, 1925
(i) In section 3, in sub-section (1), the
figure “, 213” shall be omitted;
(ii) section 213 shall be omitted;
(iii) in section 370,
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words
and figures “or section 213 to be
established by letters of administration or
probate”, the words “to be established by
letters of administration” shall be
substituted;
(b) in sub-section (2), clause (b) shall
be omitted.
2005 53 The Disaster Management
Act, 2005
In section 30, in sub-section (2), in clause
(vi), for the word “prevention”, the word
“preparation” shall be substituted.
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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 and by
which certain amendments and formal defects detected in enactments are amended and corrected.
2. The note on the Second Schedule explains the reasons for the amendments suggested in the Bill
in respect whereof some detailed explanation is necessary.
3. Clause 4 of the Bill contains a precautionary provision which it is usual to include in the Bill of
this kind.
NEW DELHI;
The 12th December, 2025. ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL.