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Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 21st December, 2025/Agrahayana 30, 1947 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the
20th December, 2025 and is hereby published for general information:—
THE REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 2025
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. This Act may be called the Repealing and Amending Act, 2025.
2. The enactments specified in the First Schedule are hereby repealed.
3. The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are hereby amended to
the extent and in the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof.
Short title.
Repeal of certain
enactments.
Amendment of
certain
enactments.
सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-21122025-268699
CG-DL-E-21122025-268699
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4. 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in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;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by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed;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 matter or thing not now existing or in force.
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THE FIRST SCHEDULE
(See section 2)
REPEALS
Year
Act No.
Short Title
1
2
3
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.
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.
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2
3
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.
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.
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1
2
3
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
1
2
3
4
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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1
2
3
4
1925
39
The
Indian
Succession
Act,
1925.
(i) In section 3, in sub-section (1), the
figures “, 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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UPLOADED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI–110002
AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI–110054.
MGIPMRND—409GI(S4)—21-12-2025.
DR. RAJIV MANI,
Secretary to the Govt. of India.
KSHITIZ
MOHAN
Digitally signed
by KSHITIZ
MOHAN
Date: 2025.12.21
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