A bill to repeal 71 laws which have outlived their utility in the statute books was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
While 65 of the bills are amendment Acts, which were brought to tweak existing laws, six are principal laws that have become outdated.
At least one law, proposed to be repealed, is of the British era — The Indian Tramways Act of 1886.
The law was brought to facilitate the construction and to regulate the working of tramways in British India.
The proposed repeal and amendment Bill is not aimed at striking off colonial laws but to remove Acts which have outlived their utility.
“Once an amendment is passed by Parliament, it gets subsumed in the principal law. It then only clutters the statute books. Its use has ended, but it still exists, creating confusion,” an official explained.
So far, 1,562 old archaic laws have been repealed. Once the proposed Bill gets Parliament’s nod, the total number of laws to be repealed will stand at 1,633.
Since May 2014, the Mo
​A bill to repeal 71 laws which have outlived their utility in the statute books was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
While 65 of the bills are amendment Acts, which were brought to tweak existing laws, six are principal laws that have become outdated.
At least one law, proposed to be repealed, is of the British era — The Indian Tramways Act of 1886.
The law was brought to facilitate the construction and to regulate the working of tramways in British India.
The proposed repeal and amendment Bill is not aimed at striking off colonial laws but to remove Acts which have outlived their utility.
“Once an amendment is passed by Parliament, it gets subsumed in the principal law. It then only clutters the statute books. Its use has ended, but it still exists, creating confusion,” an official explained.
So far, 1,562 old archaic laws have been repealed. Once the proposed Bill gets Parliament’s nod, the total number of laws to be repealed will stand at 1,633.
Since May 2014, the Mo by Soban News (international And National News)
