Obsolete Laws

Constitutional Provisions: Article 245 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Parliament to enact as well as to repeal any law.

Important Points

  • In the year of 1998, the P.C. Jain Commission recommended the withdrawal of a large body of the legislation, and also noted that as many as 253 Acts which is identified earlier for the withdrawal still remained on the statute book.
  • Laws can be repealed in two ways — either through an ordinance, or through legislation.
    • In case an ordinance is used, it would need to be replaced by a law passed by Parliament within six months. If the ordinance ....
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