Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017

Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017
Parliament of India
  • An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend certain other enactments.
CitationAct No. 4 of 2018
Territorial extentIndia
Passed byLok Sabha
Passed19 December 2017
Passed byRajya Sabha
Passed28 December 2017
Assented to5 January 2018
Commenced8 January 2018
Legislative history
First chamber: Lok Sabha
Bill titleThe Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2017
Bill citationBill No. 164 of 2017
Introduced byRavi Shankar Prasad
Introduced11 August 2017
Related legislation
Status: Spent

The Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017 is an Act of the Parliament of India that repealed 131 Acts, and also repealed nine Ordinances promulgated by the Governor-General of India before independence. It also made minor amendments to The Plantations Labour Act, 1951, The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, and The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016. The Act was the fifth such repealing act tabled by the Narendra Modi administration aimed at repealing obsolete laws.