Bill in Parliament likely this week to repeal obsolete laws

December 01, 2014 20:38

The government is set to bring a new bill in Parliament this week to repeal another set of obsolete laws, including Railways Appropriation Acts, which have outlived their utility.

The law ministry has already identified 892 Appropriation Acts of the Finance Ministry and the railway ministry which can be repealed. While the railway ministry has given a go-ahead to the law ministry to repeal its set of old Appropriation Acts, the finance ministry is in the process of taking a call on the issue.

A large number of Appropriation Acts passed in the past several years have lost their meaning but these are still shown on statue books. Appropriation Acts are intended to operate for a limited period of time -- authorising expenditures for the duration of one financial year, the law commission has said.

Though these Acts are not usually included in any list of Central Acts, either by the law ministry, or elsewhere, these laws still technically remain in the books.

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