Bill To Repeal Over 60 Old Laws, Rectify Error In 1 Introduced In Lok Sabha

The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022 also aims to correct a "patent error" in another law by replacing certain words.

A bill which seeks to repeal over 60 obsolete laws, including one enacted 137 years ago, was introduced in Lok Sabha today. The Repealing and Amending Bill, 2022 also aims to correct a "patent error" in another law by replacing certain words.

Piloted by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, the bill is one of the periodical measures by which enactments which have ceased to be in force, or have become obsolete or the retention as separate Act is unnecessary, are repealed.

Such bills also correct defects which are detected in laws.

The bill proposes to repeal the Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885.