Bare acts
The bare acts of India, section by section.
Central and State Acts from India Code, as amended, with each section's amendment history and the old and new criminal codes side by side.
A to Z
- The Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995In force · 22 sections
- Calcutta Canals Act 1860, 15 of 1860, (Rep., Act 12 of 1873)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Calcutta High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction) Act, 1953In force · 4 sections
- The Calcutta High Court (Jurisdictional Limits) Act, 1919In force · 3 sections
- The Calcutta Land-Revenue Act, 1856In force · 1 sections
- The Calcutta Metro Railway (Operation and Maintenance) Temporary Provisions Act, 1985In force · 23 sections
- The Calcutta Pilots Act 1859, 12 of 1859, (Rep., Act 4 of 2018)Repealed or not in force · 24 sections
- Calcutta Police Act 1852, 13 of 1852, (Rep., Act 13 of 1856)Repealed or not in force · 18 sections
- The Calcutta Port (Pilotage) Act, 1948In force · 7 sections
- The Calcutta University Act 1921, 7 of 1921, (Rep., Act 1 of 1938)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- Calcutta.-- Municipal Act 1854, 28 of 1854, (Rep., Act 28 of 1856)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- Camp Police Act, 1836, 26 of 1836 (Rep., Act 12 of 1891)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- Canals, Agra Act, 1845, 7 of 1845 (Rep., Act 8 of 1873)Repealed or not in force · 8 sections
- The Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act, 1957In force · 3 sections
- The Cantonments Act 1880, 3 of 1880 (Rep., Act 13 of 1889 )Repealed or not in force · 35 sections
- The Cantonments Act, 1889, 13 of 1889, (Rep., Act 15 of 1910)Repealed or not in force · 33 sections
- The Cantonments Act, 1897, 15 of 1897, (Rep., Act 15 of 1910)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- The Cantonments Act, 2006In force · 351 sections
- The Cardamom Act, 1965In force · 4 sections
- The Carriage by Air Act, 1972In force · 53 sections
- The Carriage by Road Act, 2007In force · 22 sections
- The Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 2025In force · 13 sections
- The Carriers Act 1865, 3 of 1865 (Rep., 41 of 2007)Repealed or not in force · 12 sections
- The Carriers Act 1899, 10 of 1899, (Rep., Act 1 of 1938)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- cattle duty, salsette Act, 1836, 3 of 1836 (Rep., Act 8 of 1868)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Cattle Trespass Act 1857, 3 of 1857, (Rep., Act 1 of 1871)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871In force · 29 sections
- The Census (Amendment) Act, 1950, 51 of 1950 (Rep., Act 36 of 1957)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- The Census (Amendment) Act, 1959, 22 of 1959, (Rep., Act 52 of 1964)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Census (Amendment) Act, 1993, 11 of 1994 (Rep., Act 30 of 2011)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Census Act, 1948In force · 27 sections
- The Central Agricultural University Act, 1992In force · 44 sections
- The Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963In force · 8 sections
- The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006In force · 8 sections
- The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers Cadre) Act, 2019In force · 6 sections
- The Central Excise Act, 1944In force · 110 sections
- The Central Excise Tariff Act, 1986, 5 of 1986 (Rep., 12 of 2017)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- The Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017In force · 3 sections
- The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017In force · 174 sections
- The Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1999.In force · 8 sections
- The Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968In force · 23 sections
- The Central Laws (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) Act, 1993In force · 6 sections
- The Central Laws (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1968In force · 8 sections
- The Central Provinces Court of Wards Act, 1899In force · 42 sections
- The Central Provinces Financial Commissioner's Act, 1908In force · 6 sections
- The Central Provinces Land-Revenue Act, 1881In force · 162 sections
- The Central Provinces Tenancy Act, 1898In force · 101 sections
- The Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949In force · 18 sections
- The Central Road and Infrastructure Fund Act, 2000In force · 16 sections
- The Central Sales Tax Act, 1956In force · 21 sections
- The Central Sanskrit Universities Act, 2020In force · 47 sections
- The Central Silk Board Act, 1948In force · 23 sections
- The Central Tea Board Act 1949, 13 of 1949 (Rep., Act 29 of 1953)Repealed or not in force · 21 sections
- The Central Universities Act, 2009In force · 53 sections
- The Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003In force · 30 sections
- The Cess and Other Taxes on Minerals (Validation) Act, 1992In force · 6 sections
- The Chandigarh (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1987In force · 4 sections
- The Chandigarh Disturbed Areas Act, 1983In force · 4 sections
- Chaprasis Act, 1835, 18 of 1835 (Rep., Act 17 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920In force · 10 sections
- The Charitable Endowments Act, 1890In force · 14 sections
- The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949In force · 53 sections
- Chaukidari Assesment Act, 1837, 15 of 1837 (Rep., Act 20 of 1856)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- The Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000In force · 87 sections
- The Chief Election Commissioner And Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service And Term of Office) Act, 2023In force · 21 sections
- The Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986In force · 3 sections
- The Children Act, 1960, 60 of 1960, (Rep., Act 53 of 1986)Repealed or not in force · 61 sections
- The Chit Funds Act, 1982In force · 90 sections
- Chittagong Hill Tracts Act, 22 of 1860, (Rep., Act 1 of 1900)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Chutia Nagpur Encumbered Estates Act, 1876In force · 25 sections
- The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003In force · 22 sections
- The Cinematograph Act, 1952In force · 31 sections
- The Citizenship Act, 1955In force · 19 sections
- The City of Bombay Municipal (Supplementary) Act, 1888In force · 6 sections
- Civil Appeals, Punjab Act 1865, 27 of 1865, (Rep., Act 4 of 1866)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Civil Courts, Burma Act 1863, 1 of 1863, (Rep., Act 7 of 1872)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Civil Defence Act, 1968In force · 22 sections
- The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010In force · 49 sections
- Civil Procedure Act 1860, 4 of 1860, (Rep., Act 23 of 1861)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010In force · 34 sections
- The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912In force · 50 sections
- The Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition and Development) Act, 1957In force · 24 sections
- The Coal India (Regulation of Transfers and Validation) Act, 2000In force · 3 sections
- The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015In force · 32 sections
- The Coal Mines Labour Welfare Fund (Repeal) Act, 1986In force · 4 sections
- The Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948In force · 4 sections
- The Coast Guard Act, 1978In force · 122 sections
- The Coastal Aquaculture Authority Act, 2005In force · 23 sections
- The Coasting vessels Act, 1838In force · 6 sections
- The Cochin Port Act 1936, 6 of 1936, (Rep., Act 32 of 1940)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Coconut Development Board Act, 1979In force · 14 sections
- The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908In force · 173 sections
- The Code on Social Security, 2020In force · 148 sections
- The Code on Wages, 2019In force · 67 sections
- The Coffee (Amendment) Act 1985, 48 of 1985, (Rep., Act 30 of 2001)Repealed or not in force · 5 sections
- The Coffee (Amendment) Act, 1961, 48 of 1961, (Rep., Act 52 of 1964)Repealed or not in force · 11 sections
- The Coffee (Amendment) Act, 1994, 23 of 1994 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001)Repealed or not in force · 6 sections
- The Coffee Act, 1942In force · 44 sections
- The Coinage (Amendment) Act, 1985, 33 of 1985 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- Coinage Act, 1837, 31 of 1837 (Rep., Act 13 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Coinage Act, 1906, 3 of 1906 (Rep., Act 11 of 2011)Repealed or not in force · 21 sections
- The Coinage Act, 2011In force · 26 sections
- The Coir Industry Act, 1953In force · 28 sections
- Colaba Act, 1853, 8 of 1853 (Rep., 12 of 1891)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008In force · 27 sections
- The Commercial Courts Act, 2015In force · 22 sections
- The Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939In force · 23 sections
- The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021In force · 31 sections
- The Commission of Sati (Prevention ) Act, 1987In force · 18 sections
- The Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005In force · 37 sections
- The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952In force · 19 sections
- The Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999, 21 of 1999, (Rep., 23 of 2016)Repealed or not in force · 25 sections
- The Companies (Donations to National Funds) Act, 1951In force · 5 sections
- The Companies (Profits) Surtax Act, 1964In force · 29 sections
- The Companies Act 1956, 1 of 1956, (Rep., Act 18 of 2013)Repealed or not in force · 29 sections
- The Companies Act, 2013In force · 453 sections
- The Company Secretaries Act, 1980In force · 54 sections
- The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Act, 2016.In force · 33 sections
- The Competition Act, 2002In force · 56 sections
- The Comptroller Auditor-General s (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act, 1971In force · 2 sections
- The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974In force · 5 sections
- The Consumer Protection Act, 2019In force · 105 sections
- The Contempt of Courts Act, 1971In force · 24 sections
- Contempts In Equity Act, 1841, 25 of 1841 (Rep., Act 8 of 1868)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- The Contingency Fund of India Act, 1950In force · 5 sections
- The Continuing Act 1910, 17 of 1910, (Rep., Act 10 of 1911)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Contonments Act 1910, 15 of 1910, (Rep., Act 2 of 1924)Repealed or not in force · 17 sections
- Contraband Salt, Agra Act 1855, 36 of 1855 (Rep., Act 8 of 1875)Repealed or not in force · 6 sections
- Contraband Salt, Oudh Act, 1862, 19 of 1862 (Rep., Act 8 of 1875)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- The Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002In force · 39 sections
- Copper Coinage Act 1854, 11 of 1854, (Rep., Act 13 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- Copper coinage Act, 1835, 21 of 1835 (Rep., Act 13 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- Copper Coinage Act, 1844, 22 of 1844 (Rep., Act 13 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 4 sections
- The Copra Cess Act, 1979, 4 of 1979 (Rep., Act 4 of 1987)Repealed or not in force · 6 sections
- The Copyright Act, 1957In force · 87 sections
- Corners, Juries Act, 1848, 4 of 1848 (Rep., Act 4 of 1871)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- The Coroners (Madras) Act, 1889, 5 of 1889, (Rep., Act 1 of 1938)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Coroners Act 1881, 10 of 1881, (Rep., Act 1 of 1938)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Coroners Act, 1850, 45 of 1850 (Rep., Act 4 of 1871)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Coroners Act, 1871, 04 of 1871 (Rep., Act 37 of 2023)Repealed or not in force · 42 sections
- Corporal Punishment Act 1858, 11 of 1858, (Rep., Act 8 of 1868)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Corporal Punishment Act, 1844, 3 of 1844 (Rep., Act 17 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- Correcting Act 8 of 1863 Act 1869, 26 of 1869, (Rep., 5 of 1875)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Cost Accountants Act, 1959In force · 42 sections
- The Cotton Cloth Act 1918, 23 of 1918, (Rep., Act 25 of 2000)Repealed or not in force · 14 sections
- The Cotton Duties Act 1894, 17 of 1894 (Rep., Act 2 of 1938)Repealed or not in force · 37 sections
- The Cotton Duties Act 1895, 2 of 1896 (Rep., Act 19 of 1926)Repealed or not in force · 41 sections
- The Court-Fees Act, 1870In force · 41 sections
- The Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005.In force · 37 sections
- Criminal Appeals Act, 1841, 31 of 1841 (Rep., Act 17 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 7 sections
- The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022In force · 10 sections
- Criminal Procedure, 1866, 08 of 1866 (Rep., Act 8 of 1869)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Criminal Process Act 1856, 17 of 1856, (Rep., Act 17 of 1862)Repealed or not in force · 5 sections
- The Criminal Tribes Act 1871, 27 of 1871, (Rep., Act 3 of 1911 )Repealed or not in force · 32 sections
- The Criminal Tribes Act 1924, 6 of 1924, (Rep., Act 24 of 1952)Repealed or not in force · 16 sections
- The Criminal Tribes Act, 1911, 3 of 1911 (Rep., Act 6 of 1924)Repealed or not in force · 41 sections
- Crimping Act 1852, 24 of 1852, (Rep., Act 13 of 1864)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- The Currency Act 1927, 4 of 1927, (Rep., Act 2 of 1934)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- Custom - Duties Act 1862, 23 of 1862 (Rep., Act 14 of 1870)Repealed or not in force · 5 sections
- Custom House Act, 1837, 16 of 1837 (Rep., Act 12 of 1873)Repealed or not in force · 10 sections
- Custom, Bombay Act 1852, 1 of 1852, (Rep., Act 13 of 1871)Repealed or not in force · 13 sections
- The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1966, 20 of 1966 (Rep., Act 56 of 1974)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1985, 80 of 1985 (Rep., Act 4 of 2018)Repealed or not in force · 12 sections
- The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1988, 27 of 1988 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1989, 40 of 1989 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001)Repealed or not in force · 1 sections
- The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1991, 55 of 1991 (Rep., Act 30 of 2001)Repealed or not in force · 8 sections
- The Customs (Amendment) Act, 1998, 8 of 1999, (Rep., Act 04 of 2018)Repealed or not in force · 2 sections
- The Customs Act,1962In force · 3 sections
- The Customs Tariff Act, 1975In force · 18 sections
- The Cutchi Memons Act 1920, 46 of 1920, (Rep., Act 10 of 1938)Repealed or not in force · 3 sections
- The Cutchi Memons Act, 1938In force · 1 sections