Union Cabinet issued an order for adaptation of 37 Central Acts in Jammu Kashmir, Here is the list
| 28-Feb-2020 |
The Central Government has today approved an order to adopt 37 central laws in concurrent list making it applicable in the new UT of Jammu & Kashmir. The central laws will thus be as applicable to the newly carved out UT as they to whole country.
While interacting to Media after the Union Cabinet meeting chaired by PM Modi, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the decision was taken with an aim to ensure administrative effectiveness and smooth transition in the Union Territory.
The adaptation of these central laws will be under Section 96 of the J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019, which reorganised the erstwhile state into two UTs, Jammu and Kashmir with an Assembly and Ladakh without one and got President Ram Nath Kovind's assent on August 9, 2019, four days after Parliament passed it.
The list of 37 Central laws has,
THE ADVOCATES ACT, 1961.
THE ALL INDIA SERVICES ACT, 1951.
THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND REMAINS ACT, 1958.
THE CENSUS ACT, 1948.
THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017.
THE CINEMATOGRAPH ACT, 1952.
THE COLLECTION OF STATISTICS ACT, 2008.
THE COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT, 1952.
THE DENTISTS ACT, 1948.
THE FAMILY COURTS ACT, 1984.
THE GOVERNMENT SECURITIES ACT, 2006.
THE HIGH COURT JUDGES (SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICES) ACT,1954.
THE HOMEOPATHY CENTRAL COUNCIL ACT, 1973.
THE IMMORAL TRAFFIC (PREVENTION) ACT,1956.
THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961.
THE INDIAN MEDICINE CENTRAL COUNCIL ACT, 1970.
THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016.
THE REAL ESTATE (REGULATION AN DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 2016 .
THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ACT,1962.
THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ACT, 1963.
THE PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS ACT, 1867.
THE PRESS COUNCIL ACT, 1978.
THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993.
THE PUBLIC DEBT ACT, 1944.
THE RAILWAY PROPERTY (UNLAWFUL POSSESSION) ACT, 1966.
THE SECURITIZATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST ACT, 2002.
THE TEXTILES COMMITTEE ACT, 1963.
THE COURT-FEES ACT, 1870.
THE INDIAN FOREST ACT, 1927.
THE LIMITATION ACT, 1963.
THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT, 1988.
THE REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE ACT, 1950.
THE RIGHT TO FAIR COMPENSATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN LAND ACQUISITION, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT ACT, 2013.
THE ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT, 1996.
THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908.
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THE INDIAN PENAL CODE, 1860.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE, 1973