Some important bare acts for your reference

Bare Acts

1.       

Abducted Persons (Recovery and Restoration) Continuance Act, 1955

2.       

Actuaries Act, 2006

3.       

Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985

4.       

Administrator - Generals Act, 1913

5.       

Advocates Act, 1961

6.       

Advocates Welfare Fund Act, 2001

7.       

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985

8.       

Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

9.       

Airports Authority Of India Act, 1994

10.       

Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008

11.       

All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987

12.       

All India Services Act, 1951

13.       

All-India Institute of Medical Science Act, 1956

14.       

All-India Services Regulations (Indemnity) Act, 1975

15.       

Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958

16.       

Anti-Hijacking Act, 1982

17.       

Apprentices Act, 1961

18.       

Arbitration (Protocol and Convention Act), 1937

19.       

Arbitration Act, 1940

20.       

Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996

21.       

Architects Act, 1972

22.       

Arms Act, 1959

23.       

Army and Air Force (Disposal of Private Property) Act, 1950

24.       

Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937

25.       

Atomic Energy Act, 1962

26.       

Bankers Book Evidence Act, 1891

27.       

Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970

28.       

Banking Companies (Legal Practitioners Clients Account) Act, 1949

29.       

Banking Regulation Act, 1949

30.       

Bar Councils (Validation of State Laws) Act, 1956

31.       

Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966

32.       

Benami Transactions Act (Prohibition), 1988

33.       

Biological Diversity Act, 2002

34.       

Birth Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886

35.       

Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act, 1976

36.       

Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996

37.       

Building and Other Construction Workers  Welfare Cess Act, 1996

38.       

Bureau of Indian Standard Act, 1986

39.       

Business Profits Act, 1947

40.       

Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995

41.       

Cantonments (Extension of Rent Control Laws) Act, 1957

42.       

Cantonments Act, 1924

43.       

Carriage by Road Act, 2007

44.       

Carriers Act, 1865

45.       

Cattle - Tresspass Act, 1871

46.       

Census Act, 1948

47.       

Central Board of Direct Taxes (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1971

48.       

Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006

49.       

Central Excise Act, 1944

50.       

Central Provinces Laws Act, 1875

51.       

Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949

52.       

Central Road Fund Act, 2000

53.       

Central Universities Act, 2009

54.       

Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003

55.       

Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920

56.       

Chartered Accountants Act, 1949

57.       

Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000

58.       

Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Conditions Of Service) Act, 1991

59.       

Child Labor (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986

60.       

Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929

61.       

Children (Pledging of Labor) Act, 1933

62.       

Children Act, 1960

63.       

Chit Funds Act, 1982

64.       

Cigarettes (Regulations of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1975

65.       

Cinematograph Act, 1952

66.       

Cineworkers and Cinema Theatre Workers Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981

67.       

Citizenship Act, 1955

68.       

Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010

69.       

Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010

70.       

Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

71.       

Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973

72.       

Collection of Statistics Act, 2008

73.       

Commission of Enquiries Act, 1952

74.       

Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987

75.       

Commissions for Protection of Child Rights Act, 2005

76.       

Companies Act, 1956

77.       

Company Law Board Regulations, 1991

78.       

Company Secretaries Act, 1980

79.       

Competition Act, 2002

80.       

Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974

81.       

Constitution of India, 1949

82.       

Consumer Protection Act, 1986

83.       

Consumer Protection Regulations, 2005

84.       

Contempt of Courts Act, 1971

85.       

Contingency Fund of India Act, 1950

86.       

Contract Labor (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970

87.       

Control of National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002

88.       

Converts Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866

89.       

Cooperative Societies Act, 1912

90.       

Copyright Act, 1957

91.       

Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959

92.       

Court Fees Act, 1850

93.       

Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005

94.       

Custom Act, 1962

95.       

Cutchi Memons Act, 1938

96.       

Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1994

97.       

Delhi Rent Control Act, 1958

98.       

Delimitation Act, 2002

99.       

Depositories Act, 1996

100.       

Design Act, 1911

101.       

Disaster Management Act, 2005

102.       

Dissolution of Muslim Marriage Act 1939

103.       

Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Act, 1986

104.       

Dourine Act, 1910

105.       

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

106.       

Dramatic Performances Act, 1876

107.       

Drugs (Control) Act, 1950

108.       

Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940

109.       

Drugs and Magic Remedies, 1954

110.       

Economic Offences (Inapplicability of Limitation) Act, 1974

111.       

Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998

112.       

Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950

113.       

Emigration Act, 1983

114.       

Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

115.       

Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

116.       

Energy Conservation Act, 2001

117.       

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

118.       

Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

119.       

Essential Commodities Act, 1955

120.       

Essential Commodities (Special Provisions) Act, 1981

121.       

Expenditure-Tax Act, 1987

122.       

Explosives Act, 1884

123.       

Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963

124.       

Export-Import Bank of India Act, 1981

125.       

Extradition Act, 1962

126.       

Factories Act, 1948

127.       

Family Courts Act, 1984

128.       

Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

129.       

Federal Court (Enlargement of Jurisdiction) Act, 1947

130.       

Finance Act, 2009

131.       

Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

132.       

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976

133.       

Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010

134.       

Foreigners Act, 1946

135.       

Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

136.       

Foreign Marriage Act, 1969

137.       

Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992

138.       

Foreign Trade (Regulation) Rules, 1993

139.       

Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980

140.       

Freedom of Information Act, 2002

141.       

General Clauses Act, 1897

142.       

Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999

143.       

Gift - Tax Act, 1958

144.       

Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008

145.       

Guardians and Wards Act, 1890

146.       

Handlooms (Reservation of Articles for production) Act, 1985

147.       

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956

148.       

Hindu Disposition of Property Act, 1916

149.       

Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

150.       

Hindu Marriages (Validation of Proceedings) Act, 1960

151.       

Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956

152.       

Hindu Succession Act, 1956

153.       

Hire Purchase Act, 1972

154.       

Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973

155.       

Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956

156.       

Indian Aircraft Act, 1934

157.       

Indian Boilers Act, 1923

158.       

Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872

159.       

Indian Contract Act, 1872

160.       

Indian Council of World Affairs Act, 2001

161.       

Indian Divorce Act, 1869

162.       

Indian Encasements Act, 1882

163.       

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

164.       

Indian Forest Act, 1927

165.       

Indian Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act, 1948

166.       

Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970

167.       

Indian Partnership Act, 1932

168.       

Indian Penal Code, 1860

169.       

Indian Ports Act, 1908

170.       

Indian Post Office Act, 1898

171.       

Indian Stamp Act, 1899

172.       

Indian Telegraph Act, 1885

173.       

Indian Trusts Act, 1882

174.       

Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933

175.       

Industrial (Development and Regulations) Act, 1951

176.       

Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Company) Act, 1949

177.       

Industrial Disputes (Banking and Insurance Company) Decision Act, 1955

178.       

Industrial Disputes Act, 1947

179.       

Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946

180.       

Industrial Finance Corporation (Transfer of Undertaking and Repeal) Act, 1993

181.       

Industrial Finance Corporation Act, 1948

182.       

Information Technology Act, 2000

183.       

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999

184.       

Interest Act, 1978

185.       

Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Undertakings Act, 1993

186.       

Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968

187.       

Judges (Protection) Act, 1985

188.       

Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956

189.       

Land Acquisition Act, 1894

190.       

Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883

191.       

Legal Metrology Act, 2009

192.       

Limitation Act, 1963

193.       

Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008

194.       

Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998

195.       

Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999

196.       

Marine Insurance Act, 1963

197.       

Married Womens Property Act, 1874

198.       

Maternity Benefit Act, 1961

199.       

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

200.       

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006

201.       

Minimum Wages Act, 1948

202.       

Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969

203.       

Motor Vehicles Act, 1988

204.       

Multimodal Transportation of Goods Act, 1993

205.       

Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984

206.       

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937

207.       

Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986

208.       

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

209.       

National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993

210.       

National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997

211.       

National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995

212.       

National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

213.       

National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research Act, 1998

214.       

National Investigation Agency Act, 2008

215.       

National Security Act, 1980

216.       

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

217.       

Notaries Act, 1952

218.       

Official Secrets Act, 1923

219.       

Official Trustees Act, 1913

220.       

Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974

221.       

Oriental Gas Company Act, 1857

222.       

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936

223.       

Partition Act, 1893

224.       

Passports Act, 1967

225.       

Patents Act, 1970

226.       

Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007

227.       

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965

228.       

Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972

229.       

Payment of Wages Act, 1936

230.       

Pensions Act, 1871

231.       

Petroleum Act, 1934

232.       

Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006

233.       

Pharmacy Act, 1948

234.       

Poisons Act, 1919

235.       

Powers of Attorney Act, 1882

236.       

Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990

237.       

Preference Shares (Regulation of Dividends) Act, 1960

238.       

Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994

239.       

Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867

240.       

Press Council Act, 1965

241.       

Press Council Act, 1978

242.       

Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009

243.       

Prevention of Black Marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980

244.       

Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

245.       

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

246.       

Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954

247.       

Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act, 1971

248.       

Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002

249.       

Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002

250.       

Prisoners Act, 1900

251.       

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006

252.       

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993

253.       

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001

254.       

Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991

255.       

Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971

256.       

Public Provident Fund Act, 1968

257.       

Railway Claims Tribunal Act, 1987

258.       

Railways Act, 1989

259.       

Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993

260.       

Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976

261.       

Registration Act, 1908

262.       

Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969

263.       

Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992

264.       

Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003

265.       

Representation of the People Act, 1950

266.       

Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

267.       

Revenue Recovery Act, 1890

268.       

Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009

269.       

Right to Information Act, 2005

270.       

Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950

271.       

Sale of Goods Act, 1930

272.       

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989

273.       

Science and Engineering Research Board Act, 2008

274.       

SEBI (Employee Stock Option Scheme and Employee Stock Purchase Scheme) Guidelines, 1999

275.       

Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002

276.       

Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992

277.       

Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956

278.       

Seeds Act, 1966

279.       

Service Tax, 1994

280.       

Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985

281.       

Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Act, 2003

282.       

Small Industries Development Bank of India Act, 1989

283.       

Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976

284.       

Societies Registration Act, 1860

285.       

Special Economic Zones Act, 2005

286.       

Special Marriage Act, 1954

287.       

Specific Relief Act, 1963

288.       

Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976

289.       

State Agricultural Credit Corporations Act, 1968

290.       

State Bank of India Act, 1955

291.       

State Financial Corporation Act, 1951

292.       

Technology Development Board Act, 1995

293.       

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997

294.       

Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987  

295.       

Trade Marks Act, 1999

296.       

Trade Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969

297.       

Trade Union Act, 1926

298.       

Transfer of Property Act, 1882

299.       

Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994

300.       

University Grants Commission Act, 1956

301.       

Unorganised Workers Social Security Act, 2008

302.       

Voluntary Deposits (Immunities and Exemptions) Act, 1991

303.       

Voluntary Disclosure of Income and Wealth Act, 1976

304.       

Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007

305.       

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

306.       

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977

307.       

Weekly Holidays Act, 1942

308.       

Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act, 1912

309.       

Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

310.       

Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955

311.       

Workmens Compensation Act, 1923

312.       

Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act, 1956