The Maharashtra Repealing Act, 2026

This Act may be called the Maharashtra Repealing Act, 2026.

The enactments specified in Schedule A and Schedule B appended hereto are hereby repealed.

1. (1) The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not,—
   • (a) affect any other enactment in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to ;
   • (b) affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing ;
   • (c) affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed ;
   • (d) revive or restore any enactment, jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force.
2. (2) The repeal of the enactments specified in the Schedule B by this Act shall not affect the audit, examination, accounting, investigation, inquiry or any other action taken or to be taken in relation thereto by any authority and such audit, examination, accounting, investigation, inquiry or action could be taken and or continued as if the said enactments are not repealed by this Act.
3. (3) The provisions of section 7 of the Maharashtra General Clauses Act, shall apply to the enactments repealed by this Act.

(See section 2) PART-A Regulations Serial Number Year No. Short Title (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1825 XI The Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Regulation, 1825. 2 1827 V The Bengal Attached Estates Management Regulation, 1827. 3 1827 V The Acknowledgements of Debts, Intrest, Mortgages Regulation, 1827. PART-B Bombay Acts Serial Number Year No. Short Title (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1877 XIV The Broach and Kaira Encumbered Estates Act, 1877. 2 1878 V The Bombay Abkari Act, 1878. 3 1929 XVIII The Borstal Schools Act, 1929. 4 1935 XXIX The Bombay Criminal Procedure (Elections Offences) Amendment Act, 1935. 5 1936 XX The Maharashtra Opium Smoking Act. 6 1939 XXVI The Bombay Fodder and Grain Control Act, 1939. 7 1942 XXX The Bombay Cotton Control Act, 1942. 8 1946 XX The Maharashtra Electricity (Special Powers) Act. 9 1946 XXVII The Bombay Cotton (Statistics) Act, 1946. 10 1947 XXXIV The Bombay Adjudication Proceedings (Transfer and Continuance) Act, 1947. 11 1947 LVIII The Bombay Rationing (Preparatory and Continuance) Measures Act, 1947. 12 1948 LIX The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948. 13 1948 LXXI The Bombay Children Act, 1948. 14 1949 XLIV The City of Bombay (Building Works Restrictions) Act, 1949. 15 1951 XXIV The Bombay Wild Animal and Wild Birds Protection Act, 1951. 16 1953 XVII The Gandhi National Memorial Fund (Local Authorities Donations) Act, 1953. 17 1953 XXIX The Bombay Evacuee Interest (Separation) Validating and Supplementary Act, 1953. 18 1957 III The Bombay Town Planning Schemes (Bombay City Nos. II, III and IV (Mahim Area) Validation Act, 1956. 19 1957 V The Maharashtra Charged Expenditure Act. 20 1957 XXXIX The Bombay Abolition of Whipping Act, 1957. 21 1958 LXIX The Bombay Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958. 22 1958 LXXVIII The Judicial Officers' Protection (Extension to Hyderabad and Saurashtra Areas of Bombay State) Act, 1958. 23 1959 XXXIX The Lepers (Bombay Unification) Act, 1959. 24 1960 XXI The Bombay Statutory Corporations (Regional Reorganisation) Act, 1960. PART-C Central Provinces and Berar Acts Serial Number Year No. Short Title (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1915 II The Central Provinces and Berar Excise Act, 1915. 2 1919 II The Central Provinces and Berar Prevention of Adulteration Act, 1919. 3 1929 VIII The Central Provinces and Berar Juvenile Smoking Act, 1929. 4 1936 XXXIV The Central Provinces and Berar Highway Act, 1936. 5 1942 VI The Central Provinces and Berar Hindu Women’s Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land) Act, 1942. 6 1948 XIII The Central Provinces and Berar Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Regulation of Buildings) Act, 1948. 7 1948 XVII The Central Provinces Reclamation of Lands (Eradication of Kans) Act, 1948. 8 1950 XXIV The Central Provinces and Berar Official Languages Act, 1950. PART-D Hyderabad Acts Serial Number Year No. Short Title (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1313 FI The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. 2 1321 FI The Railways, Government Irrigation Sources and other Public Buildings Protection Act. 3 1343 FIX The Hyderabad Children Protection Act. 4 1347 FI The Hindu Widows’ Marriage Act. 5 1350 FXII The Hyderabad Court of Wards Act. 6 1351 FVIII The Insolvency Act. 7 1353 FIX The Bhagelas Contracts Act of 1353 F. 8 1358 FXLIII The Vetti and Begar (Prohibition) Regulation, 1358 Fasli. 9 1950 XXIX The Hyderabad (Languages of Judgments and Orders) Act, 1950. 10 1950 XXXV The Hyderabad District Officers (Change of Designation and Construction of References) Act, 1950. 11 1952 XII The Hyderabad Jagirdars Debt Settlement Act, 1952. 12 1952 XXXVI The Hyderabad Labour Housing Act, 1952. 13 1952 XLV The Hyderabad Agricultural Improvement Fund Act, 1952. 14 1953 VII The Evacuee Interest (Separation) Supplementary Act, 1953. 15 1954 II The Hyderabad Agricultural Income Tax (Validity of Notices) Act, 1954. 16 1956 II The Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955. 17 1956 XVI The Hyderabad Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1956. 18 1956 XX The Hyderabad Local Government Service (Declaration as State Civil Service) Act, 1956. PART-E Madhya Pradesh Acts Serial Number Year No. Short Title (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1950 XXXVII The Madhya Pradesh Local Bodies Service Commission Act, 1950. 2 1953 V The Madhya Pradesh Recovery of Arrears of Land Revenue and Rent Act, 1953. 3 1956 XVIII The Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Societies (Reconstitution and Formation) Act, 1956.

(See section 2) Appropriation Acts Sr. No. Year No. Short Title (1) (2) (3) (4) 1 1950 III The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1950. 2 1950 LI The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1950. 3 1951 IV The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1951. 4 1951 V The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1951. 5 1951 XXXV The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1951. 6 1952 I The Bombay (First Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1952. 7 1952 IV The Bombay Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 1952. 8 1952 X The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1952. 9 1952 XVIII The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1952. 10 1953 I The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1953. 11 1953 VI The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1953. 12 1953 LI The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1953. 13 1954 XIII The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1954. 14 1954 XVII The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1954. 15 1954 XLIX The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1954. 16 1955 III The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1955. 17 1955 IV The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1955. 18 1955 XI The Bombay Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 1955. 19 1955 XXXIII The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1955. 20 1955 XLI The Bombay Appropriation (Second Excess Expenditure) Act, 1955. 21 1956 IV The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1956. 22 1956 XIV The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1956. 23 1956 XXV The Bombay Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 1956. 24 1956 XLIV The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1956.