The Tamil Nadu Repealing Act, 2022

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The Tamil Nadu Repealing Act, 2022 Act No. 40 of 2022

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The following Act of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 21st June 2022 and is hereby published for general information:—

ACT No. 40 OF 2022. An Act to repeal certain enactments.

WHEREAS it is expedient that the enactments specified in the Schedule which are spent or have otherwise become obsolete, or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by expressed specific repeal, should be expressly and specifically repealed;

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Tamil Nadu in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Repealing Act, 2022.

The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the fifth column thereof.

The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any other enactment in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to; and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already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; nor shall this Act 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the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed; nor shall the repeal by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force.

S.No. (1) Year (2) Number (3) Extent of Repeal (5) President’s Act Short Title (4) 1. 1976 31 The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1976. The whole (in its application to the State of Tamil Nadu) Tamil Nadu Acts 2. 1873 I The Tamil Nadu Wild Elephant's Preservation Act, 1873. The whole 3. 1879 II The Nilgiris Game and Fish Preservation Act, 1879. The whole 4. 1929 III The Jaina Succession Act, 1928. The whole 5. 1940 XX The Indian Medical Degrees (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1940. The whole 6. 1942 XXIV The Chennai City Municipal, District Municipalities and Local Boards (Second Amendment) Act, 1942. The whole 7. 1946 XVI The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities and Local Boards (Second Amendment) Act, 1946. The whole 8. 1947 II The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities and Local Boards (Amendment) Act, 1947. The whole 9. 1947 XXIV The Tamil Nadu Municipal and Local Boards (Amendment) Act, 1947. The whole 10. 1949 XXX The Tamil Nadu Drugs (Control) Act, 1949. The whole 11. 1949 XLVII The Tamil Nadu Cotton (Trade Stocks) Census Act, 1949. The whole 12. 1951 XXIV The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities, District Boards and Village Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 1951. The whole 13. 1954 XXIV The Societies Registration (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1954. The whole 14. 1956 XXI The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1956. The whole 15. 1959 21 The Indian Partnership (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1959. The whole 16. 1960 10 The Tamil Nadu Anatomy (Amendment) Act, 1960. The whole 17. 1960 11 The Tamil Nadu Corneal Grafting Act, 1960. The whole 18. 1960 12 The Legal Practitioners (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1960. The whole 19. 1961 4 The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1961. The whole 20. 1964 20 The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1964. The whole 21. 1964 29 The Travancore – Cochin Lime-shells (Control) Repeal Act, 1964. The whole 22. 1965 8 The Tamil Nadu Cultivating Tenants Protection (Continuance) Act, 1965. The whole 23. 1965 35 The Indian Partnership (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1965. section 3 of the Act 24. 1971 9 The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1971. The whole 25. 1971 27 The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Second Amendment Act, 1971. The whole 26. 1971 31 The Tamil Nadu Court-fees and Suits Valuation (Amendment) Act, 1971 The whole 27. 1971 32 The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Validation of Proceedings Act, 1971. The whole 28. 1972 27 The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1972. The whole 29. 1972 38 The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1972. The whole 30. 1973 6 The Mettur Township, Courtallam Township and Bhavanisagar Township (Amendment) Act, 1972. The whole 31. 1973 23 The Tamil Nadu Buildings (Lease and Rent Control) Amendment Act, 1973. The whole 32. 1975 23 The Tamil Nadu Occupants of Kudiyiruppu (Protection from Eviction) Re-enacting Act, 1975. The whole 33. 1978 40 The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1978. The whole 34. 1979 40 The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1979. The whole 35. 1980 13 The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1980. The whole 36. 1981 18 The Tamil Nadu Cattle-disease (Amendment) Act, 1981. The whole 37. 1982 38 The Indian Partnership (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act, 1982. The whole 38. 1982 50 The Tamil Nadu Debt Relief Act, 1982. The whole 39. 1986 45 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1986. The whole 40. 1986 46 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1986. The whole 41. 1986 47 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1986. The whole 42. 1986 48 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1986. The whole 43. 1986 59 The Tamil Nadu Khadi and Village Industries Board (Amendment) Act, 1986. The whole 44. 1986 73 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Special Provisions and Validation) Act, 1986. The whole 45. 1986 80 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1986. The whole 46. 1992 16 The Tamil Nadu G.D. Naidu Agricultural University (Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 47. 1992 30 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 48. 1992 31 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 49. 1992 37 The Tamil Nadu Tax on Luxuries in Hotels and Lodging Houses (Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 50. 1992 52 The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (Third Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 51. 1992 54 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 52. 1993 5 The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (Second Amendment) Act, 1992. The whole 53. 1993 22 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1993. The whole 54. 1993 24 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1993. The whole 55. 1993 25 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1993. The whole 56. 1994 2 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1993. The whole 57. 1994 3 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1993. The whole 58. 1994 11 The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1994. The whole 59. 1994 17 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1993. The whole 60. 1994 32 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1994. The whole 61. 1994 33 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1994. The whole 62. 1994 37 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1994. The whole 63. 1994 38 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1994. The whole 64. 1994 55 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1994. The whole 65. 1995 10 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 66. 1995 18 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 67. 1995 19 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 68. 1995 20 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 69. 1995 21 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 70. 1995 36 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 71. 1995 37 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 72. 1995 39 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1995. The whole 73. 1996 10 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1996. The whole 74. 1996 30 The Tamil Nadu Sales Tax (Surcharge) Repeal Act, 1996. The whole 75. 1996 32 The Tamil Nadu Tax on Luxuries in Hotels and Lodging Houses (Amendment) Act, 1996. The whole 76. 1996 37 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1996. The whole 77. 1996 38 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1996. The whole 78. 1997 11 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 79. 1997 12 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 80. 1997 13 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Third Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 81. 1997 14 The Tamil Nadu Tax on Entry of Motor Vehicles into Local Areas (Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 82. 1997 30 The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1997. The whole 83. 1997 38 The Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax (Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 84. 1997 39 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 85. 1997 40 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 86. 1997 60 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1997. The whole 87. 1998 2 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Sixth Amendment) Amendment Act, 1998. The whole 88. 1998 3 The Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Amendment Act, 1998. The whole 89. 1998 19 The Tamil Nadu Tax on Entry of Motor Vehicles into Local Areas (Amendment) Act, 1998. The whole 90. 1998 20 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1998. The whole 91. 1998 21 The Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Act, 1998. The whole (By Order of the Governor) C. GOPI RAVIKUMAR, Secretary to Government (Legislation), Law Department. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATIONERY AND PRINTING, CHENNAI ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU