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{{Infobox legislation<br />
|short_title = The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Act, 2016<br />
|legislature = [[Parliament of India]]<br />
|imagesize = 100<br />
|long_title = An Act to repeal Appropriation Acts [including Appropriation (Railways) Acts].<br />
|citation = [http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media//Appropriation/Appropriation%20acts%20(repeal)%20act,%202016.pdf Act No. 22 of 2016]<br />
|territorial_extent = India<br />
|enacted_by = [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
|date_passed = 11 May 2015<br />
|enacted_by2 = [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|date_passed2 = 27 April 2016<br />
|date_assented = 6 May 2016<br />
|date_commenced = 9 May 2016<br />
|bill = The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015<br />
|bill_citation = [http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media/Appropriation/Appropriation%20Acts%20Repeal%20Bill,%202015.pdf Bill No. 119 of 2015]<br />
|bill_date = 24 April 2015<br />
|introduced_by = [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]<br />
|repeals = <br />
|status = spent<br />
}}<br />
'''The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Act, 2016''' is an [[Act of Parliament|Act]] of the [[Parliament of India]] that repealed 758 Appropriation Acts that were now obsolete. An [[Appropriation bill|Appropriation Act]] is an Act that authorizes the Government of India to withdraw funds from the [[Consolidated Fund of India]] to meet expenses for a fiscal year. The Act was among a series repealing acts tabled by the [[First Modi ministry|Narendra Modi administration]] aimed at repealing obsolete laws.<br />
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==Background and legislative history==<br />
Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] advocated the repeal of old laws during his 2014 general election campaign. At the 2015 Economic Times Global Business Summit, Modi stated, "Our country suffers from an excess of old and unnecessary laws which obstruct people and businesses. We began the exercise of identifying unnecessary laws and repealing them. 1,877 Central laws have been identified for repeal."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://niti.gov.in/content/repealing-old-statutes|title = &#124; NITI Aayog}}</ref><br />
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A bill to repeal 758 Appropriation Acts was approved by the Union Cabinet on 20 March 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Approval to Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015|url=http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/approval-to-appropriation-acts-repeal-bill-2015/|website=www.pmindia.gov.in|access-date=23 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> ''The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015'' was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 24 April 2015 by then Minister of Law and Justice, [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda|D.V. Sadananda Gowda]]. The Bill sought to repeal 758 Appropriation Acts including 111 state appropriation acts enacted by Parliament between 1950 and 1976, and Railway Appropriation Acts enacted during 1950–2012. The bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on 11 May 2015.<ref name="PRS">{{cite web|title=The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015|url=http://www.prsindia.org/billtrack/the-appropriation-acts-repeal-bill-2015-3767/|website=www.prsindia.org|access-date=23 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> The Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha proposed including an automatic repeal clause in future Appropriation Acts. The government confirmed that such a clause would be included in the Appropriation Act, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nair|first1=Remya|title=Cabinet approves bill to repeal over 700 archaic laws|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/dlyPfyQejB8QIpvCFFrDYK/Cabinet-approves-bill-to-repeal-over-700-archaic-laws.html|website=Mint|access-date=23 May 2018|date=20 March 2015}}</ref> The Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 27 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parliament Passes Two Bills To Repeal 1053 Redundant Laws|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/parliament-passes-two-bills-to-repeal-1053-redundant-laws-1400275|website=NDTV.com|access-date=23 May 2018}}</ref> The bill received assent from then President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] on 6 May 2016, and was notified in ''[[The Gazette of India]]'' on 9 May 2016.<ref>http://www.prsindia.org/uploads/media//Appropriation/Appropriation%20acts%20(repeal)%20act,%202016.pdf</ref><br />
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==Repealed Acts==<br />
The 758 Appropriation Acts included in the bill's Schedule were completely repealed.<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
!№<br />
!Year<br />
!Act No.<br />
!Short title<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|1950<br />
|XXIII<br />
|The Appropriation (Railways) Act, 1950<br />
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|2<br />
|1950<br />
|XXIV<br />
|The Appropriation Act, 1950<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|1950<br />
|XXXIX<br />
|The Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 1950<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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