Guwahati: Ten Bengal Regulations that are in force in Assam All are set to end, even after the state was separated from the administrative control of Bengal and created as a separate Chief Commissioner 148 years ago.
Also, on the list of laws to go by, is the Sylhet Jhum Regulation Act of 1891, which is a regulation made under the Government of India Acts of 1870, in addition to 36 other archaic laws.
The decision to abolish these 48 obsolete laws was taken by the cabinet of the 19th government of the state, which became the first government after the first assembly elections in 1952.
The list also includes laws that have remained in place since 1963, after bifurcating Assam to form a new state, which are set to be abolished.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the government would bring a repeal bill in the assembly this month to repeal these archaic laws.
The cabinet held in Kokrajhar also decided to repeal old laws in the agriculture department, including the Assam Debt Resolution Act, which dates back to 1936. Jaintia Hills District) Act 1963.
In the Health Department, there is the Bengal Immunization Act of 1880, the Assam Drugs (Control) Act of 1950, the Assam Health (Prohibition of Zarda, Manufacture, Advertisement, Trade, Storage, Distribution, Sale and Consumption of Gutka). , Tobacco and/or Nicotine containing Panmasala etc.) Act 2013, Assam Kala-Azar Remedies Act 1949, Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act 2004.
In the forest department, the laws that the cabinet has allowed to repeal are the Assam National Park Act 1968 and the Assam Rhino Conservation Act 1954, while in the excise department, it would be the Assam Excise (Extension to Mizo) District Act 1961.
Other laws that will be abolished include Assam Private Fisheries Protection Act 1935, Assam Cement Control Act 1953, Assam Handicraft Artisans Welfare Fund Act 1998, Assam State Industrial Relief Undertakings (Special Provisions) Act 1984, Assam Industries (Sales Tax Concessions) . Act 1986, Registration of Press and Books (Extension to Lusai Hills) Act 1954, Assam Shramik Vahini Act 1959, Business Succession Act 1931 and Assam Disorganized House Act 1936.
Also, on the list of laws to go by, is the Sylhet Jhum Regulation Act of 1891, which is a regulation made under the Government of India Acts of 1870, in addition to 36 other archaic laws.
The decision to abolish these 48 obsolete laws was taken by the cabinet of the 19th government of the state, which became the first government after the first assembly elections in 1952.
The list also includes laws that have remained in place since 1963, after bifurcating Assam to form a new state, which are set to be abolished.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the government would bring a repeal bill in the assembly this month to repeal these archaic laws.
The cabinet held in Kokrajhar also decided to repeal old laws in the agriculture department, including the Assam Debt Resolution Act, which dates back to 1936. Jaintia Hills District) Act 1963.
In the Health Department, there is the Bengal Immunization Act of 1880, the Assam Drugs (Control) Act of 1950, the Assam Health (Prohibition of Zarda, Manufacture, Advertisement, Trade, Storage, Distribution, Sale and Consumption of Gutka). , Tobacco and/or Nicotine containing Panmasala etc.) Act 2013, Assam Kala-Azar Remedies Act 1949, Rural Health Regulatory Authority Act 2004.
In the forest department, the laws that the cabinet has allowed to repeal are the Assam National Park Act 1968 and the Assam Rhino Conservation Act 1954, while in the excise department, it would be the Assam Excise (Extension to Mizo) District Act 1961.
Other laws that will be abolished include Assam Private Fisheries Protection Act 1935, Assam Cement Control Act 1953, Assam Handicraft Artisans Welfare Fund Act 1998, Assam State Industrial Relief Undertakings (Special Provisions) Act 1984, Assam Industries (Sales Tax Concessions) . Act 1986, Registration of Press and Books (Extension to Lusai Hills) Act 1954, Assam Shramik Vahini Act 1959, Business Succession Act 1931 and Assam Disorganized House Act 1936.