The Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1949.

1949 : Bom. LIII]  1 

THE BOMBAY REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 1949 

[Text as on 18th July 2024] 

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CONTENTS 

PREAMBLE. 

SECTIONS. 

1.  Short title. 

2.  Repeal of certain enactments. 

3.  Amendment of certain enactments. 

 THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

  THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

 



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ACT NO. LIII OF 19491 

[THE BOMBAY REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 1949.] 

[This Act received the assent of the Governor on the 23rd November ; assent was first published,  

in the Bombay Government Gazette, Part IV, on the 28th November 1949.] 

An Act to repeal certain enactments and to amend  

certain other enactment. 

Whereas it is expedient that certain enactments specified in the First Schedule which are spent or 

have otherwise become unnecessary or have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express specific 

repeal, should be expressly and specifically repealed, and whereas it is also expedient that certain 

amendments should be made in certain enactments specified in the Second Schedule ; It is hereby 

enacted as follows :— 

1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1949. 

2. Repeal of certain enactments.— The enactments specified in the First Schedule are hereby 

repealed to the extent mentioned in the fourth column thereof. 

3. Amendment of certain enactments.— The enactments specified in the Second Schedule are 

hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in the fourth column thereof. 

                                                   
1  For Statement of Objects and Reasons of the L.A. Bill No. LXVIII, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1949, 

Part V, page 1007. 



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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

REPEAL 

(See section 2.) 

Year No.  Short title. Extent of repeal. 

1 2  3 4 

1830 VII … A Regulations for bringing under the 

operation of the Regulations the 

territories comprised in the Southern 

Maratha Country, belonging to the 

Honourable Company, and Farming 

the said territories into a zila. 

Section 5. 

1831 XVI … A Regulation for extending the jurisdiction 

vested in the Political Agent in the 

Southern Maratha Country, under the 

provisions of section 5, Regulation 

VII, A.D. 1830, to the cognizance of 

civil suits of the nature specified in 

Regulation I, A.D. 1831, and also for 

the better defining the extent of 

jurisdiction therein conferred with 

respect to persons of the privileged 

classes.  

 

The whole. 

1867 VI … The Bombay City Sanitary Regulation Act, 

1867. 

The whole. 

1901 I … The Bombay District Municipal Act, 1901 Clause (d) of sub-

section (2) of section 

15. 

1925 XII …  The Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories 

Act, 1925, as amended by Bombay Act IV 

of 1936. 

In sub-section (1) of 

section 3-A the words 

“and to which this Act 

has been extended” 

1932 II .. The Bombay Finance Act, 1932              … In clause (ii) of the 

entry relating to 

Article 17 in the first 

column of Schedule II 

in section 14, the 

word “and”. 

1939 XII … The Bombay Revenue Tribunal Act, 1939. Entry No. 11 in the 

Schedule. 

1942 XXVIII … The Bombay Land Improvement Schemes 

Act, 1942. 

(1) Clause (6) of 

section 2; 

  (2) in section 22 the 

words, brackets and 

figures “sub-section 

(2) of section 12”. 



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Year No.  Short title. Extent of repeal. 

1 2  3 4 

1948 LXXI … The Bombay Children Act, 1948           … (i) In sub-section (1) 

of section 56 the 

words “provided his 

wife has attained the 

age of fourteen 

years”; and 

    (ii) in clause (d) of 

sub-section (2) od 

section 109, the word 

“poor”. 

1948 LXXIX  … The Bombay Shops and Establishments 

Act, 1948. 

(i) In clause (b) of 

sub-section (1) of 

section 10, the words 

“dealing in goods”; 

    (ii) in clause (a) in 

sub-section (1) of 

section 11, the words 

“dealing in goods”. 



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THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

AMENDMENTS 

(See section 3.) 

Year No.  Short title. Extent of repeal. 

1 2  3 4 

1879 V … The Bombay by Land Revenue Code, 
1879. 

In section 58,— 

    (i) in sub-section (1) for the 
words “shall give” the 
words “shall, at the time 
when such payment is 
received by him, give”. 

    (ii) in sub-section (2) for the 
words “shall give” the 
words “shall, at the time 
when such sum is received 
by him, give”, and  

    (iii) in sub-section (3) for the 
words “shall give” the 
words “shall, at the time 
when such rent or land 
revenue is received by 
him, give”,  

    shall be substituted. 

1889 I … The Bombay Village Sanitation Act, 
1889. 

In clause (q) of sub-section 
(2) of section 30 (B), for the 
word “of” the word “or” 
shall be substituted. 

1890 IV … The Bombay District Police Act, 1890. (i) In clause (a) and (b) of 
section 3 for the words 
“appointed under this Act” 
the words and figure 
“entertained under section 4” 
shall be substituted ; and 

    (ii) new section 65A inserted 
by sub-section (12) of section 
3 of Bom. LIX of 1947 shall 
be renumbered as 65AA. 

1892 I … The Bombay District Vaccination Act, 
1892. 

In the form in Schedule D for 
the figures “1891” the figures 
“1892” shall be substituted. 

1902 IV  The City of Bombay Police Act, 1992. (i) In clause (b) of section 3, 
for the words “appointed 
under this Act” the words 
and figure “established and 
entertained under section 4” 
shall be substituted; and      

    (ii) in sub-section (1) of 
section 10, after the words 
“authorised in this behalf” 
the words “by the Provincial 
Government” shall be 
inserted. 

     



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Year No.  Short title. Extent of repeal. 

1 2  3 4 

1920 XVII … The Bombay Pleaders Act, 1920.     … In section 11 in sub-section 
(3) for the words “shall give” 
the words “shall, at the time 
when such fee is received by 
him, give “shall be 
substituted. 

1925 VII … The Bombay Co-operative Societies Act, 
1925. 

(i) In section 64, after the 
figures “50” the word “or” 
shall be inserted ; 

    (ii) in sub-section (2) of 
section 71,—  

         (a) in clause (ff), for the 
words “Crop Protection 
Society” the words “Farming 
Society”, and 

        (b) in clause (kk), for the 
words “crop protection 
scheme” the words “farming 
scheme” shall be substituted. 

1925 XI … The Cotton Ginning and Pressing 
Factories Act, 1925 (as amended by 
Bombay Act IV of 1930). 

In sub-section (4) of section 5, 
for the words “the Central 
Government may direct” the 
words “it thinks fit” shall be 
substituted. 

1942 XXVIII … The Bombay Land Improvement 
Schemes Act, 1942. 

In sections 14, 16, 21 and 22 
and in sub-section (4) of 
section 25 for the words “the 
Land Improvement Officer” 
the words “the Divisional Soil 
Conversation Officer” shall  
be substituted.  

1947 XXVII … The Bombay (Emergency Powers) 
Whipping Act, 1947. 

In section 2 for the word 
“sections” the word “section” 
shall be substituted. 

1947 XXXI … The Bombay Money-lenders Act, 1946. (i) In the marginal note to 
section 38, for the figures and 
word “XXVIII of 1939” the 
figures and word “XXVIII of 
1947” and 

    (ii) in sections 38, for the 
figures “1939” the figures 
“1947” shall be substituted. 

1947 LVI … The Bombay Warehouses Act, 1947. In section 27, for the words 
“Every warehouseman an 
shall” the words “Every 
warehouseman shall, at the 
time when goods are received 
by him for deposit in a 
warehouse”, shall be 
substituted. 

     



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Year No.  Short title. Extent of repeal. 

1 2  3 4 

1947 LVII … The Bombay Rents, Hotel and Lodging 
House Rates Control Act, 1947. 

(i)  In section 26, in sub-
section (1) after the words 
“any amount” the words “at 
the time when such amount is 
“shall be inserted ; and 

    (ii) in the margin note to the 

said section 26, for word 

“rent” the words any amount 

received shall be substituted. 

1949 XX … The Karnataka University Act, 1949. (i) In sub-section (2) of 

section 31, for the brackets 

and figure “(vi)” the brackets 

and figures “(vii)” shall be 

substituted ; and 

    (ii) in the Schedule, for the 

brackets and figures “(14)” 

the brackets and figures 

“(15)” shall be substituted.