The Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1955.

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THE BOMBAY REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT, 1955 

[Text as on 21st November 2023] 

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CONTENTS 

PREAMBLE. 

SECTIONS. 

 1.  Short title. 

 2.  Repeal of certain enactments.  

 3. Amendments of certain enactments. 

THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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BOMBAY ACT NO. II OF 19551 

[THE BOMABY REPEALING AND AMENDING ACT. 1955.] 

[This Act received the assent of the Governor on the 15th March 1955; assent was first published  

in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extraordinary No. 02, Part IV, on the 16th March 1955.] 

An Act to repeal certain enactment and to amend certain other enactments. 

WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal certain enactment and to amend certain other enactments for 

the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as 

follows :— 

1.  Short title.— This Act may be called the Bombay Repealing and Amending Act, 1955. 

2.  Repeal of certain enactment.— The enactment specified in the First Schedule is hereby 

repealed to the extent mentioned in the fourth column thereof. 

3.  Amendment of certain enactments.— The enactments specified in the Second Schedules 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. C. Bill No. I of 1955, see Bombay Government Gazette, 1955, 

Extraordinary No. 11, Part V, dated 15th January 1955, pages 31-33. 



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THE FIRST SCHEDULE 

REPEAL 

(See Section 2.) 

Year. 

1 

No. 

2 

Short title. 

3 

Extent of repeal. 

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1912 VI The Bombay Medical Act, 1912 Section 9A. 

 

THE SECOND SCHEDULE 

AMENDMENTS 

(See Section 3.) 

Year. 

1 

No. 

2 

Short title. 

3 

Extent of Amendment. 

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1901 III The Bombay District Municipal Act. 

1901. 

In section 48, in sub-section 

(1), in clause (j) for the 

words “use or 

consumption” the words 

“consumption, use or sale” 

shall be substituted. 

1908 XVI  The Indian Registration act, 1908, 

in its application to the State of 

Bombay. 

In section 69, clause (gg) of 

sub-section (1) as inserted 

by the Indian Registration 

(Bombay Amendment) 

Act, 1930 (Bom. XVII of 

1930), shall be re-lettered 

as clause (ggg). 

1912 VI The Bombay Medical Act, 1912. (1) In section 2, - 

(i) in sub-section (3), after 

the words “The President” the 

words “and Vice-President” 

shall be inserted. 

(ii) in sub-section (4) for 

the words “the president and 

members” the words “the 

President and Vice-President 

and other members” shall be 

substituted. 

(2) In section 3, in sub-

section (1) for the words “The 

President and members” the 

words “The President, Vice-

President and other members” 

shall be substituted. 

(3) In section 4, after the 

words “in the absence of the 

President” the words “the 

Vice-President and in the 

absence of both” shall be 

inserted. 

 



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1925 XVIII The Bombay Municipal Boroughs 

Act, 1925. 

In section 61, in clause (n) of 

sub-section (1) for the words 

“use or consumption” the 

words “consumption, use or 

sale” shall be substituted. 

1938 XXVI The Bombay Medical Practitioners’ 

Act, 1938. 

 

In section 18A, to sub-

section (1), the following 

proviso shall be added and 

shall be deemed always to 

have been added, namely :— 

“Provided that the 

renewal fee due on 31st day of 

December 1954 may be paid 

not later than the 31st day of 

March 1955.” 

1939 XXII The Bombay Agricultural Produce 

Markets Act, 1939. 

 

After section 21A, the 

following new section shall 

be inserted, namely :— 

“21B.  Chairman, Vice-

Chairman, members, 

secretary and servants of 

market committee to be 

public servants.— The 

Chairman, the Vice- 

Chairman, the members, the 

secretary and other officer’s 

and servants of a Market 

Committee shall be deemed 

to be public servants within 

the meaning of section 21 of 

the Indian Penal Code (XLV 

of 1860).” 

1947  LXI The Bombay Primary Education 

Act, 1947. 

 

(1) In section 2, after clause 

(10), the following clause 

shall be inserted, 

namely:— 

“(10A) ‘Educational Inspector 

of the district’ means the 

Educational Inspector 

appointed for a district or 

group of districts;” 

(2) In sections 23, 24 and 34 

for the words “Educational 

Inspector of the division” 

the words “Educational 

Inspector of the district” 

shall be substituted. 

(3) In section 49, in sub-

section (2) after the words 

“Educational Inspector” 

the words “of the district” 

shall be inserted. 



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1951.  XLVIII The Bombay Homoeopathic Act, 

1951. 

 

In section 19, to sub-section 

(2), the following proviso 

shall be added, namely :— 

“Provided that in 

respect of persons eligible 

for registration under sub-

clause (b) of clause (i) of 

sub-section (3) of section 

18, such applications for 

registration may be made 

to the Registration 

Tribunal before the expiry 

of two months from the 

date of the coming into 

force of the Bombay 

Repealing and Amending 

Act, 1955 (Bom. II of 

1955).” 

1953 XLIII The Bombay Merged Territories 

(Ankadia Tenure Abolition) Act, 

1953, 

(1) In the preamble, in sub-

section (2) of section 1, 

and sub-clause (ii) of 

clause (b) of sub-section 

(1) of section 2 after the 

word “Malpur,” the word 

“Ambaliara,” and after the 

words “Deogadh Baria” 

the words “and of the 

former estate of Ramas”, 

and  

(2) in the Second Schedule, in 

the heading after the word 

“Malpur,” the word 

“Ambaliara,” and after the 

word “States” the words 

“and of the former estate 

of Ramas”,  

shall be inserted and shall be 

deemed always to have 

been inserted. 

1954 XIV The Bombay Nurses, Midwives and 

Health Visitors Act, 1954. 

(1) In section 2, to clause (g), 

the words “and an 

auxiliary nurse and 

midwife” shall be added. 

(2) In section 29, in clause (c) 

of sub-section (2) after the 

words “and examinations” 

the brackets and words 

“(including those for 

auxiliary nurses and 

midwives)” shall be 

inserted. 

 



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1954 XLI The Bombay Village Industries Act, 

1954. 

For section 32, the following 

shall be substituted, 

namely :—  

“32. Saving.— For the 

avoidance of doubt, it is 

hereby declared that 

nothing in this Act shall 

apply to or be deemed to 

apply to any industry, the 

control of which by the 

Union is declared by 

Parliament by law to be 

expedient in the public 

interest.”