Union Govt orders ‘Adaptation of Central Laws’ in Jammu and Kashmir

Centre has ordered implementation of 37 Central Laws (envisd in Concurrent List) in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. An order in this regard was issued by Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Lakh Affairs) and has been tified in Gazette of India along with a schedule mentioning all 37 central Acts.

This Order will be called Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (aptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020. provisions will come into force with immediate effect in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which came into being on October 31, 2019, after Centre, on August 5, 2019, anunced abrogation of Article 370 provisions for erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. 

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37 Central Laws

Central laws applied to J&K with modification are; 1. vocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961); 2. All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951); 3. Ancient Monuments And Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958); 4. Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (26 of 1996); 5. Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948); 6. Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017); 7. Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952); 8. Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908); 9. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); 10. Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 (07 of 2009); 11. Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952 (60 of 1952); 12. Court-Fees Act, 1870(7 of 1870); 13. Dentists Act, 1948 (16 of 1948); 14. Family Courts Act, 1984 (66 of 1984) 15. Government Securities Act, 2006 (38 of 2006); 16. High Court Judges (Salaries And Conditions of Services) Act, 1954 (28 of 1954); 17. Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 (59 of 1973); 18. Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (104 of 1956); 19. Income-Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961); 20. Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927); 21. Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970 (48 of 1970); 22. Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860); 23. Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (31 of 2016); 24. Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963); 25. National Co-Operative Development Corporation Act, 1962 (26 of 1962); 26. Official Langus Act, 1963 (19 of 1963); 27. Press and Registration Of Books Act, 1867 (25 of 1867); 28. Press Council Act, 1978 (37 of 1978); 29. Prevention Of Corruption Act, 1988  (49 of 1988); 30. Protection Of Human Rights Act, 1993 (10 of 1994); 31. Public Debt Act, 1944 (18 of 1944); 32. Railway Property (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1966 (29 of 1966); 33. Real Estate (Regulation And Development) Act, 2016 (16 of 2016); 34. Representation Of People Act, 1950  (43 of 1950) 35. Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (30 of 2013); 36. Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (54 of 2002) and 37. Textiles Committee Act, 1963 (41 of 1963).

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