The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today gave its approval to introduce the Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015 in Parliament so as to repeal 758 Appropriation Acts [including Appropriation (Railways) Acts and 111 State Appropriation Acts enacted by Parliament since 1950 to 1976]. This is in keeping with the Prime Minister's commitment to bring reform in the country's legal system, so as to make it more accessible to the common man. This is also in consonance with the recommendations of the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha to have a repeal clause in the Appropriation Acts. However, such clause shall be provided when the enactment of the Appropriation Act, 2016 is undertaken where under the Appropriation Acts of 2013 shall be repealed.
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