37 central laws extended to J&K

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New Delhi (NVI):  Eight months after abolition of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union government has issued a notification extending to the Union Territory 37 central laws, including Goods and Services (GST) Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, Representation of People Act and Census Act.

The order, notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh in the Gazette of India, will come into force with immediate effect.

Issued after the nod of Union Cabinet, the order  will allow these central laws in the Concurrent List to be implemented in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

This Order will be called the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020.

The provisions will come into force with immediate effect in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which came into being on October 31, 2019, after the Centre, on August 5, 2019, announced the abrogation of Article 370 provisions for erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State. The state was bifurcated into two Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.

The adaptation of the central laws in the Concurrent List, with required modifications and amendments, will ensure administrative effectiveness and smooth transition with respect to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir thereby removing any ambiguity in their application in line with the Constitution of India.

The Central laws applied to J&K with modification are;

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

 

These central laws could not be implemented in J&K earlier because of Article 370.

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