Over 200 Obsolete Laws To Be Repealed In Odisha Budget Session

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha cabinet has approved the suggestions to repeal as many as 206 old and obsolete acts that were passed between 1976 and 2016.

According to Principal Secretary of Law department, Shashikant Mishra, 33 departments in the state were asked to make a list of obsolete laws that can be repealed.

“From the initial list of 699 laws, we have decided to repeal 206 laws in the first phase. After the State Law Commission recommended for their repeal, the Cabinet approved it. The laws would be repealed through Odisha Repealing Bill 2021 to be moved in the Budget session of the Assembly,” Mishra was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.

The 206 acts and laws that Odisha Repealing Bill 2021 in is favour of doing away are the Odisha Motor Spirit (Taxationon sales) Amendment Act, 1974, Odisha Entertainment Tax (Amendment)Act, 1975, Odisha Electricity Duty (Amendment) Act, 2010, Orissa Police Amendment Act, 1976 — which regulates black-marketing in cinema halls — and Orissa Police Amendment Act, 1975 — which made it liable for people of an area to pay penalty if they failed to provide timely help in case of destruction of property — have also turned redundant. Similarly, Orissa Prevention of Gambling Act, 1955, will also be repealed, according to the national daily.

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