Law panel recommends repeal of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1942
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, October 14 2014:
Amid the long standing demand of the people of Manipur for revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
1958, the Law Commission on Tuesday recommended for repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1942 along with 87 other laws and ordinances promulgated during World War II .
According to an IANS report, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received the second report recommending outright repeal of 88 obsolete laws and permanent ordinances and partial repeal of another 25 laws that had either outlived their utility or came in the way of current laws.
Of the 88 laws recommended for complete repeal, 77 are laws and 11 are permanent ordinances promulgated during World War II.
These war time ordinances were later adapted as laws by the Presidential Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950 .
In its first interim report "Obsolete Laws: Warranting Immediate Repeal", submitted to Prasad last month, the Law Commission had recommended 72 laws be scrapped.
The second report titled "The Legal Enactments: Simplification and Streamlining", cites 261 laws which have been prima facie identified for repeal.
Twenty five laws that have been recommended for partial repeal concern the state reorganisation laws "which cannot be repealed in their entirety, but may be suitable for partial repeal" .
The ordinances recommended for repeal includes War Injuries Ordinance, 1941, Collective Fines Ordinance, 1942, Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1942, War Gratuities (Income Tax Exemption) Ordinance, 1945, Military Nursing Service Ordinance, 1943 and Secunderabad Marriage Validating Ordinance, 1945 .
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1942, which gave extensive powers to security forces, was extended to the States of Manipur, Tripura and Vindhya Pradesh on April 16, 1950 .