As many as 64 Acts, some of them dating back to 1876, were repealed by the Maharashtra legislature during the recently concluded monsoon session
Some of the legislations repealed include:
>> The Maharashtra Dog Race-courses Licensing Act, 1976, which regulated dog races.
>> Bombay Racecourses Licensing and Bombay Betting Tax Acts (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1958, which provided for levying tax on money paid in all forms of races including dog races.
>> The Tolls on Roads and Bridges Act, which dated back to 1875. It empowered the officers to levy toll on road traffic. The rate ranged from R1 for four-wheeled carriage on springs, to 12 annas for carts and hackery (two wheel cart or sledge on springs drawn by horse or any other animal).
>> The Bombay Smoke Nuisances Act, introduced in 1912. There was also a Smoke Nuisances Commission to
regulate and take action against illegal alterations in furnaces.
>> The Cattle-Trespass (Bombay Amendment) Act of 1931, which required that owners accept the ownership of the cattle and pay prescribed security.
>> The Indian Lunacy, Bombay District Municipal Act, 1936, which provided for a local authority for recovery of the cost of the maintenance of lunatics.
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