Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 received the assent of the President

The Tribunals Reforms Act 2021 of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 13th August, 2021.

An Act further to amend the Cinematograph Act, 1952, the Customs Act, 1962, the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 and certain other Acts.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as follows: —

CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021.
   (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th April, 2021

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
   
   (a) “Chairperson” includes Chairperson, Chairman, President and Presiding Officer of a Tribunal;
   
   (b) “Member” includes Vice-Chairman, Vice-Chairperson, Vice-President, Account Member, Administrative Member, Judicial Member, Expert Member, Law Member, Revenue Member and Technical Member of a Tribunal;
   
   (c) “notified date” means the 4th April, 2021;
   
   (d) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act;
   
   (e) “Tribunal” means a Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal or Authority as specified in column (2) of the First Schedule.

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