Breaking down the Bare Acts: Explore Indian Laws the smart way

In India, there are hundreds of central and state legislations fragmented across ministries and departments, and navigating the right legislation from this complex system can be a time-consuming task. Whether you are a firm, an enterprise, a startup, or an in-house counsel involved in legal research or contract drafting, you need a legal statute dealing with your subject matter. Due to the presence of a huge database, it becomes a strenuous task to find the ‘correct and updated’ statute for your work. Sometimes it feels like finding a needle in a haystack. But it does have to.

At LawSimpl we have an outstanding feature that aims to simplify this process and provide you with the relevant information which is ‘Bare Act Search’.

With the help of this feature, you can navigate all the legislation in one place. It is a well-organised and structured feature designed to simplify the complex process of legal research for our users.

What does it do?

The ‘Bare Act Search’ option at LawSimpl classifies the statutes based on their Name, Service matters, Ministry, and territorial extent.

The details of the following are as follows:

1. Name: This entry contains the full name of the statute you are looking for. Just by clicking on the link you are being directed to a page that offers a detailed summary of the Act, along with relevant keywords to help you quickly grasp its core provisions. The statute is neatly organised according to a clause-by-clause classification, making it easier to navigate and understand even complex legal texts. Each clause is displayed individually, ensuring clarity and ease of reference. For added convenience, the platform includes a copy-paste feature, allowing you to extract and reuse any section of the text instantly. Additionally, there is an ‘Act File’ option, which lets you download the official PDF version of the Act directly from the site making offline access and documentation even simpler.

2. Service Matter: This option focuses on the ‘domain of the law’. This is one of the most important elements of this feature as it provides details about the subject matter that the Act is dealing with like arbitration, land acquisition, maritime, etc. The user can directly know about the subject matter to which the Act relates to even without opening the full text. These ‘service matter’ tags are not only visually clear but also strategically placed to enhance your search efficiency and contextual understanding. This column acts as a smart filtering mechanism, helping users streamline their legal research by domain and helps them in saving time and reducing overload.

3. Ministry: This element allows the users to explore the statute by identifying which ministry is dealing with it. It is a very crucial element that tells the user ‘who oversees the law’. For example, if you are researching legislation related to Union Territories, you will notice that several of the core Acts like the Union Territories (Laws) Act, 1950 or the Union Territories (Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions) Act, 1969 fall under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Meanwhile, finance-related laws like the Union Territory GST Act, 2017 are administered by the Ministry of Finance. It helps you stay updated on ministry-specific amendments, rules, or notifications.

4. Territorial Extent: This element helps in clarifying the ‘territorial applicability’ of the Act. India is a diverse nation that is divided into ‘States’ and ‘Union Territories’. It is as crucial to know where a law applies as knowing what the law is. This column tells the users whether Ac Act applies to the whole of India, or only to Union Territories, or to any other specific region. It saves the users' time and effort while ensuring that they can filter and focus only on the laws that are jurisdictionally relevant to their research or practice.

LawSimpl’s ‘Bare Act Search’ feature is more than just a searchable database. It is a thoughtfully designed legal research tool that brings structure, clarity, and speed to an otherwise fragmented system. In a digital era where speed and precision are everything, LawSimpl is leading the way in making Indian law accessible, understandable, and actionable by providing one statute at a time.

Explore the ‘Bare Act Search’ now at LawSimpl!

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