New Delhi, March 27 -- The Centre on Friday tabled the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha after a House Select Committee reviewed an earlier version of the bill introduced last August.

The revised bill called for changes to provisions in about 80 laws, including the Indian Ports Act and Merchant Shipping Act, both introduced in 2025, the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, the Delhi Police Act, 1978, and the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, among others.

"Through this bill, apart from decriminalizing several offences across various enactments, 20 additional provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and 47 provisions of the New Delhi Municipal Council Act, 1994, are proposed to be amended to facilitate ease ...