<span style="color: #222222;">The Centre has issued a gazette notification for the adaptation of 37 Central laws in the Concurrent List for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. <br />''<br />''The gazette notification, issued yesterday by the Home Ministry's Department of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh Affairs will come into force with immediate effect. <br />''<br />''It contains 37 Central laws including the representation of people act, the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, the Protection of Human Rights Act, the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code among others.<br />''Last month, the Union Cabinet had approved the issuance of an order for adaptation of Central Acts in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir under Section 96 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 by the Central Government.</span><br />