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Panaji, 18th June, 2019 (Jyaistha 28, 1941)
SERIES I No. 11
Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-20
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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EXTRAORDINARY
No. 2
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Finance
Revenue & Expenditure Division
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Notification
17-16-2002-Fin/(R&C)/2950
In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 12 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act,
1998 (Central Act 17 of 1998), and all other
powers enabling it in this behalf, the
Government of Goa hereby makes the
following rules so as to further amend the
Goa Computerised Network Lottery Rules,
2003, namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1)
These rules may be called the Goa
Computerised Network Lottery (Second
Amendment) Rules, 2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date
of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amendment of rule 2.— In rule 2 of the
Goa Computerised Network Lottery Rules,
2003 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal
Rules”),—
(i) for clause (e), the following clause
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(e) “Director” means the Director of
the Directorate of Small Savings and
Lotteries, Government of Goa;”;
(ii) for clause (f), the following clause
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(f)“draw” means a method by which
the prize winning numbers are drawn
for each lottery or lottery scheme by
operating the draw machine or any other
mechanical method based on random
technology, or computer based draw
machine connected to Random Number
Generator Device, which is also visibly
transparent to the viewers;”.
3. Amendment of rule 4.— In rule 4 of the
principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) The draws of the Computerized
network lottery shall be conducted in
the presence of a draw committee,
constituted by the Government which
shall consist of not less than three
members. One of the member so
appointed shall be Chairperson of the
draw committee and two members shall
constitute the quorum.”;
(ii) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-
-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
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“(2) In absence of the Chairperson,
any member of the draw committee
present for the draw, shall act in his
place as Chairperson and conduct the
draw.”;
(iii) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-
-rule shall be inserted, namely:—
“(3) The Chairperson and members of
the draw committee shall be paid such
honorarium
as
decided
by
the
Government.”.
4. Amendment of rule 10.— In rule 10 of
the principal Rules, for sub-rule (4), the
following sub-rule shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(4) The marketing agent shall submit
the draw wise report of the sale proceeds
of online lottery, within 24 hours of the
respective draw, and remit the assured
guaranteed revenue and other related
revenue, to the Government as per the
terms and conditions of the agreement
executed by the Government with the
marketing agent.”.
5. Amendment of rule 15.— In rule 15 of
the principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) Subject to sub-rule (5) of rule 17,
every person possessing a genuine prize
winning ticket shall claim his prize
amount within forty-five days from the
date of draw. If there is a failure to claim
the prize amount in respect of any draw
within such specified period, the prize
amount shall lapse and stand forfeited
to the Government. If the forty-fifth (45)
day is a holiday the claim shall be
accepted during office hours of the next
working day.”;
(ii) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-
-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2)
Notwithstanding
anything
contained in sub-rule (1), the Director
may entertain claims for the prize amount
made beyond the period specified in
sub-rule (1), but within a period of ninety
days from the date of draw where he is
satisfied that such delay has been caused
for reason beyond the control of the
claimant.”.
6. Amendment of rule 17.— In rule 17 of
the principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-
-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) The payment against the prize
winning ticket shall be made by the
Director. The Director may authorize the
marketing
agent
to
make
the
arrangement for payment of lower
denomination prizes of an amount upto
rupees ten thousand directly to the
claimant or as decided by the
Government from time to time.”;
(ii) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-
-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) The person possessing the
genuine prize winning lottery ticket shall
claim the prize winning amount by
submitting the claim in Form-I hereto
alongwith the original prize winning
ticket, blank cheque, Affidavit and self
attested copies of two passport size
photographs, active PAN Card and such
other documents as desired by the
Director, within the time limit stipulated
in rule 15.”;
(iii) for sub-rule (3), the following sub-
rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(3) No claim shall be entertained for
the payment of prize amount unless the
provisions of sub-rule (2) are complied
with by the claimant.”.
7. Amendment of rule 19.— In rule 19 of
the principal Rules, for sub-rule (1), the
following sub-rule shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(1) The marketing agent shall prepare
the draw wise consolidated statement of
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the details of sale of online lottery tickets
in such form and within such time as may
be specified by the Director.”.
8. Amendment of rule 20.— For rule 20 of
the principal Rules, the following rule shall
be substituted, namely:—
“20. Procedure for payment of sale
proceeds.— The Distributor/Sole Selling
Agent/Marketing Agent shall be liable to
pay to the Government the minimum
guaranteed revenue or minimum assured
revenue and any other related revenue/
/expenditure as envisaged in the
Agreement executed by the Government
with such person.”.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Sushama D. Kamat, Under Secretary,
Finance (R&C).
Porvorim, 18th June, 2019.
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Notification
17-3-2003-Fin/(R&C)2951
In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 12 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act,
1998 (Central Act 17 of 1998), and all other
powers enabling it in this behalf, the
Government of Goa hereby makes the
following rules so as to further amend the
Goa Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2003,
namely:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1)
These rules may be called the Goa Lotteries
(Regulation) (Second Amendment) Rules,
2019.
(2) They shall come into force on the date
of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Amendment of rule 2.— In rule 2 of the
Goa Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2003
(hereinafter referred to as the “principal
Rules”),—
(i) for clause (e), the following clause
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(e) “Director” means the Director of
the Directorate of Small Savings and
Lotteries, Government of Goa;”;
(ii) for clause (f), the following clause
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(f) “draw” means a method by which
the prize winning numbers are drawn
for each lottery or lottery scheme by
operating the draw machine or any other
mechanical method based on random
technology or computer based draw
machine connected to Random Number
Generator Device which is also visibly
transparent to the viewers;”;
(iii) for clause (1), the following clause
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) “printer” means the Government
Printing Press or a private security press
empanelled with Reserve Bank of India
or Indian Banks’ Association, Mumbai
with whom an agreement has been
executed by the Government for printing
of tickets;”;
(iv) for clause (n), the following clause
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(n) “sale proceeds” means the total
amount realized on the actual sale of the
tickets at a face value at which the
tickets for a particular draw of lottery
are sold by the Agent;”.
3. Amendment of rule 8.— For sub-rule (2)
of rule 8 of the principal Rules, the following
sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) The payment towards cost of paper/
printing/packing/transportation of tickets
and such other expenditure shall be made
by the agent to the Director by way of
Demand Draft, on presentation of the bills
in this regard, by the printer to the
Director.”.
4. Amendment of rule 9.— In rule 9 of the
principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) The tickets in the form of booklet
or in any other form as may be decided
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by the Director shall be delivered by the
printer to the agent at the agreed
destination as specified by the Director.”;
(ii) sub-rule (2) shall be omitted;
(iii) for sub-rule (3), the following sub-
-rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(3) The agent shall be responsible for
entire stock of tickets supplied for each
draw. The agent shall provide, before the
draw, the details of unsold tickets.”.
5. Amendment of rule 10.— In rule 10 of
the principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) The draw committee consisting
of not less than three members to
conduct the paper lottery draws shall
be constituted by the Government. One
of the member so appointed shall be
Chairperson of the draw committee. Two
members shall constitute the quorum.”;
(ii) for sub-rule (5), the following sub-
rule shall be substituted, namely:—
“(5) Every member of the draw
committee
shall
be
paid
such
honorarium, for attending the draw, as
may be decided by the Government.”.
6. Amendment of rule 14.— In rule 14 of
the principal Rules, for sub-rule (1), the
following sub-rule shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(1) The payment of prizes to the winners
shall be made by the Director after
deducting income tax and such other
charges, as specified in the Agreement and
as notified in the tickets at source. The
Government may also authorize the agent
to make necessary arrangements for
payment of such lower denomination prizes
within such time as specified in the
Agreement (after deducting income tax as
may be required under the law for the time
being in force) to the winner on behalf of
the Government. The agent shall settle such
claims within the time schedule and submit
the details of the same to the Director within
10 days after the scheduled claim date for
claiming the prize amount by the eligible
claimant. The payment procedure shall be
subject to verification by an authorized
officer of the Government and audit. The
prize paid tickets shall be submitted by the
agent to the Director or may be held by
him in safe custody on behalf of the
Director.”.
7. Substitution of rule 17.— For rule 17 of
the principal Rules, the following rule shall
be substituted, namely:—
“17. Depositing the sale proceeds of
tickets.— The agent shall submit the sale
proceeds of each draw as specified in the
Agreement, ensuring guaranteed revenue
in relation to the sale of tickets and any
other related reimbursement of the
expenditure
as
envisaged
in
the
Agreement.”.
8. Amendment of rule 19.— In rule 19 of
the principal Rules,—
(i) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule
shall be substituted, namely:—
“(2) Incase there is a loss of printed
tickets in transit by the printer/agent due
to fire, theft, riot, pilferage or any other
valid reason, the same shall be notified
in the newspaper and complaint shall
be registered with the police station of
the concerned State where the loss has
occurred. The Government may at its
discretion authorize reprinting of the
tickets and the cost of the printing
thereof shall be borne by the printer/
agent, as the case may be, as decided
and agreed upon in the Agreement.”;
(ii) after sub-rule (2), the following sub-
rules shall be inserted, namely:—
“(3) Incase of loss of the prize winning
ticket, after it is received by the Director
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from the claimant, during transit to the
concerned printer for verification
purpose, due to theft, fire, riot, pilferage
etc., the Government may at its
discretion issue necessary notice in the
local newspaper and lodge a complaint
with the police station of the locality
where such incident has occurred. The
claim of the claimant however shall be
settled on the basis of the photo copy of
the prize winning ticket subject to non-
-receipt of any fresh claim on the same
prize winning ticket from any other
claimant and on receipt of the police
report received in this regard, if any.
(4) Incase of loss of the prize winning
ticket in transit from the printer to the
Director after its verification, necessary
notice shall be issued in the newspaper
and a complaint shall be registered with
the police station of the locality where
such incident has occurred. The
payment of prize winning lottery ticket
shall be released to the claimant based
on the authority letter from the
concerned
printer
certifying
the
genuineness of the such ticket.”.
9. Substitution of rule 20.— For rule 20 of
the principal Rules, the following rule shall
be substituted, namely:—
“20. Weeding out of old records.— (1)
Claims of prize winning tickets shall be
weeded out after a period of one year from
the date of draw or after its due audit by
the Accountant General of Goa, Audit
Bhavan, Porvorim, Goa, whichever is later.
(2) The unsold tickets shall be weeded
out after 4 months from the date of its draw,
under due intimation to the Accountant
General, Audit Bhavan, Porvorim, one
month before such weeding.”.
10. Amendment of rule 21.— In rule 21 of
the principal Rules, for sub-rule (2), the
following sub-rule shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(2) In case the agent desires to stop
the marketing of tickets at his own will, he
shall serve to the Government necessary
notice in writing as envisaged in the
Agreement.”.
By order and in the name of the Governor
of Goa.
Sushama D. Kamat, Under Secretary,
Finance (R&C).
Porvorim, 18th June, 2019.
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