GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Home

Home—General Division

Office of the District Magistrate,

North Goa

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Order

No. 8/8/2020-MAG/L&O/(Vol.I) 533

Under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure of 1973

Whereas, in view of the prevailing situation in

the country and intelligence inputs regarding

possible terror threats along the Western Coast of

India and the possibility of antisocial elements with

an intention of committing crime in Goa/elsewhere

staying in house/flats/building premises on rent, it

is necessary to ensure proper verification of the

antecedents of persons staying in residential

accommodation on rent or in hotels, lodging and

boarding, private guest houses, paying guest

accommodation of religious bodies, etc.

And whereas, it is absolutely necessary to take

speedy measures to prevent danger to the human

life and to thwart and prevent any type of terrorist

activities which may affect the security of the State

and create disturbance of public order and

tranquillity and for this purpose all the owners of

houses, buildings, flats and other residential

accommodation and the owners/management of all

hotels, lodging and boarding, private guest houses,

paying guest accommodation of religious bodies etc.,

are hereby required strictly to verify the antecedents

of all the persons before letting out their premises

on lease, rent or on hire basis to such persons.

Panaji, 10th February, 2020 (Magha 21, 1941)

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Now, therefore, I, R. Menaka, IAS, District

Magistrate, North Goa, in exercise of the powers

conferred upon me by Section 144(1) of the Code

of Criminal Procedure, 1973, do hereby make

this written order that all the owners of the

houses, buildings, flats and other residential

accommodation and the owners/management of

all hotels, lodging and boarding, private guest

houses, paying guest accommodation of religious

bodies, etc. in the whole of North Goa District

should verify the bonafides of the persons through

their proof of identity such as Election card, Driving

License, Aadhar card, Passport, etc. and should fill

in the Tenant/Visitor/Guest Verification Form in

respect of their Tenants/Visitors/Guests before

such persons are allowed to reside/stay in their

premises and furnish the same to the local Police

Station for further verification and record. This

order shall also apply to the owners of such

premises who have so far not furnished the

verification forms in respect of their Tenants/

/Visitors/Guests who are already occupying their

premises.

This order shall come into force w.e.f.

11-02-2020 and shall be effective for a period of 60

days that is upto 10-04-2020 (both days inclusive)

unless withdrawn earlier.

As the notice cannot be served individually on

all the concerned, the order is hereby passed

ex-parte.

Any person contravening this order shall be

punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal

Code.

Given under my hand and seal on this 10th day

of February, 2020.

R. Menaka, IAS,

District Magistrate,

North Goa.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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(EXTRAORDINARY)

10TH FEBRUARY, 2020

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Order

No. 8/8/2020-MAG/L&O/(Vol.I) 534

Under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure of 1973

Whereas, in view of the prevailing situation in

the country and intelligence inputs regarding

possible terror threats along the Western Coast of

India, it is necessary to impose certain restrictions

on the commercial places/shops which are popularly

known as Cyber Cafes as large number of people

visit such places for use of internet facilities,

including e-mails and social networking;

And whereas, it has come to the notice that

certain anti-social elements/terrorists are likely to

use these facilities at the Cyber Cafes to mislead

the security and investigating agencies, create

panic in the public, endanger the safety and

security of VVIPs and other vital installations/

/infrastructure and help in the terrorist activities,

thereby directly affecting the security of the State;

And whereas, in view of this it is necessary to

take exigency measures in this regard so as to

prevent any danger to human life or safety, to

thwart/prevent any terrorist activities, which may

affect the overall security of the State and may

create disturbance of larger public order and

tranquillity.

Now, therefore, I, R. Menaka, IAS, District

Magistrate, North Goa, in exercise of the powers

conferred upon me by Section 144 of the Code of

Criminal Procedure, 1973, do hereby make this

written order for strict compliance of the following

directions by the owners or operators of all the

Cyber Cafes in the entire North Goa District:-

The owner or operator of the Cyber Cafe shall—

(a) prohibit the use of Cyber Cafe by any unknown

person whose identity has not been

established by the owner of the cafe before

allowing him to use the Cyber Cafe.

(b) he/she shall maintain a register for identity of

each of the visitor/user in the Cyber Cafe.

handwriting of the visitor/user mentioning

time, name, residential address, telephone

number and identity proof. The visitor/user

shall also sign the register kept for this

purpose.

(d) the identity of the visitor/user shall be

established only through any of the

Government Identity cards like Voter card,

Driving Licence, Smart card, Passport, Aadhar

card etc.

(e) activity server log should be preserved in the

main server and its record should be preserved

for atleast six months.

(f) if any activity of the visitor appears to be

suspicious nature, the owner of Cyber Cafe

shall immediately inform the nearest Police

Station and the Police Control Room (P.C.R.) or

No. 100.

(g) the records shall be maintained about each of

the specific computer used by each visitor/

/user.

(h) CCTV camera shall be installed by the owner

at the entry point of each Cyber Cafe to cover

every person entering the Cyber Cafe.

This order shall come into force w.e.f.

11-02-2020 and shall be effective for a period of 60

days that is upto 10-04-2020 (both days inclusive)

unless withdrawn earlier.

As the notice cannot be served individually on

all concerned, the order is hereby passed ex-parte.

It shall be published for information of public

through press and also by affixing copies on the

Notice Boards of all Sub-Divisional Magistrates,

Mamlatdars and Executive Magistrates and all

Police Stations in North Goa District.

Any person contravening this order shall be

punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal

Code.

Given under my hand and seal on this 10th day

of February, 2020.

R. Menaka, IAS,

District Magistrate,

North Goa.

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