Panaji, 28th August, 2020 (Bhadra 6, 1942)
SERIES I No. 22
Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-20
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs Division
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Notification
7/19/2020-LA
The Goa Town and Country Planning
(Amendment) Act, 2020 (Goa Act 17 of 2020),
which has been passed by the Legislative
Assembly of Goa on 27-07-2020 and assented
to by the Governor of Goa on 18-08-2020, is
hereby published for general information of
the public.
Smita R. Chandwani, Joint Secretary
(Law).
Porvorim, 28th August, 2020.
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The Goa Town and Country Planning
(Amendment) Act, 2020
(Goa Act 17 of 2020) [18-8-2020]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Goa, Daman and Diu
Town and Country Planning Act, 1974
(Act 21 of 1975).
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of Goa in the Seventy-first Year of the Republic
of India as follows:—
EXTRAORDINARY
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1. Short title and commencement.— (1)
This Act may be called the Goa Town and
Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as
the Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Amendment of section 2.— In section 2 of
the Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country
Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975) (hereinafter
referred to as the “principal Act”), in clause
(10), the expression “, mining, quarrying”
shall be omitted.
3. Amendment of section 16.— In section 16
of the principal Act, following proviso shall be
inserted, namely:—
“Provided that, nothing in this section
shall apply to the activity undertaken in
pursuance of the permission/licence
granted under the Mines and Minerals
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
(Central Act No. 67 of 1957) and rules made
thereunder.”.
4. Amendment of section 16A.— In section
16A of the principal Act, for sub-section (1) the
following sub-section shall be substituted,
namely:—
“(1) No person shall undertake any work
of development in contravention of any
provision of the regional plan as in force,
except the project/schemes/development