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SERIES I No. 25

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-2020

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

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EXTRAORDINARY

No. 2

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

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Notification

2/10/2012-Fin(R&C)/Part-II/518

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 22 of the Goa Excise Duty Act, 1964

(Act 5 of 1964), the Government of Goa hereby

makes the following rules so as to further

amend the Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty

Rules, 1964, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Excise

Duty (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 90.— In rule 90 of

the Goa, Daman and Diu Excise Duty Rules,

1964, in sub-rule (4),—

(i) for clause (a), the following clause

shall be substituted, namely:—

“(a) No licence shall be granted to an

applicant if the premises in which he

proposes to open a liquor shop is situated

within shortest accessible distance of

one

hundreds

meters

from

an

educational institution or a place of

worship.”;

(ii) clause (c) shall be omitted;

(iii) for clause (h), the following clause

shall be substituted, namely:—

“(h) No licence shall be granted to the

applicant who is having any criminal

record or criminal case registered

against him under any law for the time

being in force. In case any licensee is

convicted for any criminal case against

him under any law for the time being in

force after grant of licence, then such

licensee shall forthwith intimate the

Commissioner about such conviction and

get the licence transferred in the name

of some other person within a period of

three months from the date of his

conviction, failing which, his licence

shall be cancelled.”;

(iv) in the third proviso, the expression

“irrespective of place where it is situated,”

shall be omitted;

(v) after clause (h), the following clause

shall be inserted, namely:—

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“(i) No licence for wholesale and

retail sale shall be granted in the same

premises.”.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance

(R&C).

Porvorim, 17th September, 2020.

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Notification

38/1/2017-Fin(R&C)(167)/519

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 164 of the Goa Goods and Services Tax

Act, 2017 (Goa Act 4 of 2017), the Government

of Goa, on the recommendations of the Council,

hereby makes the following rules further to

amend the Goa Goods and Services Tax Rules,

2017, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Goods and

Services Tax (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) Save as otherwise provided, they shall

be deemed to have come into force from 20th

day of August, 2020.

2. In the Goa Goods and Services Tax Rules,

2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules),

in rule 8, for sub-rule (4A), the following sub-

rule shall be substituted with effect from 1st

April, 2020, namely:—

“(4A) Where an applicant, other than a

person notified under sub-section (6D) of

section 25, opts for authentication of

Aadhaar number, he shall, while submitting

the application under sub-rule (4), with

effect from 21st August, 2020, undergo

authentication of Aadhaar number and the

date of submission of the application in such

cases shall be the date of authentication of

the Aadhaar number, or fifteen days from

the submission of the application in Part B

of FORM GST REG-01 under sub-rule (4),

whichever is earlier.”.

3. In the said rules, in rule 9, with effect from

21st August, 2020,—

(i) in sub-rule (1), for the proviso, the

following provisos shall be substituted,

namely:—

“Provided that where a person, other

than a person notified under sub-section

(6D) of section 25, fails to undergo

authentication of Aadhaar number as

specified in sub-rule (4A) of rule 8 or does

not opt for authentication of Aadhaar

number, the registration shall be granted

only after physical verification of the place

of business in the presence of the said

person, in the manner provided under

rule 25:

Provided further that the proper officer

may, for reasons to be recorded in writing

and with the approval of an officer not

below the rank of Joint Commissioner, in

lieu of the physical verification of the place

of business, carry out the verification of

such documents as he may deem fit.”;

(ii) in sub-rule (2), before the Explanation,

the following proviso shall be inserted,

namely:—

“Provided that where a person, other

than a person notified under sub-section

(6D) of section 25, fails to undergo

authentication of Aadhaar number as

specified in sub-rule (4A) of rule 8 or does

not opt for authentication of Aadhaar

number, the notice in FORM GST

REG-03 may be issued not later than

twenty one days from the date of

submission of the application.”;

(iii) in sub-rule (4), for the word, “shall”,

the word “may” shall be substituted;

(iv) for sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule

shall be substituted, namely:—

“(5) If the proper officer fails to take any

action,—

(a) within a period of three working

days from the date of submission of the

application in cases where a person

successfully undergoes authentication

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of Aadhaar number or is notified under

sub-section (6D) of section 25; or

(b) within the time period prescribed

under the proviso to sub-rule (2), in cases

where a person, other than a person

notified under sub-section (6D) of section

25, fails to undergo authentication of

Aadhaar number as specified in sub-rule

(4A) of rule 8; or

(c) within a period of twenty one days

from the date of submission of the

application in cases where a person does

not opt for authentication of Aadhaar

number; or

(d) within a period of seven working

days from the date of the receipt of the

clarification, information or documents

furnished by the applicant under

sub-rule (2),

the application for grant of registration shall

be deemed to have been approved.”.

4. In the said rules, in rule 25, with effect

from 21st August, 2020, after the words “failure

of Aadhaar authentication”, the words “or due

to not opting for Aadhaar authentication” shall

be inserted.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance

(R&C).

Porvorim, 16th September, 2020.

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Notification

38/1/2017-Fin (R&C)(168)/520

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

section (2) of section 1 of the Goa Goods and

Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Goa Act

1 of 2020), the Government of Goa hereby

appoints the 1st day of September, 2020, as the

date on which the provisions of section 10 of

the Goa Goods and Services Tax (Amendment)

Act, 2020 (1 of 2020), shall be deemed to have

come into force.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance

(R&C).

Porvorim, 16th September, 2020.

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