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EXTRAORDINARY
No. 3
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs Division
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Notification
7/18/2020-LA
The Contract Labour (Regulation and
Abolition) (Goa Amendment) Act, 2020 (Goa
Act 18 of 2020), which has been passed by
the Legislative Assembly of Goa on
27-07-2020 and assented to by the President
of India on 14-09-2020, is hereby published
for the general information of the public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary
(Law).
Porvorim, 29th September, 2020.
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The Contract Labour (Regulation and
Abolition) (Goa Amendment) Act, 2020
(Goa Act 18 of 2020) [14-09-2020]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Contract Labour
(Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
(Central Act No. 37 of 1970), as in force in
the State of Goa.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of Goa in the Seventy-first Year of the
Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This
Act may be called the Contract Labour
(Regulation and Abolition) (Goa Amendment)
Act, 2020.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into
force on the 26th day of June, 2020.
2. Amendment of section 1.— In section 1
of the Contract Labour (Regulation and
Abolition) Act, 1970 (Central Act 37 of 1970),
as in force in the State of Goa (hereinafter
referred to as the “principal Act”), in sub-
-section (4), for the word “twenty”, wherever
it occurs, the word “fifty” shall be
substituted.
3. Insertion of new section 25A.— After
section 25 of the principal Act, the following
section shall be inserted, namely:—
“25A. Compounding of offences.— (1)
Any offence punishable under sub-sections
(1) and (2) of section 22 and section 24
may, either before or after the institution of
the prosecution, on an application by the
alleged offender, be compounded by such
officer or authority as the State Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette,