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SERIES I No. 45
Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs
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Notification
7/2/2021-LA
The Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Act,
2021 (Goa Act 1 of 2021), which has been
passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa
on 28-01-2021 and assented to by the
Governor of Goa on 04-02-2021, is hereby
published for the general information of the
public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary
(Law).
Porvorim, 4th February, 2021.
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The Goa Municipalities (Amendment)
Act, 2021
(Goa Act 1 of 2021) [04-02-2021]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Goa Municipalities Act,
1968 (Act 7 of 1969).
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of Goa in the Seventy-second Year of the
Republic of India as follows:—
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]
EXTRAORDINARY
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This
Act may be called the Goa Municipalities
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 2.— In section 2
of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Act 7 of
1969) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal
Act”), clause (55a) shall be re-numbered as
clause (55b) and before clause (55b) as re-
numbered, the following clause shall be
inserted, namely:-
“(55a) “Voters” means all the voters
whose names are entered in the list of
voters prepared and maintained under
section 11.”
3. Amendment of section 9.— In section 9
of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), in
clause (a),-
(i) in item (i),-
(a) for the figures “15” and “3000”,
the figures “20” and “2,500” shall be
respectively substituted;
(b) for the word “population”, the
words “voters in the municipal area”
shall be substituted;
(ii) in item (ii),-
(a) for the figures “10” and “3,000”,
the figures “12” and “2,500” shall be
respectively substituted;