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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs Division
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Notification
7/22/2021-LA
The Goa Waste Management (Amendment)
Act, 2021 (Goa Act 31 of 2021), which has
been passed by the Legislative Assembly of
Goa on 29-07-2021 and assented to by the
Governor of Goa on 16-09-2021, is hereby
published for general information of the
public.
D. S. Raut Desai, Joint Secretary (Law).
Porvorim, 8th October, 2021.
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The Goa Waste Management
(Amendment) Act, 2021
(Goa Act 31 of 2021) [16-09-2021]
AN
ACT
to amend the Goa Waste Management
Corporation Act, 2016.
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]
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No. 2
Panaji, 8th October, 2021 (Asvina 16, 1943)
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of Goa in the Seventy-second Year of the
Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title, extent and commencement.—
(1) This Act may be called the Goa Waste
Management (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 1.— In section 1
of the Goa Waste Management Corporation
Act, 2016 (Goa Act 19 of 2016), (hereinafter
referred to as the “principal Act”), for the
expression ““The Goa Waste Management
Corporation Act, 2016””, the expression “the
Goa Waste Management Act, 2016” shall be
substituted.
3. Amendment of section 2.— In section 2
of the principal Act, for clause (e), the
following clause shall be substituted,
namely:—
(e) “Corporation” means the Goa Waste
Management Corporation established
under section 3;”.
Secretariat,
CHOKHA RAM GARG,
Porvorim, Goa.
Secretary to the
Dated: 08-10-2021.
Government of Goa,
Law Department
(Legal Affairs).
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Notification
7/32/2021-LA
The Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act,
2021 (Goa Act 32 of 2021), which has been
passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa
on 30-07-2021 and assented to by the
Governor of Goa on 16-09-2021, is hereby
published for the general information of the
public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary
(Law).
Porvorim, 8th October, 2021.
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The Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment)
Act, 2021
(Goa Act 32 of 2021) [16-09-2021]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Goa Panchayat Raj Act,
1994 (Goa Act No. 14 of 1994).
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of Goa in the Seventy second Year of the
Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This
Act may be called the Goa Panchayat Raj
(Amendment) Act, 2021.
(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 Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act
No. 14 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the
“principal Act”),—
(i) clauses (1), (1-A) and (1-B) shall be
renumbered as (1-A), (1-B) and (1-C) and
before clause (1-A) so renumbered, the
following clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(1) “alteration” means a structural
change, such as removal of part of a
building or a change to the structure of
the building such as construction of roof
with R.C.C. material;”;
(ii) after clause (17), the following clause
shall be inserted, namely:-
“(17-A)
“Registered
Structural
Engineer” means a Structural Engineer
as defined in clause (129) of regulation 2
of the Goa Land Development and
Building Construction Regulations, 2010.
Such Engineer shall be registered with
the Town and Country Planning
Department
under
the
said
Regulations;”;
(iii) after clause (20A), the following
clause shall be inserted, namely:-
“(20-B) “Single dwelling unit” means
an independent housing unit with
facility of living, cooking and sanitary
requirements;”.
3. Amendment of section 7.— In section 7
of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act
14 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the “said
Act”),—
(i) in sub-section (3), for the word
“Director” the expression, “State Election
Commission in consultation with the
Government,” shall be substituted;
(ii) in first proviso to sub-section (4)
and sub-section (5), for the word
“Government”, wherever it occurs, the
expression, “State Election Commission in
consultation with the Government,” shall
be substituted.
3A. Amendment of section 12.— In section
12 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for
the expression “clause (b) or clause (c)”, the
expression “clause (b), clause (c) or clause
(d)” shall be substituted.
3B. Amendment of section 15.— In section
15 of the principal Act, after the existing
proviso, the following proviso shall be
inserted, namely:-
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“Provided further that nothing contained
in this section shall apply if,—
(a) the remainder of the term of a
member in relation to a vacancy is less
than one year; or
(b) the State Election Commission in
consultation with the Government
certifies that it is difficult to hold the bye-
-election within the said period.
4. Amendment of section 66.— In section
66 of the principal Act, after sub-section (1),
the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely:-
“Provided that alteration of a building
which consists of a single dwelling unit
constructed or in existence before the
commencement of this Act shall be
permitted to the extent of replacement of
tiles roofing with the R.C.C. slab roofing
upon production of certificate of stability
of such building issued by the Registered
Structural Engineer.”.
5. Amendment of section 119.— In section
119 of the said Act, for the word
“Government”, the expression “State Election
Commission in consultation with the
Government,” shall be substituted.
6. Amendment of section 153.— In section
153 of the principal Act, after sub-section (1)
the following sub-section shall be inserted,
namely:-
“(1A) The tax as aforesaid shall also be
levied on buildings constructed without
authorization within the limits of Panchayat
area:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section
shall
amount
to
regularization
of
unauthorized construction of such building:
Provided further that nothing in this sub-
-section shall prevent any competent
authority from taking any action against
such building in accordance with law.”.
Secretariat,
CHOKHA RAM GARG
Porvorim, Goa.
Secretary to the
Dated: 08-10-2021.
Government of Goa,
Law Department
(Legal Affairs).
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