Goa Gazette, No. 2324-14, 06 July 2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410 Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

Panaji, 6th July, 2023 (Asadha 15, 1945) SERIES I No. 14 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

EXTRAORDINARY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Law

Legal Affairs Division –– Notification

7/30/2022-LA

The Goa Public Health (Amendment) Act,

2022 (Goa Act 23 of 2023), which has been

passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa

on 22-07-2022 and assented to by the

Governor of Goa on 30-06-2023, is hereby

published for the general information of the

public.

Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary

(Law).

Porvorim, 6th July, 2023.

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The Goa Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2022

(Goa Act 23 of 2023) [30-6-2023]

ACT

further to amend the Goa Public Health Act,

1985 (Act No. 25 of 1985)

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Goa Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2022.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 40.— In section 40 of the Goa Public Health Act, 1985 (Act No. 25 of 1985) (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), in sub-section (6), for the expression "simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to 30 days or with fine which may extend to Rs. 5000/-, or with both", the expression "fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000/-" shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of section 50E.— In section 50E of the principal Act, for the expression "imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to Rs. 5000/-, or with both", the expression "fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000/-" shall be substituted.

4. Amendment of section 71.— In section 71 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (b), for the expression "imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine or with both", the expression "fine which may extend to Rs. 25,000/-" shall be substituted.

5. Amendment of section 87 F.— In section 87 F of the principal Act, for the expression "imprisonment for a term which shall not be Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 1549 Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected] OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 14 (EXTRAORDINARY) 6TH JULY, 2023

less than six months, but which may extend to three years and with a fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees", the expression "a fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees, but which may extend to Rs. 25,000/-" shall be substituted.

6. Amendment of section 94C.— In section 94C of the principal Act, for the expression "liable to punishment with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or a fine which may extend to Rs. 50,000/- or both", the expression "punishable with a fine which may extend to Rs. 50,000/-" shall be substituted.

7. Amendment of section 111.— In section 111 of the principal Act, for the expression "imprisonment which may extend to one year or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both", the expression "fine which may extend to one thousand rupees" shall be substituted.

SANDIP JACQUES Secretary to the

Secretariat, Government of Goa, Porvorim-Goa. Law Department

Dated: 6-07-2023. (Legal Affairs).

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