Panaji, 5th September, 2023 (Bhadra 14, 1945) SERIES I No. 22 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
No. 3
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs Division
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Notification
7/35/2023-LA
The Goa Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act 30 of 2023), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 10-08-2023 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 30-08-2023, is hereby published for the general information of the public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary
(Law).
Porvorim, 05th September, 2023.
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The Goa Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly (Amendment) Act, 2023
(Goa Act 30 of 2023) [30-08-2023]
An
Act
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Goa Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly (Amendment) Act, 2023.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3.— In section 3 of the Goa Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly Act, 2004 (Goa Act 20 of 2004) (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), in sub-section (2), for the expression "Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only)", the expression "Rs. 4,000/- (Rupees four thousand only)" shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of section 5.— In section 5 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "rupees fifteen lakhs", wherever they occur, the words "rupees forty lakhs" shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of section 6.— In section 6
of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),—
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 22 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 3) 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2023(ii) the words "and such housing advance can be availed of by a member only once during his life time" shall be omitted;
(iii) af ter the existing proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided further that a member who has fully repaid the housing advance availed under this sub-section may, during his term of office, be sanctioned another housing advance of upto a maximum of Rs. 50 lakhs.".
5. Amendment of section 8.— In section 8 of the principal Act, for the letters and figures "Rs. 200/-", the letters and figures "Rs. 500/-" shall be substituted.
6. Amendment of section 11.— In section 11 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1),—
(i) for the words "rupees fifteen thousand", the words "rupees thir ty thousand" shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words "two thousand rupees", the words "four thousand rupees" shall be substituted;
(iii) for the words "rupees seventy thousand", the words "rupees two lakhs" shall be substituted.
7. Amendment of section 14.— In section 14 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the expression "Rs. 7,500/-", the expression "Rs. 12,000/-" shall be substituted.
8. Amendment of section 15.— In section 15 of the principal Act, for the words "three hundred litres", the words "five hundred litres" shall be substituted.
9. Amendment of section 16.— In section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the expression "Rs. 3,00,000/- (Rupees Three lakhs only)", wherever it occurs, the expression "Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees Five lakhs only)" shall be substituted.
10. Amendment of section 19.— In section 19 of the principal Act, for the expression "not more than five persons, viz., one person as a Personal Secretary in the pay scale of Head Clerk and one Lower Division Clerk, one Peon and two Drivers", the expression "not more than seven persons, viz., one person as a Personal Secretary in the pay scale of Head Clerk, one person as a Personal Assistant in the pay scale of Upper Division Clerk and two Lower Division Clerks, one Peon and two Drivers" shall be substituted.
SANDIP JACQUES, Secretary to the
Secretariat, Government of Goa, Porvorim–Goa. Law Department Dated: 05-09-2023 (Legal Affairs).
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