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Panaji, 5th September, 2023 (Bhadra 14, 1945)

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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

further to amend the Goa Salary, Allowances

and Pension of Members of the Legislative

Assembly Act, 2004 (Goa Act 20 of 2004).

EXTRAORDINARY

No. 3

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),—

(i) for the letters, figures and word

“Rs. 30 lakhs”, the letters, figures and word

“Rs. 50 lakhs” shall be substituted;

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(ii) the words “and such housing

advance can be availed of by a member

only once during his life time” shall be

omitted;

(iii) after 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 thirty

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

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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).