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Panaji, 9th November, 2023 (Kartika 18, 1945)

SERIES I No. 32

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Law

Legal Affairs Division

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Notification

7/36/2023-LA

The Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage

(Control) (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act

44 of 2023), which has been passed

by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on

09-08-2023 and assented to by the Governor

of Goa on 26-10-2023, is hereby published for

the general information of the public.

Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary

(Law).

Porvorim, 9th November, 2023.

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The Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage

(Control) (Amendment) Act, 2023

(Goa Act 44 of 2023) [26-10-2023]

AN

ACT

further to amend the Goa Non-Biodegradable

Garbage (Control) Act, 1996 (Goa Act 5 of

1997).

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly

of Goa in the Seventy-fourth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:—

EXTRAORDINARY

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

This

Act

may

be

called

the

Goa

Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control)

(Amendment) Act, 2023.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 2.— In section 2

of the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage

(Control) Act, 1996 (Goa Act 5 of 1997)

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Act”),—

(i) clauses (aa) and (ab) shall be

renumbered as clauses (ab) and (ac)

respectively;

(ii) before clause (ab) so renumbered,

the following clause shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(aa) “brand owner” means a person

or a company who manufactures and

sells any commodity under a registered

brand label;”;

(iii) clause (ba) shall be renumbered as

clause (bb);

(iv) before clause (bb) so renumbered,

the following clause shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(ba) “Importer” means a person who

imports non-biodegradable packaging

product or products;”;

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(v) after clause (k), the following clause

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(ka) “Producer” means person

engaged in manufacture or import of

products made out of non-biodegradable

materials for packaging or wrapping the

commodity;”.

3. Substitution of section 5.— For section 5

of the principal Act, the following section shall

be substituted, namely:—

“5. Duty of Owner, Occupier, Producer,

Importer and Brand Owner to collect and

deposit Non-Biodegradable garbage.— The

Owner, Occupier, Producer, Importer and

Brand Owner shall collect or cause to be

collected from their respective land,

buildings or locality, the non-biodegradable

garbage and deposit or cause to be

deposited the same in public receptacles

or places provided for temporary deposit

or collection of the non-biodegradable

garbage or to the agency appointed for

the purpose by following the procedure

as specified by the Government by

Notification in the Official Gazette.”.

4. Amendment of Schedule.— In the

Schedule to the principal Act, after item at

Serial No. (13), the following items shall be

inserted, namely:—

“(14) Glass;

(15) Aluminium.”.

SUBHASH CHANDRA

Secretary to the

Secretariat,

Government of Goa,

Porvorim-Goa.

Law Department

Dated: 09-11-2023.

(Legal Affairs).

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