Panaji, 26th September, 2024 (Asvina 4, 1946)

SERIES I No. 26

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

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INDEX

Department

Notification/Corrigendum

Subject

Pages

Civil Supplies and

Not.- DCS/ADCS/CC/AMEND/

The Consumer Protection (Salary, allowances

1199

Consumer Affairs

/100/2024-25/1718

and conditions of service of President and

Members of the State Commission and District

Commission) (Amendment) Model Rules, 2024.

Environment and

Corr.- 3-252-2014/ENVT&CC/

Substitution of Scrutiny fee.

1200

Climate Change

/DIR/1010

Industries

Not.- 3/18/2021-IND/277

Employment Subsidy Scheme for Cashew

1200

Industry.

Labour

Not.- 24/06/2022/LAB/574

Goa Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition

1201

and Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

Personnel

Not.- 1/5/2015-PER

RRs.— Directorate of Agriculture.

1210

NOTE

There is an Extraordinary issue to the Official Gazette, Series I No. 25 dated 19-09-2024, namely:—

(1) Extraordinary dated 20-09-2024 from pages 1197 to 1198, Notification from Department of Finance regarding

Central Goods and Service Tax Act.

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Civil Supplies and

Consumer Affairs

–––

Notification

DCS/ADCS/CC/AMEND/100/

/2024-25/1718

The Notification issued by Ministry of

Consumer

Affairs,

Food

and

Public

Distribution, New Delhi, is published for the

general information of the public;

The

Consumer

Protection

(Salary,

allowances and conditions of service of

President and Members of the State

Commission and District Commission)

(Amendment) Model Rules, 2024 notified in

the Gazette of India (Extraordinary) vide

G.S.R. 474 (E) dated 2nd August, 2024.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Jayant G. Tari, Director, Civil Supplies and

Consumer Affairs & ex officio Joint Secretary.

Panaji, 23rd September, 2024.

______

Ministry of Consumer Affairs,

Food and Public Distribution

(Department of Consumer Affairs)

Notification

New Delhi, the 2nd August, 2024

G.S.R. 474(E).— In exercise of the powers

conferred under proviso to sub-section (1) of

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section 102 of the Consumer Protection Act,

2019 (35 of 2019), the Central Government

hereby makes the following rules to amend

the Consumer Protection (Salary, allowances

and conditions of service of President and

Members of the State Commission and District

Commission) Model Rules, 2020, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Consumer

Protection

(Salary,

allowances

and

conditions of service of President and

Members of the State Commission and

District Commission) (Amendment) Model

Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Consumer Protection (Salary,

allowances and conditions of service of

President and Members of the State

Commission and District Commission) Model

Rules, 2020, in rule 11, for sub-rule (2), the

following shall be substituted, namely:—

“(2) The President or Member shall not

practice before the State Commission or the

District Commission, after retirement from

the service of that Commission.”

[F. No. J-10/8/2018-CPU]

ANUPAM MISHRA, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the

Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II,

section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.

451 (E), dated the 15th July, 2020.

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Department of Environment &

Climate Change

–––

Corrigendum

3-252-2014/ENVT&CC/DIR/1010

Read: Notification No. 3-252-2014/ENVT & CC/

/DIR/939 dated 12-09-2024.

In the above read notification, in the serial

No. 5 may be substituted as follows:

5. Permission for

Rs. 1,00,000/- per event

Beach Wedding/

for maximum period of

/Event/Setup

05 days and Rs. 10,000/-

for every additional day

thereafter for that event.

(75% concession for

Government Corporation/

/Autonomous bodies/

/Charitable Trust/School/

/Institution and Sports

Events.

The rest of contents remain the same.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Johnson B. Fernandes, Director & ex officio

Jt. Secretary (Environment & Climate

Change).

Panaji, 23rd September, 2024.om

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Department of Industries

–––

Notification

3/18/2021-IND/277

Read: Notification No. 3/18/2021-IND/193

dated 22nd August, 2022, published

in the Official Gazette, Government

of Goa, Series I No. 23 dated

8th September, 2022.

“Employment Subsidy Scheme

for Cashew Industry (First

Amendment), 2024”

The Government of Goa hereby amends

“Employment Subsidy Scheme for Cashew

Industry” as notified vide Notification read

above (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal scheme”).

The

scheme

shall

called

“Employment Subsidy Scheme for Cashew

Industry (First Amendment) 2024”.

These amendments shall come into force

w.e.f. 22-08-2022.

1. Amendment of clause 4.— In clause 4 of

the principal scheme,—

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(i) in clause 4.2, the following sub-clause

shall be substituted, namely:—

“4.2 Enterprises engaging a minimum

of 60% of Goan manpower on regular

employment are eligible for benefits under

this scheme”.

Explanation:— (a) for the purpose of this

condition, employees who are employed

on the enterprises payroll for minimum 120

days in a year and works for minimum 12

days in a month for at least 8 months shall

be considered as ‘regular’).

This has been issued with the concurrence

of Finance (Expenditure) Department vide

U. O. No. 1400082950 dated 01-09-2024.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Amalia O. F. Pinto, Under Secretary

(Industries).

Porvorim, 16th September, 2024.o

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Department of Labour

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Notification

24/06/2022/LAB/574

Whereas, the draft Rules, namely the Goa

Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2024 which

the Government of Goa proposed to make in

exercise of the powers conferred by section

13 read with section 18 of the Child

and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986 (Central Act No. 61 of

1986) so as to amend the Goa Child Labour

(Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1994,

were

pre-published

required

sub-section (1) of section 18 of the said Act

vide the Government Notification No. 24/06/

/2022/LAB dated 10th June, 2024 of the

Department of Labour, in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 11 dated 13th June, 2024, inviting

objections and suggestions from all the

persons likely to be affected thereby within

30 days from the publication of the said

notification in the Official Gazette.

And whereas, the said Official Gazette was

made available to the public on 13-06-2024;

And whereas, no suggestions or objections

have been received from the public on the

said draft Rules by the Government within

the stipulated period.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers

conferred by section 13 read with section 18

of the Child and Adolescent Labour

(Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (Central

Act No. 61 of 1986) and all other powers

enabling it in this behalf, the Government of

Goa hereby makes the following rules so as

to amend the Goa Child Labour (Prohibition

and Regulation) Rules, 1994, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These Rules may be called the Goa Child

and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) (Amendment) Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 1.— In rule 1 of the

Goa Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)

Rules, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal Rules”), in sub-rule (1), for the

words “Child Labour”, the words “Child and

Adolescent Labour” shall be substituted.

3. Amendment of rule 2.— In rule 2 of the

principal Rules,—

(i) for clause (a) the following clause shall

be substituted, namely:—

‘(a) “Act” means the Child and

Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and

Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986);

(ii) clause (b) shall be omitted.

(iii) after clause (c), the following clause

shall be inserted, namely:—

“(ca) “Fund” means the Child and

Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund

constituted under sub-section (1) of section

14B of the Act”;

(iv) after clause (d), the following clauses

shall be inserted, namely:—

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“(da) “Inspector” means the Inspector

appointed by the Government under

section 17;

(db) “Municipality” means an institution

of self-Government constituted under

article 243Q of the Constitution of India;

(dc) “Panchayat” means a Panchayat

constituted under article 243B of the

Constitution of India.”.

4. Insertion of new rules 2A to 2C.— After

rule 2 of the principal Rules, the following

rules shall be inserted, namely:—

“2A. Awareness on prohibition of

employment of child and adolescents in

contravention to Act.— The Government

to ensure that the children and adolescents

are not employed or permitted to work in

any occupation or process in contravention

to the provisions of the Act, through

appropriate measures, shall,—

(a)

arrange

public

awareness

campaigns using folk and traditional

media and mass media including

television,

radio,

internet

based

application and the print media to make

the general public, including the

employers and the children and

adolescents who may be employed in

contravention to the provisions of the Act,

aware about the provisions of the Act,

and thereby discourage employers or

other persons from engaging children

and adolescents in any occupation or

process in contravention of the

provisions of the Act;

(b) promote reporting of enterprises

or instances of employment of children

or adolescents in contravention to the

provisions of the Act, by developing and

advertising easily accessible means of

communication to authorities specified

by the Government;

provisions of the Act, these rules and

any other information relating thereto in

railway coaches, at railway stations,

major bus stations, ports and port

authorities, airports and other public

places including shopping centers,

markets, cinema halls, hotels, hospitals,

panchayat offices, police stations,

resident welfare association offices,

industrial

areas,

schools,

court

complexes, and offices of all authorities

authorised under the Act;

(d) promote through appropriate

method the inclusion of the provisions of

the Act in learning material and syllabus

in school education; and

(e) promote inclusion of training and

sensitisation material on the provisions

of the Act and the responsibilities of

various stakeholders thereto, in police,

judicial and civil service academies,

teachers training and refresher courses

and arrange sensitisation programmes

for other relevant stakeholders including,

panchayat members, doctors and

concerned officials of the Government.

2B. Child to help his family without

affecting education.— (1) Subject to the

provisions of section 3, a child may, without

affecting his school education, in any

manner,—

(a) help his family in his family

enterprise, subject to the condition that

such help,—

(i) shall not be in any hazardous

occupation or process listed in Part A

and B of the Schedule to the Act;

(ii) shall not include work or

occupation or process at any stage of

the production, supply or retail chain

that is remunerative for the child or

his family or the family enterprise;

(iii) shall only be allowed to help in

his family, or in a family enterprise,

where his family is the occupier;

(iv) shall not perform any tasks

during school hours or between 7 p.m.

and 8 a.m.;

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(v) shall not be engaged in such

tasks of helping which hinders or

interferes with the right to education

of the child, or his attendance in the

school, or which may adversely affect

his education including activities

which are inseparably associated to

complete education such as homework

any

extracurricular

activity

assigned to him by the school;

(vi) shall not be engaged in any

task continuously without rest which

may make him tired and shall be

allowed to take rest to fresh his health

and mind, and a child shall not help

for more than three hours excluding

the period of rest in a day;

(vii) shall not include in anyway

substitution of the child for an adult

or adolescent while helping his family

or family enterprise; and

(viii) shall not be in contravention

to any other law for the time being in

force;

(b) aid or assist his family in such

manner which is not incidental to

any occupation, work, profession,

manufacture or business, or for any

payment or benefit to the child or any

other person exercising control over the

child, and which is not detrimental to

the growth and overall development of

the child.

Explanation 1.— For the purposes of

this rule, only,—

(a) biological brother and sister of

the child;

(b) brother or sister of the child

through lawful adoption by the

parents of the child; and

the parents of the child,

shall be included for comprising the

family of a child.

Explanation 2.— For the purposes of

Explanation 1, it is hereby clarified that

preliminarily, any doubt as to whether a

person is a biological brother or sister,

may be removed by examining the

pedigree of such person issued by the

concerned Municipality or Panchayat, as

the case may be, or any other legal

document issued by concerned authority

of the Government.

(2) Where a child receiving education in

a school remains absent consecutively for

thirty days without intimation to the

Principal or Head Master of the school,

then, the Principal or Head Master shall

report such absence to the concerned

nodal officer referred to in clause (i) of sub-

rule (1) of rule 25C for information.

2C. Child to work as an artist.— (1)

Subject to the provisions of section 3, a

child may be allowed to work as an artist

subject to the following conditions,

namely:—

(a) no child shall be allowed to work

for more than five hours in a day, and for

not more than three hours without rest;

(b) any producer of any audio-visual

media production or any commercial

event involving the participation of a

child,

shall

involve

child

participation only after obtaining the

permission from the District Magistrate

of the district where the activity is to be

performed and shall furnish to the District

Magistrate before starting the activity an

undertaking in Form E hereto and the

list of child participants, consent of

parents, name of the individual from the

production or event who shall be

responsible for the safety and security of

the child;

clause (b) shall be valid for six months

and shall clearly state the provisions for

education, safety, security and reporting

of child abuse in consonance with the

guidelines and protection policies issued

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by the Government from time to time for

such purpose including—

(i) ensuring facilities for physical and

mental health of the child;

(ii) timely nutritional diet of the child;

(iii) safe, clean shelter with sufficient

provisions for daily necessities; and

(iv)

compliance

all

laws

applicable for the time being in force

for the protection of children, including

their right to education, care and

protection, and against sexual

offences;

(d) appropriate facilities for education

of the child to be arranged so as to

ensure that there is no discontinuity from

his lessons in school;

(e) one responsible person be

appointed for maximum of five children

for the production or event, so as to

ensure the protection, care and best

interest of the child;

(f) at least twenty percent of the

income earned by the child from the

production or event to be directly

deposited in a fixed deposit account in a

nationalised bank in the name of the

child which may be credited to the child

on attaining majority; and

(g) no child shall be made to

participate in any audio visual and sports

activity against his will and consent.

(2) For the purposes of clause (c) to the

Explanation to sub-section (2) of section 3,

the expression “such other activity”

contained therein, shall mean:—

(i) any activity where the child himself

is participating in a sports competition

or event or training for such sports

competition or event;

(ii) cinema shows on television,

internet, radio or any other media

including reality shows which includes

quiz shows and talent shows;

(iii) drama serials;

(iv) participation as anchor of a show

or events; and

(v) any other artistic performances

which the Government permits in

individual cases, which shall not include

street performance for monetary gain.”.

5. Omission of rule 3.— Rule 3 of the

principal Rules shall be omitted.

6. Substitution of rule 4.— For rule 4 of the

principal Rules, the following rule shall be

substituted, namely:—

“4. Hours of work.— No Adolescent shall

be employed or permitted to work in any

establishment or class of establishments to

which part III of the Act applies, for more

than 5 hours on any day.”.

7. Omission of rules 6 to 22.— Rules from

6 to 22 of the principal Rules shall be omitted.

8. Substitution of rule 23.— For rule 23 of

the principal Rules, the following rule shall

be substituted, namely:—

“23. Health measures and safety

education.— (1) Every establishment shall

be kept clean and free from effluvia arising

from any drain or other nuisance.

(2) Effective and suitable provisions shall

be made in every establishment for

securing

and

maintaining

healthy

atmosphere in work room by providing the

following facilities, namely:—

(a) adequate ventilation for the

circulation of fresh air; and

(b) such room temperatures as are

required for the workers for reasonable

conditions of comfort and prevention of

injury to the health keeping in view the

climatic conditions.

(3) In every establishment effective

arrangement shall be made to provide and

maintain at suitable points conveniently

situated for all adolescent labourers

employed therein, a sufficient supply of

wholesome drinking water.

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(4) In every establishment sufficient

latrines and urinals accommodations shall

be provided.

(5) Every establishment employing

adolescent labour shall impart sufficient

safety education to the adolescent labour

before their engagement.”.

9. Amendment of rule 24.— In rule 24 of

the principal Rules, in sub-rule (1), for the

word “children”, the word “adolescents”

shall be substituted.

10. Insertion of new rule 24A.— After rule

24 of the principal Rules, the following rule

shall be inserted, namely:—

“24A. Payment of amount to child or

adolescent from and out of Child and

Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund.—

(1) The amount credited, deposited or

invested, as the case may be, under sub-

section (3) of section 14B, to the Child and

Adolescent Labour Rehabilitation Fund

and the interest accrued on it, shall be paid

to the child or adolescent in whose favour

such amount is credited in the following

manner, namely:—

(i) the Inspector or the nodal officer

having jurisdiction shall, under his

supervision, ensure that an account of

such child or adolescent is opened in a

nationalised bank and inform the bank

in which the amount of the Fund is

deposited or, as the case may be, to the

officer responsible to invest the amount

of the Fund under sub-section (3) of

section 14B;

(ii) the interest accrued on the

proportionate amount of the Fund in

favour of the child or adolescent shall be

biannually transferred to the account of

the child or adolescent, as the case may

be, by the bank or officer responsible to

invest the amount under information to

the Inspector;

(iii) when the concerned child or

adolescent completes the age of eighteen

years, then, as soon as may be possible

forthwith or within a period of three

months, the total amount credited,

deposited or invested in favour of the

child along with interest accrued thereon

including the interest remaining in the

bank or remaining so invested under

sub-section (3) of section 14B, shall be

transferred to the said bank account of

child or adolescent, as the case may be;

and

(iv) the Inspector shall prepare a

report of the amount transferred under

clause (ii) and clause (iii) with particulars

of the concerned child or adolescent

sufficient to identify him and send a copy

of the report annually to the Government

of Goa for information.

(2) Any amount recovered by way of fine

or for composition of offence in pursuance

of an order or judgement of a Court in

favour of a child or adolescent for the

contravention of the provisions of the Act,

shall also be deposited in the Fund and

shall be spent in accordance with such

order or judgement.”.

11. Substitution of rule 25.— For rule 25 of

the principal Rules, the following rule shall

be substituted, namely:—

“25. Certificate of age.— (1) Where an

Inspector has an apprehension that any

adolescent has been employed in any of

the occupation or processes in which he is

prohibited to be employed under section

3A of the Act, he may require the employer

of such adolescent to produce to the

Inspector a certificate of age from the

appropriate medical authority.

(2) The appropriate medical authority

shall, while examining an adolescent for

issuing the certificate of age under

sub-rule (1), take into account:—

(i) the Aadhar card of the adolescent,

and in the absence thereof;

(ii) the date of birth certificate from

school or the matriculation or equivalent

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certificate

from

the

concerned

examination Board of the adolescent, if

available, and in the absence thereof;

(iii) the birth certificate of the

adolescent given by a corporation or a

municipal authority or a panchayat,

and only in the absence of the methods

specified in clauses (i) to (iii), the age

shall be determined by such medical

authority through an ossification test

or any other latest medical age

determination test.

(3) The ossification test or any other

latest medical age determination test

shall be conducted on the order of the

appropriate authority of the rank of Labour

Commissioner as may be specified by the

Government of Goa in this behalf and such

determination shall be completed within

fifteen days from the date of such order.

(4) The certificate of age referred to in

sub-rule (1) shall be issued in Form C.

(5) The charges payable to the medical

authority for the issue of the certificate of

age shall be same as specified by the

Government of Goa, as the case may be,

for their Medical Boards.

(6) The charges payable to the medical

authority shall be borne by the employer

of the adolescent whose age is determined

under this rule.

Explanation.— For the purposes of this

rule,—

(i) the “medical authority” means a

Government medical doctor not below the

rank of an Assistant Surgeon of a District

or a regular doctor of equivalent rank

employed in Employees’ State Insurance

dispensaries or hospitals;

(ii) “adolescent” means an adolescent as

defined in clause (i) of section 2 of the

Act.”.

12. Insertion of new rules 25A to 25E.—

After rule 25 of the principal Rules, the

following rules shall be inserted, namely:—

“25A. Persons to file complaint.— Any

person who may file a complaint under the

Act for commission of any offence include

school teachers and representatives from

school management committee, child

protection committee, Panchayat or

Municipality, who shall be sensitised to file

complaint, in the event that any of students

in their respective schools is employed in

contravention to the provisions of the Act.

25B. Manner of compounding the

offence.— (1) An accused person,—

(i) who commits an offence first time

under sub-section (3) of section 14; or

(ii) who being parent or a guardian,

commits an offence under the said

section, may file application to the

District Magistrate having jurisdiction for

compounding

the

offence

under

sub-section (1) of section 14D.

(2) The District Magistrate shall after

hearing the accused person and the

Inspector concerned on application filed

under sub-rule (1), dispose of the

application and if the application is allowed,

issue the certificate of compounding,

subject to—

(i) the payment of a sum of fifty

percent; of the maximum fine provided

for such offence within a time to be

specified in such certificate; or

(ii) the payment of an additional sum

of twenty-five percent; of the maximum

fine provided for such offence together

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with the compounding amount specified

under clause (i), if the accused person

fails to pay the compounding amount

under the said clause within the

specified time, and such delayed

payment shall be made within a further

period as may be specified by the District

Magistrate.

(3) The compounding amount shall be

paid by the accused person to the

Government of Goa.

(4) If the accused person fails to pay the

compounding amount under sub-rule (2),

then, the proceeding shall be continued as

specified under sub-section (2) of section

14D.

25C. Duties of District Magistrate.— (1)

The District Magistrate shall,—

(i) specify such officers subordinate to

him, as he considers necessary, to be

called the nodal officers, who shall

exercise all or any of the powers and

perform all or any of the duties of the

District Magistrate conferred and

imposed on him by the Government of

Goa under section 17A.

(ii) assign such powers and duties, as

he thinks appropriate, to a nodal officer

to be exercised and performed by him

within his local limits of jurisdiction as

subordinate officer;

(iii) preside over as chairperson of the

Task Force to be formed in a district

consisting of—

(a) Inspector appointed under section

17 for the purposes of his local limits of

jurisdiction;

(b) Superintendent of Police for the

purposes of his local limits of jurisdiction;

the purposes of his local limits of

jurisdiction;

(d) Nodal officer referred to under

clause (i) for the purposes of his local

limits of jurisdiction;

(e) Assistant Labour Commissioner for

the purposes of his local limits of

jurisdiction;

(f) two representatives each from a

voluntary organisation involved in

rescue and rehabilitation of employed

children in the district on rotation basis

for a period of two years;

(g) a representative of the District

Legal

Services

Authority

nominated by the District Judge; and

(h) a member of the District

Anti-trafficking Unit;

(i) Chairperson of the Child Welfare

Committee of the District;

(j) District Child Protection Officer in

the District under the Integrated Child

Protection Scheme of the Ministry of the

Government of India dealing with

women and child development;

(k) District Education Officer;

(l) any other person nominated by the

District Magistrate;

(m) Secretary of the Task Force shall

be any of the nodal officers referred to

in clause (i) and nominated by the

Chairperson.

(2) The Task Force referred to in clause

(iii) of sub-rule (1) shall meet at least once

in every month and shall make a

comprehensive action plan for conducting

the rescue operation, taking into account

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the time available, point of raid in

accordance with the law for the time being

in force, confidentiality of the plan,

protection of victims and witnesses and the

interim relief in accordance with the

guidelines for rescue and repatriation

issued by the Government of Goa from time

to time; and the Task Force shall also cause

to upload the minutes of such meeting on

the portal created for such purpose by the

Government.

(3) In addition to the duties referred to

in sub-rule (1), the District Magistrate shall

ensure through nodal officers that the

children and adolescents who are

employed in contravention of the provisions

of the Act are rescued and shall be

rehabilitated in accordance with the

provisions of—

(i) the Juvenile Justice (Care and

Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (2 of

2016) and the rules made thereunder;

(ii) the Bonded Labour System

(Abolition) Act, 1976 (19 of 1976);

(iii) the Central Sector Scheme for

Rehabilitation of Bonded Labourers,

2016;

(iv) any National Child Labour Project;

(v) any other law or scheme for the

time being in force under which such

children or adolescents may be

rehabilitated; and subject to—

(I) the directions, if any, of a court

of competent jurisdiction;

(II) the guidelines for rescue and

repatriation issued by the Government

of Goa from time to time in this regard.

25D. Duties of Inspectors.— An Inspector

appointed by the Government under

section 17, for the purposes of securing

compliance with the provisions of the Act,

shall—

(i) comply with the norms of inspection

issued by the Government from time to

time;

(ii) comply with the instructions issued

by the Government from time to time for

the purposes of securing the compliance

with the provisions of the Act; and

(iii) report the Government quarterly

regarding the inspection made by him

for the purposes of securing the

compliance with the provisions of the Act

and the action taken by him for such

purposes.

25E.

Periodical

inspection

and

monitoring.— The Government shall create

a system of monitoring and inspection for

carrying into effect the provisions of section

17 which may include,—

(i) the number of periodical inspection

to be conducted by the Inspector of the

places at which the employment of children

is prohibited and hazardous occupations

or processes are carried out;

(ii) the intervals at which an Inspector

shall report to the Government complaints

received to him relating to the subject

matter of inspection under clause (i) and

the details of action taken by him

thereafter;

(iii) maintenance of record electronically

or otherwise of—

(a) children and adolescent found to

be working in contravention of the

provisions of the Act including children

who are found to be engaged in family

or family enterprises in contravention of

the Act;

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(b) number and details of the offences compounded;

(d) details of rehabilitation services provided to children and adolescents under

the Act.”.

13. Omission of rules 26, 27 and 28.— Rules 26, 27 and 28 of the principal Rules shall be

omitted.

14. Omission of Form A.— Form A appended to the principal Rules shall be omitted.

15. Amendment of Form B.— In Form B appended to the principal Rules, in the heading

of column 2, for the words “Name of child”, the words “Name of adolescent” shall be

substituted.

16. Insertion of new Form E.— After Form D appended to the principal Rules, the following

Form shall be inserted, namely:—

“FORM E

[See rule 2C(b)]

Undertaking under rule 2C(b) of the

Goa Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1994

I .......................................................................... producer of ................................... an audio visual media production

or organiser of ........................................................................................................... a commercial event, involving the

participation of the following child/children, namely:—

Sl. No. Name of the Child/Parent’s/Guardian’s Address

Children Name

do hereby undertake that in the course of the involvement of the above mentioned child/children in the

event ................................................................ (specify the event), there shall be no violation of any provision of

the Goa Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (61 of 1986) and the Child

and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Rules, 1994 and full care shall be taken of the

physical and mental health and other requirements of the child/children so that he/they should not feel

any inconvenience. I also undertake that during the event, all laws applicable for the time being in force

for the protection of children, including their right to education, care and protection, and legal provisions

against sexual offences will be complied.

Dated: ...............................

(Name and Signature of the Producer).”.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

Amalia O. F. Pinto, Under Secretary (Labour).

Porvorim, 16th September, 2024.

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Department of Personnel

–––

Notification

1/5/2015-PER

In exercise of the powers conferred by the

proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution

of India and in supersession of the existing

recruitment rules for the post of Foreman

Supervisor (Fabrication), published vide

Government Notification No. 1/47/(2)/76-PER

(Vol. III) Pt.III dated 03-10-2003, in the

Official Gazette, Series I No. 29 dated

16-10-2003, the Governor of Goa hereby

makes the following rules to regulate the

recruitment to the Group ‘C’, Non-Gazetted,

Non-Ministerial post, in the Directorate of

Agriculture, Government of Goa, namely:—

1. Short title, application and commence-

ment.— (1) These rules may be called the

Government of Goa, Directorate of Agriculture,

Group ‘C’, Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial

post, Recruitment Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall apply to the post specified in

column (1) of the Schedule to these rules

(hereinafter called as the “said Schedule”).

(3) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Number, classification and level in the

pay matrix.— The number of posts,

classification of the said post and level in the

pay matrix attached thereof shall be as

specified in columns (2) to (4) of the said

Schedule:

Provided that the Government may vary

the number of posts as specified in column

(2) of the said Schedule from time to time

subject to exigencies of work.

3. Method of recruitment, age limit

and other qualifications.— The method of

recruitment to the said post, age limit,

qualifications and other matters connected

therewith shall be as specified in columns

(5) to (13) of the said Schedule.

4. Disqualification.— No person who has

entered into or contracted a marriage with

a person having a spouse living or

who, having a spouse living, has entered

into or contracted a marriage with any

person, shall be eligible for appointment

to the service:

Provided that the Government may,

if satisfied that such marriage is permissible

under the personal law applicable to

such person and the other party to the

marriage and that there are other grounds

for so doing, exempt any person from the

operation of this rule.

5. Power to relax.— Where, the Government

is of the opinion that it is necessary or

expedient so to do, it may, by order, for

reasons to be recorded in writing, relax any

of the provisions of these rules with respect

to any class or category of persons.

6. Saving.— Nothing in these rules

shall affect reservation, relaxation of age

limit and other concessions required to

provided

for

Scheduled

Castes,

Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes,

Ex-servicemen and other special categories

of persons in accordance with the orders

issued by the Government from time to

time in that regard.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Eshant V. Sawant, Under Secretary

(Personnel-I).

Porvorim, 17th September, 2024.

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SCHEDULE

Circumstances

in which the

Goa Public

Service

Commission

is to be

consulted in

making

recruitment

Whether age & educational

qualifications prescribed for the

direct recruits will apply in the

case of promotees

Number

posts

Period

proba-

tion,

if any

Method of

recruitment,

whether by

direct recruit-

ment or by

promotion or

by deputation/

/absorption

and percentage

of the vacancies

to be filled by

various methods

In case of

recruitment by

promotion/

/deputation/

/absorption,

grades from

which promo-

tion/deputation/

/absorption is to

be made

Educational

and other

qualifications

required for

direct recruits

Level in

the pay

matrix

Classifi-

cation

Whether

selection

post or

non-

-selec-

tion post

If a

D.P.C./

/D.S.C.

exists,

what is its

compo-

sition

Age

limit

for

direct

recruits

Name/

/desig-

nation

of post

Essential:

(1) Diploma in Fabri-

cation Techno-

logy and Erection

Engineering from

recognized

Institute.

(2) Minimum one

year experience

in the line.

(3) Knowledge of

Konkani.

Desirable:

Knowledge

Marathi.

Group ‘C’,

D.S.C.

N.A.

By direct

recruitment.

Foreman

Supervisor

(Fabrica-

tion).

(2024)

(Subject

to variation

depend-

ing on

work-

load).

Group ‘C’,

Non-

Gazet-

ted, Non-

Ministe-

rial.

L-4.

Two

years.

Not exceeding

45 years (Rela-

xable for

Government

servants upto

five years in

accordance

with the

instructions or

orders issued

by the

Government

from time to

time).

Selection.

N.A.