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

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

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EXTRAORDINARY

Panaji, 8th November, 2024 (Kartika 17, 1946)

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Law

Legal Affairs Division

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Notification

7/33/2023-LA-197

The Societies Registration (Goa Amendment)

Act, 2023 (Goa Act 27 of 2024), which has

been passed by the Legislative Assembly of

Goa on 07-08-2024 and assented to by the

President of India on 12-10-2024, is hereby

published for the general information of the

public.

Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary

(Law).

Porvorim, 7th November, 2024.o

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The Societies Registration

(Goa Amendment) Act, 2023

(Goa Act 27 of 2024) [12-10-2024]

AN

ACT

further to amend the Societies Registration Act,

1860 (Act 21 of 1860), as in force in the State

of Goa.

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 Societies Registration

(Goa Amendment) Act, 2023.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Insertion of new Section 20AA.— After

Section 20A of the Societies Registration Act,

1860 (Act 21 of 1860), as in force in the State of

Goa (hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Act”), the following section shall be inserted,

namely:—

“20AA. Power of the Government to

appoint Administrator.— (1) If the

Government, on receipt of a report from the

Inspector General or otherwise, is satisfied

that,—

(a) there is a need to secure proper

management of the business of the society

generally, or

(b) there is a need for preventing the

affairs of the society from being

conducted in a manner detrimental to the

interest of the members, or

(c) there is apprehension that the affairs

of the society are being so conducted to

defeat the objects of the society or that

the society or it’s governing body is guilty

of mismanagement, or

(d) there is any serious lapse on the

part of the governing body in conducting

administration of the society or in

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maintaining proper records of the society,

or in maintaining proper accounts of the

society, or

(e) there are any violations of any of the

bye-laws of the society, or

(f) there is mismanagement in the

election process of the governing body of

the society,

the Government may, by order published in

the Official Gazette, appoint any person

other than the member of such society as a

sole Administrator or constitute a Committee

of Administrators not exceeding three

Administrators with one amongst them as

a Chairman of such committee, for such

period, not exceeding six months, as may

be specified in the order, to manage the

affairs of the society within the framework

of such society:

Provided that for reasons to be recorded

in writing, the Government may, by like

order, extend either prospectively or

retrospectively, the said period by any

further periods not exceeding six months at

a time, so however the aggregate period

shall not extend beyond four years.

(2) On the appointment of the

Administrator or of the Committee of

Administrators under sub-section (1) and

during the period of such appointment the

governing body of the society shall cease to

exercise any powers and perform and

discharge any functions or duties conferred

or imposed on it by this Act, or its

memorandum of association or the rules and

regulations or any other law and subject to

any directions which the Government may

from time to time issue, all such powers shall

be exercised and functions or duties shall

be performed or discharged by the

Administrator.

(3) Every Administrator appointed under

sub-section (1) shall be paid such

honorarium and allowances as may be

decided

by

the

Government,

the

expenditure towards which shall be borne

by the society.”.

3. Amendment of Section 20E.— In Section

20E of the principal Act, for the expression “the

Inspector-General or against any person

appointed for inspection or investigation under

Section 20A”, the expression “the Inspector-

-General or any person appointed for inspection

or investigation under Section 20A or any

person/s appointed as Administrator/s under

section 20 AA” shall be substituted.

SARPREET SINGH GILL,

Secretariat,

Secretary to the Government

Porvorim, Goa.

of Goa, Law Department

07th November, 2024.

(Legal Affairs).

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