Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-2026
RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410
Panaji, 14th August, 2025 (Sravana 23, 1947) SERIES I No. 20
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
SUPPLEMENT
Goa Legislature Secretariat
LA/LEGN/2025/1821
The following bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 8th August, 2025 is hereby published for general information in pursuance of Rule-138 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
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The Goa Appropriation (No. 3) Bill, 2025
(Bill No. 18 of 2025)
A
BILL
to authorise payment and appropriation of certain sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State
of Goa for the services and purposes of the financial year 2025-2026.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-Sixth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:—
1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Goa Appropriation (No. 3) Act, 2025.
2. Issue of Rs. 28162,63,02,000/-, out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa for the financial year
2025-2026.— From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa, there may be paid and applied sums not exceeding those specified in column (5) of the Schedule to this Act amounting in the aggregate to the sums of twenty eight thousand one hundred sixty two crore sixty three lakh two thousand rupees towards defraying the several charges which will come in the course of payment during the financial year 2025-2026 in respect of the services and for purposes specified in column (2) of the said Schedule.
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected] 849OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025 3. Appropriation.— The sums authorised to be paid and applied from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa under this Act, shall be appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the said financial year.
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SCHEDULE
(See sections 2 and 3)
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Sums not exceeding
Total Demand No.
Services and purposes Voted by
Assembly
Charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 01 Legislature Secretariat 5336.00 264.50 5600.50 A1 Raj Bhavan (Charged) 0.00 1911.35 1911.35 02 General Administration and Coordination 17499.43 — 17499.43 03 District and Sessions Court, North Goa 6000.00 — 6000.00 04 District and Sessions Court, South Goa 4602.01 — 4602.01 05 Prosecution 2399.80 — 2399.80 06 Election Office 3976.15 — 3976.15 07 Settlement and Land Records 4023.00 — 4023.00 08 Treasury and Accounts Administration, North Goa 221999.90 — 221999.90 09 Treasury and Accounts Administration, South Goa 736.85 — 736.85 A2 Debt Services (Charged) 0.00 487109.48 487109.48 10 Notary Services 5231.50 — 5231.50 11 Excise 3044.15 — 3044.15 12 Commercial Taxes 5533.37 — 5533.37 13 Transport 33979.96 — 33979.96 A3 Goa Public Service Commission (Charged) 0.00 1595.02 1595.02 14 Goa Sadan 899.91 — 899.91 15 Collectorate, North Goa 5069.68 — 5069.68 16 Collectorate, South Goa 5550.43 — 5550.43 17 Police 110000.02 — 110000.02 18 Jails 3429.02 — 3429.02OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
(Rs. in lakhs)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 19 Industries Trade and Commerce 14563.86 — 14563.86 20 Printing and Stationery 2705.00 — 2705.00 21 Public Works 197565.57 — 197565.57 22 Vigilance 1200.00 — 1200.00 23 Home 3937.19 — 3937.19 24 Environment 1600.01 — 1600.01 25 Home Guards and Civil Defence 4433.25 — 4433.25 26 Fire and Emergency Services 12921.50 — 12921.50 27 Official Language 1599.99 — 1599.99 28 Administrative Tribunal 286.16 — 286.16 29 Public Grievances 400.00 — 400.00 30 Small Savings and Lotteries 3911.30 — 3911.30 31 Panchayats 31252.77 — 31252.77 32 Finance 59650.00 — 59650.00 33 Revenue 3022.09 — 3022.09 34 School Education 210000.01 — 210000.01 35 Higher Education 70000.99 — 70000.99 36 Technical Education 11999.95 — 11999.95 37 Government Polytechnic, Panaji 3400.01 — 3400.01 38 Government Polytechnic, Bicholim 1718.52 — 1718.52 39 Government Polytechnic, Curchorem 1124.92 — 1124.92 40 Goa College of Engineering 5999.99 — 5999.99 41 Goa Architecture College 1993.41 — 1993.41 42 Sports and Youth Affairs 20290.02 — 20290.02 43 Art and Culture 24512.28 — 24512.28 44 Goa College of Art 750.00 — 750.00 45 Department of Archives 2563.90 — 2563.90 46 Museum 1486.50 — 1486.50OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
(Rs. in lakhs)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 47 Goa Medical College 99300.03 — 99300.03 48 Health Services 85700.20 — 85700.20 49 Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour 8090.55 — 8090.55 50 Goa College of Pharmacy 3564.82 — 3564.82 51 Goa Dental College 7900.00 — 7900.00 52 Labour 9832.54 — 9832.54 53 Food and Drugs Administration 2761.88 — 2761.88 54 Town and Country Planning 3727.98 — 3727.98 55 Municipal Administration 45268.01 — 45268.01 56 Information and Publicity 11162.65 — 11162.65 57 Social Welfare 56260.01 — 56260.01 58 Women and Child Development 44942.41 — 44942.41 59 Factories and Boilers 1676.50 — 1676.50 60 Employment 910.00 — 910.00 61 Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 10399.99 — 10399.99 62 Law 10781.32 — 10781.32 63 Rajya Sainik Board 265.48 — 265.48 64 Agriculture 30630.12 — 30630.12 65 Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services 16100.29 — 16100.29 66 Fisheries 7222.33 — 7222.33 67 Ports Administration 4941.41 — 4941.41 68 Forests 16849.95 — 16849.95 69 Handicraft, Textile and Coir 3417.07 — 3417.07 70 Civil Supplies 5800.06 — 5800.06 71 Cooperation 3970.08 — 3970.08 72 Science and Technology 15000.02 — 15000.02 73 State Election Commission 800.00 — 800.00 74 Water Resources 75999.29 — 75999.29 75 Planning, Statistics and Evaluation 5479.01 — 5479.01OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
(Rs. in lakhs)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
76 Electricity 413115.32 — 413115.32
77 River Navigation 8580.70 — 8580.70
78 Tourism 44098.92 — 44098.92
79 Goa Gazetteer 150.00 — 150.00
80 Legal Metrology 1572.90 — 1572.90
81 Department of Tribal Welfare 13223.25 — 13223.25
82 Information Technology 15000.00 — 15000.00
83 Mines 3060.78 — 3060.78
84 Civil Aviation 1938.90 — 1938.90
85 Department of Rural Development 6905.32 — 6905.32
86 New and Renewable Energy 6215.77 — 6215.77
87 Department of Archaeology 4747.05 — 4747.05
88 Department of Public Private Partnership 750.80 — 750.80
89 Department of Empowerment of Persons with 2920.06 — 2920.06
Disabilities
90 Drinking Water Department 80148.53 — 80148.53
TOTAL
2325382.67 490880.35 2816263.02
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Budget for the year for the year 2025-2026 was presented to the Legislative Assembly on the 26th March, 2025. The Demands for Grants have since been discussed and voted by the Assembly. The Appropriation Bill is, therefore, introduced in accordance with the provisions of Article 204 of the Constitution of India to provide for appropriation out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa, of the moneys required for the services duringthe financial year 2025-2026.
DR. PRAMOD SAWANT Finance Minister/Chief Minister Porvorim-Goa. 8th August, 2025
NAMRATA ULMAN Secretary to the Legislative Assembly of Goa.
Assembly Hall, Porvorim, Goa. 8th August, 2025 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
Governor's Recommendation under Article 207 of The Constitution of India.
In pursuance of Article 207 of the Constitution of India, I, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Goa, hereby recommend the introduction and consideration of the Goa Appropriation (No. 3) Bill 2025, by the Legislative Assembly of Goa.
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LA/LEGN/2025/1822
The following bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 8th August, 2025 is hereby published for general information in pursuance of Rule-138 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
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The Goa Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2025
(Bill No. 19 of 2025)
A
BILL
to authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of
the State of Goa for the services and purposes of the financial year 2025-2026.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-Sixth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:—
1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Goa Appropriation (No. 4) Act, 2025.
2. Issue of Rs. 985,47,08,000/-, out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa for the financial year 2025-2026.— From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa, there may be paid and applied sums not exceeding those specified in column (5) of the Schedule hereto amounting in the aggregate to the sums of nine hundred eighty five crore forty seven lakh eight thousand rupees towards defraying the several charges which will come in the course of payment during the financial year 2025-2026 in respect of the services and for purposes specified in column (2) of the said Schedule.
3. Appropriation.— The sums authorised to be paid and applied from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa under this Act, shall be appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the said Schedule to this Act in relation to the said financial year.
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SCHEDULE
(See sections 2 and 3)
(Rs. In Lakhs)
Sums not exceeding
Total Demand No.
Services and purposes Voted by
Assembly
Charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa
(1)
(2)
(3) (4) (5)
01 Legislature Secretariat
130.00 — 130.00
02 General Administration and Coordination 0.01 — 0.01 OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
(Rs. In Lakhs)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 03 District and Sessions Court, North Goa 0.01 — 0.01 13 Transport 1000.03 — 1000.03 17 Police 1000.01 — 1000.01 19 Industries Trade and Commerce 0.06 — 0.06 20 Printing and Stationery 500.01 — 500.01 21 Public Works 23400.03 — 23400.03 25 Home Guards and Civil Defence 0.01 — 0.01 26 Fire and Emergency Services 4216.00 — 4216.00 31 Panchayats 1000.04 — 1000.04 32 Finance 0.01 — 0.01 34 School Education 0.15 — 0.15 35 Higher Education 0.08 — 0.08 43 Art and Culture 600.04 — 600.04 45 Department of Archives 300.00 — 300.00 47 Goa Medical College 2000.00 — 2000.00 48 Health Services 1700.13 — 1700.13 53 Food and Drugs Administration 0.01 — 0.01 55 Municipal Administration 3200.72 — 3200.72 56 Information and Publicity 357.00 — 357.00 57 Social Welfare 1810.34 — 1810.34 61 Skill Development and Entrepreneurship 0.13 — 0.13 62 Law 1000.00 — 1000.00 64 Agriculture 68.73 — 68.73 65 Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services 0.25 — 0.25 66 Fisheries 2140.95 — 2140.95 68 Forests 1238.04 — 1238.04 69 Handicraft, Textile and Coir 0.03 — 0.03 71 Cooperation 0.01 — 0.01OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
(Rs. In Lakhs)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
73 State Election Commission 500.00 — 500.00
74 Water Resources 1000.00 — 1000.00
76 Electricity 35000.03 — 35000.03
78 Tourism 3000.00 — 3000.00
82 Information Technology 2000.00 — 2000.00
85 Department of Rural Development 5492.53 — 5492.53
86 New and Renewable Energy 500.00 — 500.00
89 Department of Empowerment of Persons with 1520.02 — 1520.02
Disabilities
90 Drinking Water Department 2400.59 — 2400.59
91 Department of Forensic Science 1471.08 — 1471.08
TOTAL
98547.08 — 98547.08
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Supplementary Demands for Grants for the year 2025-2026 (First Batch) was presented to the Legislative Assembly. This Bill is introduced in pursuance of Article 204 read with Article 205 of the Constitution of India to provide for appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa, to meet the expenditure on certain services, granted by the Legislative Assembly for those services, during the financial year 2025-2026.
DR. PRAMOD SAWANT Finance Minister/Chief Minister Porvorim-Goa. 8th August, 2025
NAMRATA ULMAN Secretary to the Legislative Assembly of Goa.
Assembly Hall, Porvorim, Goa. 8th August, 2025
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Governor's Recommendation under Article 207 of The Constitution of India.
In pursuance of Article 207 of the Constitution of India, I, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Governor of Goa, hereby recommend the introduction and consideration of the Goa Appropriation (No. 3) Bill 2025, by the Legislative Assembly of Goa.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025LA/LEGN/2025/1811
The following bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 6th August, 2025 is hereby published for general information in pursuance of Rule-138 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
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The Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2025
(Bill No. 42 of 2025)
A
BILL
further to amend the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Goa Act 7 of 1969).
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Goa Municipalities (Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 9.— In Section 9 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Goa Act 7 of 1969) (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), in sub-section (2), in clause (a) against item (i), for the expression "that the total number of elected Councillors shall not exceed 25", the expression "that the total number of elected Councillors shall not exceed 27" shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of Section 188.— In Section 188 of the principal Act,—
(i) in sub-section (1),—
(a) for the words "within one month", the words "within fifteen days" shall be substituted;
(b) in the proviso, for the words "seven days" and "one month," the words "five days" and "fifteen days" shall be respectively substituted;
(ii) in sub-section (2), in clause (b) for the words "one month", the words "fifteen days" shall be substituted.
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Bill proposes to amend Section 9 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Goa Act 7 of 1969) so as to increase the number of wards in 'A' Class Municipal Councils.
The Bill also proposes to amend Section 188 of the said Act so as to curtail delay in granting completion certificate, permission to occupy or use and to promote implementation of Guidelines for Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to grant impetus to Ease of Doing Business in the State.
This Bill seeks to achieve the above objects OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025
FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
No financial implications are involved in this Bill.
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATION OF LEGISLATION
No delegated legislation is envisaged in this Bill.
VISHWAJIT P. RANE Minister for Urban Development Place: Porvorim-Goa. August, 2025
NAMRATA ULMAN Secretary to the Legislative Assembly of Goa.
Assembly Hall, Porvorim, Goa. August, 2025
ANNEXURE
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Extract of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Goa Act 7 of 1968)
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9. Composition of Councils. "[(1) Save as otherwise provided by this Act, every Council shall consist of Councillors elected at ward elections;
Provided that—
(1) in every Council, no less than (1/3) seats shall be reserved for women;
"[(2) in every Council, seat shall also be reserved for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class and for woman belonging to Scheduled Caste, as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Class as provided in sub-section (2)]
(2) The State Election Commission in consultation with the Government shall from time to time by an order published in the Official Gazette fix for each municipal area—
(a) the number of elected Councillors in accordance with the following table:
Class of Municipal area Number of elected Councillors
(i) 'A' Class The minimum number of elected Councillors shall be "[20], and {for every "[2500] of the "[voters in the municipal area] or part thereof} above 50,000 there shall be one additional elected Councillor, so, however, that the total number of elected Councillors shall not exceed [25];
(ii) 'B' Class The minimum number of elected Councillor shall be "[12], and {for every [2500] of the "[voters in the municipal area] or part thereof} "[above 10,000] there shall be one additional elected Councillor, so, however, that the total number of elected Councillors shall not exceed " [20];
[(iii) the figure in (i) and (ii) shall be odd, if possible]
"[(iv)] 'C' Class The number of elected Councillors shall be 10.
(b) the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes so that such number shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the number of elected Councillors as the population of the Scheduled Castes or of the Scheduled Tribes in the municipal area bears to the total OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025 population of that area and not less than one-third of such seats shall be reserved for women and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Council.].
[(bb) the number of seats, if any, to be reserved for persons belonging to the category of Other Backward Classes so that such number shall be twenty seven percent of the number of seats to be filled in through election in the Council and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the Council.]
[(c) the number of seats for the office of Chairperson in the Council {for Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes []} and women so that such number will bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the number of elected Councillors as the population of the [Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes [***] in the municipal area bears to the total population of that area and such seats shall be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Council.]
(3) The reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made by an order under sub- section (2) shall cease to have effect when the reservation of seats for those Castes and Tribes in the House of the People ceases to have effect under the Constitution of India:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall render any person elected to any such reserved seat ineligible to continue as a Councillor during the term of office for which he was duly elected by reason only of the fact that the reservation of seats has so ceased to have effect.
(4) Every order under sub-section (2) shall take effect for the purposes of the next general election of the Council immediately following after the date of the order.
(5) [***]
188. Completion certificate, permission to occupy or use.— (1) Every person constructing a building shall, within one month after the completion of construction of such building, deliver or send or cause to be delivered or sent to the Chief Officer at his office, notice in writing of such completion and shall give to the Chief Officer all necessary facilities for inspection of such building:
Provided that—
a) such inspection shall be commenced with in seven days from the date of receipt or the notice of completion; and
b) the Chief Officer may, not later than one month from the date of receipt of the notice of completion, by written intimation addressed to the person from whom the notice of completion was received,—
(i) give permission for the occupation of such building or for the use of the building or part thereof affected by such construction; or
(ii) refuse such permission in case such building has been constructed so as to contravene any provision of this Act or of any bye-law made under this Act at the time in force or of any order passed under Section 184 intimating to the person who gave the notice under sub-section (2) of that section, the reasons for such refusal and requiring such person, or if the person responsible for giving notice under sub-section (2) of the said section is not at the time of such notice owner of such building, then such owner to cause anything which is contrary to any provision of this Act or of any bye-law made under this Act at the time in force or of any order passed under Section 184 to be amended or to do anything which by any such provision or bye-law or order he is required to do but which has been omitted.
(2) No person shall occupy or permit to be occupied or use or permit to be used any such building constructed or part thereof affected by such construction, until—
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025(a) the permission referred to in proviso (b) to sub-section (1) has been received, or
(b) the Chief Officer has failed for one month after the receipt of the notice of completion to intimate as aforesaid his refusal of the said permission.
(3) Whoever—
(a) occupies or permits to be occupied any such building or part thereof affected by such construction without giving any notice as required under sub-section (1) or in contravention of the provisions of sub- section (2); or
(b) fails to comply with any order or requisition made under sub-section (1) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to [ten thousand rupees], and in the case of continuing contravention or non-compliance with further fine which may extend to [one hundred rupees] for every day after the first during which such contravention or non-compliance continues.
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LA/LEGN/2025/1810
The following bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 6th August, 2025 is hereby published for general information in pursuance of Rule-138 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
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The City of Panaji Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2025
(Bill No. 43 of 2025)
A
BILL
further to amend the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act 1 of 2003).
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the City of Panaji Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment to Section 258.— In the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act 1 of 2003), in Section 258, in sub-section (3), for the expression "if the Commissioner within sixty days of the receipt from any person of valid notice of such person's intention to erect or re-erect the building or within one hundred and twenty days of such receipt, if the notice relates to a building on the same or part of the same site on which sanction for the erection of a building has been refused within the previous twelve months, neglects or omits to pass orders sanctioning or refusing to sanction such erection or re-erection,", the expression "if the Commissioner neglects or omits to pass orders sanctioning or refusing to sanction such erection or re-erection within fifteen days of the receipt from any person of valid notice of such person's intention to erect or re-erect the building," shall be substituted.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
This Bill seeks to amend Section 258 of the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act 1 of 2003) so as to curtail the delay in granting sanction for erection or re-erection of the building and to promote implementation of Guidelines for Business Reforms Action Plan (BRAP) to grant impetus to Ease of Doing Business in the State.
This Bill seeks to achieve the above objects.
FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
No financial implications are involved in this Bill.
MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
No delegated legislation is envisaged in this Bill.
VISHWAJIT P. RANE Minister for Urban Development Porvorim-Goa. 6th August, 2025
NAMRATA A. ULMAN Secretary to the Legislative Assembly of Goa.
Assembly Hall, Porvorim, Goa. 6th August, 2025
ANNEXURE
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Extract of The City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act 1 of 2003)
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258. Commissioner to refuse erection or re-erection of buildings.— (1) The Commissioner shall refuse to sanction the erection or re-erection of any building in contravention of any scheme under section 255 or in contravention of any bye-law made under the provision of this Act.
(2) The Commissioner may refuse to sanction the erection of re-erection of any building, if in respect of the building there are just and sufficient reasons which shall be communicated in writing to the applicant, for which sanction should not be given, or if the land on which it is proposed to erect or re-erect such building is vested in the Government in the Corporation and the consent of the Central or the State Government or the Corporation, as the case may be, has not been obtained, or if the title to the land is in dispute between the applicant and the Corporation or the Government.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) but subject to the provisions of sub-section (9) of Section 255, if the Commissioner within sixty days of the receipt from any person of valid notice of such person's intention to erect or re-erect the building within one hundred and twenty days of such receipt, if the notice relates to a building on the same or part of the same site on which sanction for the erection of a building has been refused within the previous twelve months, neglects or omits-to pass orders sanctioning or refusing to sanction such erection or re-erection, such erection or re-erection shall, unless the land on which it is proposed to erect or re-erect such building belongs to or vests in the Corporation, be deemed to OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 20 (SUPPLEMENT) 14TH AUGUST, 2025 have been sanctioned, except in so far as it may contravene any rule or bye-law or town planning scheme sanctioned under this Act or any other enactment for the time being in force:
Provided that if an order granting or refusing such sanction is suspended under Section 378, the period specified by this sub-section shall commence to run afresh from the date of the communication of final orders under the said section by the State Government.
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