SUPPLEMENT

Goa Legislature Secretariat

LA/LEGN/2025/1821

The following bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 8^th 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)

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]

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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

Demand

No.

Services and purposes

Voted by

Assembly

Charged on the

Consolidated

Fund of the

State of Goa

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Legislature Secretariat

5336.00

264.50

5600.50

Raj Bhavan (Charged)

0.00

1911.35

1911.35

General Administration and Coordination

17499.43

—

17499.43

District and Sessions Court, North Goa

6000.00

—

6000.00

District and Sessions Court, South Goa

4602.01

—

4602.01

Prosecution

2399.80

—

2399.80

Election Office

3976.15

—

3976.15

Settlement and Land Records

4023.00

—

4023.00

Treasury and Accounts Administration, North Goa

221999.90

—

221999.90

Treasury and Accounts Administration, South Goa

736.85

—

736.85

Debt Services (Charged)

0.00

487109.48

487109.48

Notary Services

5231.50

—

5231.50

Excise

3044.15

—

3044.15

Commercial Taxes

5533.37

—

5533.37

Transport

33979.96

—

33979.96

Goa Public Service Commission (Charged)

0.00

1595.02

1595.02

Goa Sadan

899.91

—

899.91

Collectorate, North Goa

5069.68

—

5069.68

Collectorate, South Goa

5550.43

—

5550.43

Police

110000.02

—

110000.02

Jails

3429.02

—

3429.02

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(Rs. in lakhs)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Industries Trade and Commerce

14563.86

—

14563.86

Printing and Stationery

2705.00

—

2705.00

Public Works

197565.57

—

197565.57

Vigilance

1200.00

—

1200.00

Home

3937.19

—

3937.19

Environment

1600.01

—

1600.01

Home Guards and Civil Defence

4433.25

—

4433.25

Fire and Emergency Services

12921.50

—

12921.50

Official Language

1599.99

—

1599.99

Administrative Tribunal

286.16

—

286.16

Public Grievances

400.00

—

400.00

Small Savings and Lotteries

3911.30

—

3911.30

Panchayats

31252.77

—

31252.77

Finance

59650.00

—

59650.00

Revenue

3022.09

—

3022.09

School Education

210000.01

—

210000.01

Higher Education

70000.99

—

70000.99

Technical Education

11999.95

—

11999.95

Government Polytechnic, Panaji

3400.01

—

3400.01

Government Polytechnic, Bicholim

1718.52

—

1718.52

Government Polytechnic, Curchorem

1124.92

—

1124.92

Goa College of Engineering

5999.99

—

5999.99

Goa Architecture College

1993.41

—

1993.41

Sports and Youth Affairs

20290.02

—

20290.02

Art and Culture

24512.28

—

24512.28

Goa College of Art

750.00

—

750.00

Department of Archives

2563.90

—

2563.90

Museum

1486.50

—

1486.50

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(Rs. in lakhs)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Goa Medical College

99300.03

—

99300.03

Health Services

85700.20

—

85700.20

Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour

8090.55

—

8090.55

Goa College of Pharmacy

3564.82

—

3564.82

Goa Dental College

7900.00

—

7900.00

Labour

9832.54

—

9832.54

Food and Drugs Administration

2761.88

—

2761.88

Town and Country Planning

3727.98

—

3727.98

Municipal Administration

45268.01

—

45268.01

Information and Publicity

11162.65

—

11162.65

Social Welfare

56260.01

—

56260.01

Women and Child Development

44942.41

—

44942.41

Factories and Boilers

1676.50

—

1676.50

Employment

910.00

—

910.00

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

10399.99

—

10399.99

Law

10781.32

—

10781.32

Rajya Sainik Board

265.48

—

265.48

Agriculture

30630.12

—

30630.12

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services

16100.29

—

16100.29

Fisheries

7222.33

—

7222.33

Ports Administration

4941.41

—

4941.41

Forests

16849.95

—

16849.95

Handicraft, Textile and Coir

3417.07

—

3417.07

Civil Supplies

5800.06

—

5800.06

Cooperation

3970.08

—

3970.08

Science and Technology

15000.02

—

15000.02

State Election Commission

800.00

—

800.00

Water Resources

75999.29

—

75999.29

Planning, Statistics and Evaluation

5479.01

—

5479.01

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(Rs. in lakhs)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Electricity

413115.32

—

413115.32

River Navigation

8580.70

—

8580.70

Tourism

44098.92

—

44098.92

Goa Gazetteer

150.00

—

150.00

Legal Metrology

1572.90

—

1572.90

Department of Tribal Welfare

13223.25

—

13223.25

Information Technology

15000.00

—

15000.00

Mines

3060.78

—

3060.78

Civil Aviation

1938.90

—

1938.90

Department of Rural Development

6905.32

—

6905.32

New and Renewable Energy

6215.77

—

6215.77

Department of Archaeology

4747.05

—

4747.05

Department of Public Private Partnership

750.80

—

750.80

Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities

2920.06

—

2920.06

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 26^th

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.

Porvorim-Goa.

8^th August, 2025

DR. PRAMOD SAWANT

Finance Minister/Chief Minister

Assembly Hall,

Porvorim, Goa.

8^th August, 2025

NAMRATA ULMAN

Secretary to the

Legislative Assembly of Goa.

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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.

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LA/LEGN/2025/1822

The following bill which was introduced in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa on 8^th 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)

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

Demand

No.

Services and purposes

Voted by

Assembly

Charged on the

Consolidated

Fund of the

State of Goa

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Legislature Secretariat

130.00

—

130.00

General Administration and Coordination

0.01

—

0.01

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(Rs. In Lakhs)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

District and Sessions Court, North Goa

0.01

—

0.01

Transport

1000.03

—

1000.03

Police

1000.01

—

1000.01

Industries Trade and Commerce

0.06

—

0.06

Printing and Stationery

500.01

—

500.01

Public Works

23400.03

—

23400.03

Home Guards and Civil Defence

0.01

—

0.01

Fire and Emergency Services

4216.00

—

4216.00

Panchayats

1000.04

—

1000.04

Finance

0.01

—

0.01

School Education

0.15

—

0.15

Higher Education

0.08

—

0.08

Art and Culture

600.04

—

600.04

Department of Archives

300.00

—

300.00

Goa Medical College

2000.00

—

2000.00

Health Services

1700.13

—

1700.13

Food and Drugs Administration

0.01

—

0.01

Municipal Administration

3200.72

—

3200.72

Information and Publicity

357.00

—

357.00

Social Welfare

1810.34

—

1810.34

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

0.13

—

0.13

Law

1000.00

—

1000.00

Agriculture

68.73

—

68.73

Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services

0.25

—

0.25

Fisheries

2140.95

—

2140.95

Forests

1238.04

—

1238.04

Handicraft, Textile and Coir

0.03

—

0.03

Cooperation

0.01

—

0.01

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(Rs. In Lakhs)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

State Election Commission

500.00

—

500.00

Water Resources

1000.00

—

1000.00

Electricity

35000.03

—

35000.03

Tourism

3000.00

—

3000.00

Information Technology

2000.00

—

2000.00

Department of Rural Development

5492.53

—

5492.53

New and Renewable Energy

500.00

—

500.00

Department of Empowerment of Persons with

Disabilities

1520.02

—

1520.02

Drinking Water Department

2400.59

—

2400.59

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.

Porvorim-Goa.

8^th August, 2025

DR. PRAMOD SAWANT

Finance Minister/Chief Minister

Assembly Hall,

Porvorim, Goa.

8^th August, 2025

NAMRATA ULMAN

Secretary to the

Legislative Assembly of Goa.

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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.

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LA/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)

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

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FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM

No financial implications are involved in this Bill.

MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATION OF LEGISLATION

No delegated legislation is envisaged in this Bill.

Place: Porvorim-Goa.

August, 2025

VISHWAJIT P. RANE

Minister for Urban Development

Assembly Hall,

Porvorim, Goa.

August, 2025

NAMRATA ULMAN

Secretary to the

Legislative Assembly of Goa.

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

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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—

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(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)

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.

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STATEMENT 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.

Porvorim-Goa.

6^th August, 2025

VISHWAJIT P. RANE

Minister for Urban Development

Assembly Hall,

Porvorim, Goa.

6^th August, 2025

NAMRATA A. ULMAN

Secretary to the

Legislative Assembly of Goa.

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

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