EXTRAORDINARY

No. 3

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Panchayati Raj and Community Development

Directorate of Panchayats

Notification

The following draft Rules which the Government of Goa propose to make in exercise of the powers

conferred by Section 15 and sub-section (2) of Section 125 read with sub-section (1) of the Section 240 of

the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994), so as to further amend the Goa Panchayat and Zilla

Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996, are hereby pre-published as required by sub-section (1) of

Section 240 of the said Act for the information of the persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is

hereby given that the said draft Rules will be taken into consideration by the Government after the expiry

of period of seven days from the date of publication of this Notification in the Official Gazette.

All objections and/or suggestions to the said draft Rules may be forwarded to the Director of Panchayats

and Ex-Officio Joint Secretary to the Government of Goa, 5th floor, Myles High, Corporate Hub, Patto,

Panaji, Goa before the expiry of said period of seven days so that they may be taken into consideration at

the time of finalization of the said draft Rules.

DRAFT RULES

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 and sub-section (2) of Section 125 read with sub-

section (1) of Section 240 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994) and all other powers

enabling it in this behalf, the Government of Goa hereby makes the following rules so as to further amend

the Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Goa Panchayat and Zilla

Panchayat (Election Procedure) (Eight Amendment) Rules, 2024.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

34/DP/PAN/ZP/2025/8312

Date : 03-Nov-2025

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

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2. Amendment of rule 20.— In rule 20 of the Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure)

Rules, 1996, in sub-rule (1), for the expression “(4) Ball (5) Camera (6) Car (7) Desk (8) Door (9)

Envelope (10) Fire Engine (11) Flute (12) Frying Pan (13) Gas Cylinder (14) Gas Stove (15) Hanger (16)

Hat (17) Ink Pot and Pen (18) Jeep (19) Kite (20) Lock and Key (21) Pressure Cooker (22) Railway Engine

(23) Road Roller (24) Sewing Machine (25) Stool (26) Table Lamp (27) Television (28) Violin (29)

Walking Stick (30) Whistle”, the expression “(4) Camera (5) Car (6) Desk (7) Door (8) Envelope (9) Fire

Engine (10) Flute (11) Frying Pan (12) Gas cylinder (13) Gas stove (14) Hanger (15) Hat (16) Ink Pot and

Pen (17) Jeep (18) Kite (19) Lock and Key (20) Pressure Cooker (21) Railway Engine (22) Road Roller

(23) Sewing Machine (24) Stool (25) Table Lamp (26) Television (27) Violin (28) Walking Stick (29)

Whistle” shall be substituted.

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

Joao Fernandes, Addl. Director of Panchayats-I (Holding charge of Director of Panchayats).

Panaji.

Note: The principal Rules were published vide the Government Notification No. 1/DP/DR-EP/96 dated

1st November, 1996, in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 32 (Extraordinary), dated 7-11-1996, and

subsequently amended vide the following notifications, namely:—

(1) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/1999 dated 29th October, 1999, published in

the Official Gazette, Series I No. 31 (Extraordinary), dated 30-10-1999;

(2) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/1999 dated 8th November, 1999, published in

the Official Gazette, Series I No. 32 (Extraordinary), dated 08-11-1999;

(3) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/1999 dated 11th January, 2000, published in

the Official Gazette, Series I No. 42 (Extraordinary), dated 14-01-2000;

(4) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/2000 dated 31st January, 2000, published in

the Official Gazette, Series I No. 44 Extraordinary No. 2, dated 01-02-2000;

(5) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/2001 dated 19th November, 2001, published in

the Official Gazette, Series I No. 33 Extraordinary No. 2, dated 21-11-2001;

(6) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/2015 dated 18th February, 2015, published in

the Official Gazette (Extraordinary), Series I No. 46 dated 18-02-2015;

(7) Government Notification No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2021/764 dated 15th February, 2022, published

in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 47 dated 17-02-2022.

(8) Corrigendum No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2025/7852 dated 14th October, 2025, published in the

Official Gazette, Series I No. 29 dated 16-10-2025.

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