PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
No. 2
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Home
Office of the Collector and District Magistrate, South Goa, Magisterial Section
Order
37/113/2008/MAG/Tenant Verification/ M.O.3368
Read: No. SP/S-Goa/Reader/3332/2025 dated 31-10-2025 from the Superintendent of Police, South Goa District, Margao.
(Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023)
Whereas, it is reported by the Superintendent of Police, South Goa District, Margao, that criminals with an intention of committing crime in Goa, usually stay in Hotel/rented premises with fictitious names and bogus residential/official addresses and telephone numbers and after commission of crime, it becomes very difficult to locate the culprits, on the basis of available information recorded in the registers of Hotels/Guest House/Inns, as on verification it is found to be at times bogus/false.
And whereas, anti-social/criminal or undesirable elements can camouflage their identity for illegal/immoral operations, which need to be contained and regulated. Certain hotel owners/landlords/establishment have a tendency to rent out premises without verifying the antecedents of the person/tenants or informing the local Police;
Now therefore, on being satisfied of the need to take preventive action based on the report of the Superintendent of Police, South Goa District, Margao, I, Egna Cleetus, IAS, District Magistrate, South Goa District, Margao, in exercise of the powers vested in me under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, do hereby order that:-
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES III No. 32 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 2) 07TH NOVEMBER, 2025 through their proof of identify such as Election Card, Driving License, Aadhar Card, Passport, Smart Card, etc.b) No landlords, tenants, owners or person of any house/property falling under the territorial jurisdiction of South Goa District, Goa, shall let, sublet or rent out any accommodation to any person unless the particulars of the tenants have been furnished to the Officer-In-Charge of the concerned Police Station.
c) All In-Charges of such accommodations shall provide such facilities for inspection and the maintenance of record in the Police Authorities or any other authority authorizes by the undersigned.
d) All Head/Incharges of Nationalized Banks of South Goa District must deploy security guards for security of their ATM's round the clock and install CCTV cameras or shall installed ESS (Electronic Survey System) equipped with Panic button hooter, two-way communication system & remote outstanding control.
The circumstances do not permit serving of the notice individual to the concerned persons. Therefore, this order is hereby passed ex-parte. It shall be published for public information through the Press, Social Media, etc. and also by affixing copies on the Notice Boards of all Sub Divisional Magistrates, Mamlatdars and Police Stations.
This order shall come into force with effect from 5-11-2025 and shall remain in operation for a period of 60 days (both days inclusive) unless withdrawn earlier.
Violation of this order is punishable u/s 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
All the Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrates of South Goa are authorized to verify the violation of this order issued under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and to file FIR before the concerned Court/Police Station and to lodge complaint before the concerned Judicial Magistrate.
The Superintendent of Police (South), Margao-Goa, is directed to issue direction to all the Police Station of South Goa District to take note of this order and to place the matter before the concerned Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Magistrates of South Goa in case of violation under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Given under my hand and seal of this Office on 5th day of November, 2025.
Egna Cleetus, IAS, The District Magistrate, South Goa District, Margao-Goa.