EXTRAORDINARY

No. 3

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Law

Legal Affairs Division

Notification

The Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 2 of 2026), which has been passed by

the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 16-01-2026 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 02-02-2026, is

hereby published for the general information of the public.

Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary (Law).

Porvorim.

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The Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Act, 2026

(Goa Act 2 of 2026)

[02-02-2026]

ACT

to amend certain enactments enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa for decriminalising and

rationalising minor offences to further enhance trust-based governance and to ensure time bound

delivery of notified public services for ease of living and doing business.

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 Jan Vishwas (Laws

Amendment) Act, 2026.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 2^nd day of December, 2025.

2. Amendment of certain enactments.— The enactments specified in columns (4) of the Schedule I and

Schedule II hereto are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner specified in columns (5) of the said

Schedules respectively.

7/10/2026-LA/21

Date : 06-Feb-2026

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

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3. Revision of fines and penalties.— The fines and penalties provided under various provisions in the

enactments specified in the Schedule I and Schedule II shall be increased by ten per cent. of the minimum

amount of penalty, as the case may be, specified therefor, after the expiry of every three years from the date

of commencement of this Act.

4. Savings.— The amendment by this Act of any enactment shall not affect any other enactment in

which the amended enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to;

and this Act shall not affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or

suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred or any remedy or

proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of, or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability,

claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing;

nor shall this Act affect any principle or rule of law, or established jurisdiction, form or course of

pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or

appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed, or

recognized or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby amended;

nor shall the amendment by this Act of any enactment revive or restore any jurisdiction, office, custom,

liability, right, title, privilege, restriction exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not

now existing or in force.

5. Repeal and savings.— (1) The Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Ordinance

No. 4 of 2025) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Goa Excise Duty Act,

1964 (Act No. 5 of 1964), the Goa Waste Management Act, 2016 (Goa Act 19 of 2016), the Goa Fire Force

Act, 1986 (Act No. 9 of 1986), the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968 (Act No. 9 of 1969), the Goa

Municipalities Act, 1968 (Act 7 of 1969), the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act No. 1 of

2003), the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act No. 14 of 1994), the Goa Labour Welfare Fund Act,

1986 (Act No. 4 of 1987), the Goa Public Health Act, 1985 (Act No. 25 of 1985), the Goa Non-

Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 1996 (Goa Act 5 of 1997) and the Goa (Right to Citizens to Time-

Bound Delivery of Public Services) Act, 2013 (Goa Act 19 of 2013), as amended by the said Ordinance,

shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the said Acts respectively, as amended by this Act.

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(See Section 2)

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No.

Year

Act

No.

Short Title

Amendments

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1964

The Goa

Excise Duty

Act, 1964

(A) For Section 35, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“35. Penalty for contraventions not otherwise provided for.— Whoever

commits any act or makes intentional omission in contravention of any of

the provisions of this Act, or of any rule or order made under this Act, and

no penalty is specifically provided therein, he shall be liable, for each such

act or omission, to a penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees.”.

(B) In Section 35A, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted,

namely:-

“(b) where the contravention is liable to penalty only, with such penalty

as is provided for the contravention, or”.

“38. Limits of confiscation and/or penalty.— Without prejudice to the

limits of penalties provided hereinbefore, in every case in which, under

this Act, anything is liable to confiscation and/or penalty, as the case may

be, such confiscation and/or penalty, may be ordered —

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(a) without limit by the Commissioner, or

(b) up to confiscation of goods not exceeding ten thousand rupees

and imposition of penalty not exceeding one thousand rupees by such

other Excise Officer as the Government may, from time to time,

empower in that behalf.

Explanation:— Penalty construed herein shall be in relation to the

nature and gravity of offence committed by the licensee in person or by

his/her agent acting on his/her behalf and includes violation of condition

of licence or of a bond.”.

(D) For Section 39, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“39. Penalty in lieu of confiscation.— Whenever confiscation is

authorised by this Act, the officer ordering the same may give the owner of

the goods an option to pay, in lieu of confiscation, such penalty as the

officer thinks fit. Payment of the penalty shall not absolve the owner of the

goods from the payment of duties and other charges prescribed under this

Act.”.

2016

The Goa

Waste

Manage-

ment Act,

2016

(A) For Section 31, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

“31. Penalty for construction or use of land and buildings contrary to

terms of holdings.— (1) Any person who, whether at his own instance or

at the instance of any other person, undertakes or carries out the

construction of, or alteration to, any building in any waste management

area or site contrary to the terms under which he holds such building or

land under this Act or any rules made thereunder, shall be liable to a

penalty of not less than fifty thousand rupees; and, in the case of a

continuing contravention, to a further penalty not exceeding one thousand

rupees for every day during which such contravention continues after the

commission of the first such offence.

(2) Any person who uses any land or building in a waste management

area or site contrary to the terms under which he holds such land or

building under this Act or any rules made thereunder shall be liable to pay

a penalty, as determined by the Corporation, which shall not be less than

ten lakhs rupees; and, in the case of a continuing contravention, to a

further penalty not exceeding ten thousand rupees for every day during

which such contravention continues after the commission of the first such

offence and such person shall also be liable to be evicted therefrom.”.

(B) Section 45 shall be omitted.

“48. Penalty for obstruction.— (1) Any person who obstructs the entry

of a person authorized under Section 34 or any person with whom the

Corporation has entered into a contract for the performance and execution

of any act by such person, to enter into or upon any land or building or

molests such person after such entry or who obstructs the lawful exercise

by him of any power conferred by or under this Act shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees and for each subsequent

contravention to a further penalty which may extend to twenty-five

thousand rupees.

(2) If any person removes any mark set up for the purpose of indicating

any level, boundary line, or direction necessary to the execution of works

authorized under this Act, he shall be liable to a penalty which may extend

to ten thousand rupees and for each subsequent contravention to a further

penalty which may extend up to twenty-five thousand rupees.”.

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1986

The Goa

Fire Force

Act, 1986

(A) In Section 20, for the expression “shall be punishable with imprisonment

which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to an

amount not exceeding three months’ pay of such member or with both”, the

expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to an amount not

exceeding six months’ pay of such member” shall be substituted.

(B) For Section 21, the following Section shall be substituted, namely:—

“21. Failure to take precautions.— Whoever fails, without reasonable

cause, to comply with any of the requirements specified in a notification

issued under sub-section (1) of Section 13, or of the direction issued under

sub-section (2) of that Section, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding

ten thousand rupees.”.

1968

The Goa

Land

Revenue

Code, 1968

(A) For Section 19, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“19. Recovering value of natural products unauthorisedly removed from

certain lands.— Any person who unauthorisedly removes from any land

which is set apart for a special purpose, or from any land which is the

property of the Government, any natural product (not being trees), shall be

liable to the Government for the value thereof, and in addition, shall be

liable to a penalty not exceeding ten times the value of the natural product

so removed. Such value and penalty shall be recoverable from him as an

arrear of land revenue.”.

(B) In Section 32, in sub-section (5), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty”

shall be substituted.

(a) in sub-section (1), in clause (ii), for the word “fine”, the word

“penalty” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-section (1A), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be

substituted.

(D) In Section 37,—

(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:-

“(2) The person who made such encroachment, or who is in

unauthorised occupation of the land so encroached upon shall pay, if the

land encroached upon forms part of an assessed survey number, the

assessment for the entire number for the whole period of the

encroachment; and if the land has not been assessed, such amount of

assessment as would be leviable for the said period in the same village

on the same extent of similar land used for the same purpose. Such

person shall, in addition, be liable to a penalty which shall not be less

than five hundred rupees but not more than five thousand rupees if the

land is used for an agricultural purpose, and if used for a purpose other

than agriculture, to a penalty not exceeding twenty thousand rupees.”;

(b) for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(4) Every person who makes, causes, permits or continues any

encroachment on any land referred to in a notice issued under sub-

section (3), shall, in addition to the penalties specified in sub-section

(2), be liable, at the discretion of the Collector, to a penalty not

exceeding five thousand rupees in the case of encroachment for

agricultural purposes and five hundred rupees in other cases, for every

day or part of a day during which the encroachment continues after the

date on which the notice takes effect.”.

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(E) In Section 92, for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be

substituted.

(F) For Section 100, the following Section shall be substituted, namely:—

“100. Penalty for neglect to afford information.— Any person neglecting

to make the report required by Section 96, or to furnish the information or

produce the documents required by Section 99 within the period specified

in that section, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Collector, to a

penalty not exceeding five thousand rupees, which shall be leviable as an

arrear of land revenue.”.

(G) In Section 162, the expression “fines,” shall be omitted.

(H) In Section 199, in sub-section (2),—

(a) in clause (ix), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be substituted;

(b) in clause (x), the words “fine to be paid as” shall be omitted.

1969

The Goa

Municipa-

lities Act,

1968

(1) In Section 24, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(2) In Section 25, for sub-section (2), the following section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who at a public meeting to which this section applies

acts, or invites others to act, in a disorderly manner for the purpose of

preventing the transaction of the business for which the meeting was

called together, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five

thousand rupees.”.

(3) In Section 26, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(4) For Section 29, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“29. Penalty for illegal hiring or procuring of conveyances at

election.— If any person is guilty of any such corrupt practice as is

specified in clause (5) of Section 23 at or in connection with an election,

he shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(5) In Section 32, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(1) If any person to whom this section applies is, without reasonable

cause, guilty of any act or omission in breach of his official duty, he shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(6) In Section 86, in sub-section (1), for the expression “all taxes, fines

and penalties paid to or levied by it under this Act, other than fines imposed

by any Court”, the expression “all taxes, penalties paid to or levied by it

under this Act, other than penalties imposed by any Court” shall be

substituted.

(7) In Section 125, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) If the person liable to give the notice referred to in sub-section (1)

or sub-section (2) fails to give such notice, he shall, be liable to a penalty

which may extend to five hundred rupees.”.

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(5)

(8) In Section 174,—

(a) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall,

unless the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (6) of Section 171

apply, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand

rupees; and, in the case of a continuing contravention, be liable to a

further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day

after the first during which such contravention continues.”;

(b) for sub-section (8), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(8) Whoever contravenes the conditions of any permission granted

under sub-section (4), or fails to comply with the provisions of sub-

section (6) or (7), shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees; and, in the case of a continuing contravention, be

liable to a further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for

every day after the first during which such contravention continues.”.

(9) In Section 175, for sub-section (7), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(7) Any such owner or occupier putting up any projection or

obstruction without the permission of the Council under sub-section (2), or

in contravention of such permission, or any owner or occupier who fails to

remove any projection, encroachment or obstruction after receipt of a

notice from the Council under sub-section (4) or (5), shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and, in the case of a

continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend to one

thousand rupees for every day after the first during which such offence

continues.”.

(10) In Section 176, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:-

“(3) Whoever, not being duly authorised in that behalf, removes earth,

sand or other material from, or makes any encroachment in or upon, any

open space which is not a private property, shall be liable to a penalty

which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, and, in the case of a

continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend to one

thousand rupees for every day after the first during which such offence

continues.”.

(11) In Section 178, in sub-section (6), for the expression “shall, on

conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to Five thousand

rupees”, the expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

(12) In Section 180, in sub-section (2), for the expression “shall, on

conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees”,

the expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand

rupees” shall be substituted.

(13) In Section 181, in sub-section (3), for the expression “shall, on

conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five thousand

rupees”, the expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

(14) In Section 182, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

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“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) or of

any licence issued to him shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to

one thousand rupees.”.

(15) In Section 183, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) or of

any licence issued to him shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to

one thousand rupees.”

(16) In Section 184,—

(a) for sub-section (9), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(9) Any person who fails to comply with the notice issued by the

Chief Officer under sub-section (8), shall be liable to a penalty which

may extend to one lakh rupees.”;

(b) for sub-section (10), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:-

“(10) The Court convicting such person may also direct such person

to demolish or alter the building in accordance with the order of the

Chief Officer or in such other manner as the Court may deem proper

and within the period specified by the Court. If such person fails to

demolish or alter the building within the period specified by the Court,

or in the manner required by the Court, he shall be liable to a further

penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after

the expiry of the period for compliance specified by the Court in its

order during which such non-compliance continues.”;

substituted.

(17) In Section 187, for sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(5) Whoever, without such permission as is required by sub-section

(1), makes or causes to be made, or, in disobedience to the requirements of

a notice given under sub-section (2), suffers to remain, any roof or wall of

such material as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to

fifty thousand rupees; and, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to

a further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day

after the first during which such offence continues.”.

(18) In Section 188, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(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 be liable to a penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees; and, in the

case of a continuing contravention or non-compliance, be liable to a further

penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first

during which such contravention or non-compliance continues.”.

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(19) In Section 189, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) if any person contravenes any provision of sub-section (1), he shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees; and, in the

case of a continuing contravention, be liable to a further penalty which

may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during

which such contravention continues.”.

(20) In Section 191, for the expression “shall, on conviction, be punished

with fine which may extend to fifty rupees”, the expression “shall be liable to

a penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

(21) In Section 197, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever fails to comply with the notice issued by the Chief

Officer under sub-section (1), sub-section (2) or sub-section (2A), as the

case may be, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees; and, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a

further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day

after the first during which such offence continues.”.

(22) In Section 205, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(23) In Section 206, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who fails to comply with any notice issued by the

Chief Officer under sub-section (1) shall be liable to a penalty which may

extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(24) In Section 211, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(25) In Section 212, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever fails to comply with the notice under sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees;

and, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty

which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first

during which such offence continues.”.

(26) In Section 216, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (2) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees.”.

(27) In Section 218, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever takes down, alters or removes any of the said bars, chains

or posts, or removes or extinguishes any such light without the authority

or consent of the Chief Officer, shall be liable to a penalty which may

extend to twenty-five thousand rupees.”.

(28) In Section 220, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

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“(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty five thousand rupees; and,

in the case of a continuing contravention, be liable to a further penalty

which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first

during which such contravention continues.”.

(29) In Section 221, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to one lakh rupees; and, in the

case of a continuing contravention, be liable to a further penalty which

may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during

which such contravention continues.”.

(30) For Section 223, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“223. Depositing dust, etc., commiting nuisance.— (1) Whoever deposits

or causes or suffers any member of his family or household to deposit any

dust, dirt, dung, ashes, refuse or filth of any kind or any animal matter or

any broken glass or earthenware or other rubbish or any other thing that is

or may be a nuisance or danger, in any street or in any arch under a street

or in any drain beside a street or on any open space not being private

property or on any quay, jetty or landing place or on any part of the

seashore, or the bank of a tidal river, or whether above or below highwater

mark, or on the bank of the river, water course or nullah, except at such

places, in such manner and at such hours as shall be fixed by the Chief

Officer, and whoever commits or suffers any members of his family or

household to commit nuisance in any such place as aforesaid, shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.

(2) Whoever throws or puts, or causes or suffers any member of his

family or household to throw or put, any of the matters described in sub-

section (1) (except night-soil, or, except with the permission of the Chief

Officer, any night-soil) into any drain, culvert, tunnel, gutter or water-

course, and whoever commits nuisance, or suffers any member of his

family or household to commit nuisance, in any such drain, culvert,

tunnel, gutter or water-course, or in such close proximity thereto as to

pollute the same, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees.”.

(31) For Section 224, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“224. Discharging sewage, etc.— Whoever causes, or allows the water

of any sink, sewer or cesspool, or any other liquid or matter which is or is

likely to become a nuisance, from any building or land under his control,

to run, drain or be thrown or put upon any street or open space, or to soak

through any external wall, or causes or allows any offensive matter from

any sewer or privy to run, drain or be thrown into a surface drain in any

street, without the permission in writing of the Chief Officer, or who fails

to comply with any condition prescribed in such permission, shall be liable

to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(32) For Section 225, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“225. Non-removal of filth, etc.— Whoever, being the owner or

occupier of any building or land, keeps, or allows to be kept for more than

twenty-four hours, or otherwise than in some proper receptacle, any dirt,

dung, bones, ashes, night-soil, filth or any noxious or offensive matter, in

or upon such building or land, or suffers such receptacle to be in a filthy or

noxious state, or neglects to employ proper means to remove the filth from

and to cleanse and purify such receptacle, or keeps or allows to be kept in

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or upon such building or land any animal in such a way as to cause a

nuisance, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand

rupees; and, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a further

penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the

first during which such contravention continues.”.

(33) In Section 226, in sub-section (3), in clause (b), for the expression

“shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five

thousand rupees”, the expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may

extend to fifty thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

(34) For Section 227, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“227. Using offensive manure, etc.— Whoever, except with the written

permission of the Chief Officer, and in accordance with the conditions of

such permission, stores or uses night-soil or other manure or substance

emitting an offensive smell in such manner as to be a nuisance to the

neighbourhood, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees.”.

(35) In Section 230, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:-

“(2) Any person who fails to comply with the notice issued under sub-

section (1) shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand

rupees; and, in the case of continuing non-compliance, be liable to a

further penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day

after the first during which such non-compliance continues.”.

(36) For Section 240, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“240. Penalty for contravention of provisions relating ito dangerous

diseases.— (1) Whoever knowingly contravenes any provision of Section

232, 233, 235, 236, 237 or 238, or clause (d) of Section 239, or disobeys

any order or requisition made under any of the aforesaid sections, or

obstructs any officer of the Council or other person acting under the

authority of the Council in carrying out executively any such order, shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand rupees; and, in

the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may

extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during which

such contravention continues.

(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of clauses (a), (b) or (c) of

Section 239, or disobeys any order or requisition made under any of the

aforesaid clauses, or obstructs any officer of the Council or other person

acting under the authority of the Council in carrying out any such order,

shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and,

in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which

may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during

which such contravention continues.”.

(37) In Section 243, for sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(5) Any owner who, after the date specified in any requisition issued

under sub-section (2), permits the overcrowding of any building in

contravention of such requisition, and any person who omits to vacate any

such building in accordance with the notice given to him under sub-

section (4), shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand

rupees for each day subsequent to the date specified in such requisition

during which such overcrowding, or such omission to vacate, continues.”.

(38) In Section 245, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

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“(3) Whoever commits a breach of any notice given or of any condition

imposed by the Council in exercise of any power under this section shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(39) In Section 246, for sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(5) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (2) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(40) In Section 247, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Any person who buries or otherwise disposes of any corpse in any

such place, after the date specified in the said notification for closure of

the same, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand

rupees.”.

(41) In Section 248, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(42) In Section 252, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever uses or allows to be used any place for any of the

purposes specified in sub-section (1), without a licence, or in contravention

of any conditions subject to which a licence may have been granted under

sub-section (1), shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty

thousand rupees if the contravention is of clause (i) or (ii) of sub-section

(1), and be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees if

the contravention is of clause (iii) of that sub-section; and, in the case of a

continuing contravention of the said clause (i) or (ii), be liable to a further

penalty of one thousand rupees for every day after the first during which

such contravention continues, and, in the case of a continuing contravention

of the said clause (iii), be liable to a further penalty of one thousand rupees

for every day after the first during which such contravention continues.”.

(43) In Section 254, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(44) In Section 257, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Any person who, without a licence from the Chief Officer under

sub-section (2), occupies any stall, shop, stand, shed, pen or space in a

municipal market, or sells or exposes for sale any article in a municipal

market, or uses a municipal slaughter-house, shall be liable to a penalty

which may extend to one thousand rupees.”.

(45) In Section 259, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever uses or permits the use of any premises in contravention

of the provisions of sub-section (1), or whoever refuses to comply with

any notice issued by the Chief Officer under sub-section (2), shall be liable

to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and, in the case of

a continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend to

five thousand rupees for every day after the first during which such

offence continues.”.

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(46) In section 260, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever uses or permits the use of any premises in contravention

of the provisions of sub-section (1), or whoever refuses to comply with

any notice issued by the Chief Officer under sub-section (2), shall be liable

to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and, in the case of

a continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend to

five thousand rupees for every day after the first during which such

offence continues.”.

(47) In Section 261, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever uses or permits the use of any premises in contravention

of the provisions of sub-section (1), or whoever refuses to comply with

any notice issued by the Chief Officer under sub-section (2), shall be liable

to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees, and in the case of

continuing offence with further penalty which may extend to five thousand

rupees for every day after the first during which such offence continues.”.

(48) In Section 263, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever establishes, alters, enlarges or extends, or permits the

establishment, material alteration, enlargement or extension of, any such

factory, workshop or place of business without a licence or in

contravention of any condition subject to which the licence may have been

granted, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand

rupees.”.

(49) In Section 264, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever uses or employs any such whistle or trumpet as aforesaid

in contravention of any provision of sub-section (1) shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees; and, in the case of a

continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend to five

hundred rupees for every day after the first during which such offence

continues.”.

(50) In Section 265, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever uses or permits the use of any premises in contravention

of the provisions of sub-section (1), or whoever refuses to comply with

any notice issued under sub-section (2), shall be liable to a penalty which

may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and, in the case of a continuing

offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend to five thousand

rupees for every day after the first during which such offence continues.”.

(51) In Section 266, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever keeps in or upon any premises any article in

contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) or (2), or in

contravention of any conditions subject to which a licence may have been

granted, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand

rupees; and, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a further

penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the

first during which such offence continues.”.

(52) In Section 270, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

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“(3) Whoever forcibly opposes the seizure of cattle liable to be seized

under this Section, or rescues the same after seizure, either from a pound

or from any person taking or about to take them to a pound, shall be liable

to a penalty of one lakh rupees.”.

(53) In Section 275, in sub-section (4), for the word “fines”, the word

“penalties” shall be substituted.

(54) For section 276, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-

“276. Penalty for allowing cattle to stray in street or to trespass upon

private or public property.— (1) Whoever, within a municipal area, allows

any cattle which are in his property or in his charge to stray in any street or to

trespass upon any private or public property shall, on conviction, be

punished,—

(i) for the first offence, liable to a penalty of one lakh rupees;

(ii) for a second or subsequent offence, liable to a penalty of one lakh

fifty thousand rupees.

(2) The Magistrate trying the offence under sub-section (1) may order,—

(a) that the accused shall pay such compensation not exceeding one

thousand rupees as the Magistrate considers reasonable, to any person for

any damage proved to have been caused to his property or to the produce

of land, by the cattle under the control of the accused, trespassing on his

land; and also,

(b) that the cattle in respect of which an offence has been committed

shall be forfeited to the Government.

(3) Any compensation awarded under sub-section (2) may be recovered as

if it were a penalty imposed under this section.

(4) An offence under this section shall be cognizable.”.

(55) For Section 277, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“277. Tethering cattle, etc.— Whoever tethers cattle or other animals,

or causes or suffers them to be tethered by any member of his family or

household, in any public street or place so as to obstruct or endanger the

public traffic therein, or to cause a nuisance, or who causes or suffers such

animals to stray about without a keeper, shall be,—

(a) for a first offence, liable to a penalty which may extend to ten

thousand rupees;

(b) for a second or subsequent offence, liable to a penalty which may

extend to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(56) In Section 279, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever, after such direction, keeps any pigs in any place within

the municipal area or specified part thereof without the permission

required as aforesaid, or otherwise than in accordance with the terms

thereof, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to three thousand

rupees.”.

(57) In Section 280, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:-

“(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of sub-section (1) shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(58) In Section 281, in sub-section (3), the words “fine or” shall be

omitted.

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(59) In Section 284, for the expression “shall, if no other penalty is

provided for the offence, on conviction, be punished with fine which may

extend to Five thousand rupees, and in the case of continuing offence with

further fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every day after the

first during which such contravention continues:”, the expression “shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees; and, in the

case of a continuing offence, be liable to a further penalty which may extend

to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during which such

contravention continues:” shall be substituted.

(60) In Section 314, for the words “punished with fine”, the words “liable

to a penalty” shall be substituted.

2003

The City of

Panaji

Corporation

Act, 2002

(1) In Section 55, in sub-section (2), in clause (viii) and proviso thereto,

for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be substituted.

(2) In Section 113, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) If any person willfully delays or obstructs any person in the

exercise of any of his powers under this section he shall be liable to a

penalty not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.”.

(3) In Section 136, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) If any person so called upon to furnish information omits to do so

or furnishes information which is untrue to his knowledge, he shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(4) For Section 137, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“137. Duty of occupier to furnish true information regarding owner's

name and address.— If the occupier of any land or building neglects or

refuses, without reasonable cause, to comply with a notice served under

Section 110 or furnishes information which is untrue to his knowledge he

shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(5) In Section 141, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(1) If any person, bringing or receiving within the prescribed limits of

the City a conveyance or package on which a toll or cess on imports is or

is believed to be leviable, refuses on the demand of an officer authorized

by the Commissioner in this behalf to permit the officer to inspect, weigh

or otherwise examine the contents of the conveyance or package for the

purpose of ascertaining whether it contains any article, in respect of which

a toll or cess on imports is payable, or refuses to communicate to the

officer any information or to exhibit to him any bill, invoice or document

of a like nature which he may possess relating to the article, or with the

intention of defrauding the Corporation communicates false information or

exhibits any false, forged, or fraudulent bill, invoice or document of a like

nature, he shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand

rupees.”.

(6) For Section 142, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“142. Punishment for evading payment of toll or cess.— If animals or

articles passing the limits of the Corporation are liable to the payment of a

toll or cess on imports, then every person who, with intention to defraud

the Corporation causes or abets the introduction of, or himself introduces

or attempts to introduce within the said limits, any such animals or articles

upon which payment of the toll or cess on imports due on such introduction

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has neither been made nor tendered, shall be liable to a penalty which may

extend either to ten times the value of such toll or cess on imports, or to

fifty thousand rupees, whichever may be greater.”.

(7) In Section 169, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever, without the permission of the Commissioner, makes or

keeps for a longer time than one week after the issue of notice under this

section, any drain, privy, latrine, urinal, absorption pit, disposal work,

cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse, within fifteen metres of any

spring, well, tank, reservoir, swimming pool or other source from which

water is or may be derived for public use, shall be liable to a penalty

which may extend to twenty thousand rupees, and, when a notice has been

issued, with a further penalty, not exceeding five thousand rupees for each

day during which the offence is continued after the lapse of the period

allowed for removal.”.

(8) For Section 170, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“170. Discharging sewage.— Whoever, without the permission of the

Commissioner causes or knowingly or negligently allows the contents of

any sink, cesspool or any other offensive matter to flow, drain or be put

upon any street or public place, or into any irrigation channel or any drain

not set apart for the purpose, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend

to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(9) For Section 171, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“171. Making or altering drains without authority.— Whoever, without

the permission of the Commissioner, makes or causes to be made, or alters

or causes to be altered, any drain, leading into any of the drains vested in

the Corporation, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty

thousand rupees.”.

(10) In Section 206, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person acting in contravention of the terms of sub-section (1)

shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.”.

(11) In Section 223, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) If the owner of a cinematograph or other apparatus uses the

apparatus or allows it to be used, or if any person takes part in any public

dramatic performance, circus or pantomime, or if the occupier of any

premises allows those premises to be used, in contravention of the

provisos of this section, or of any condition of a licence granted under this

section, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one lakh rupees and

in the case of a continuing offence, to a further penalty of five thousand

rupees for each day during which the offence continues, and his licence

shall be liable to be revoked by the Commissioner.”.

(12) In Section 228, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(4) Any person who slaughters for sale any animal at any place within

the City other than the one fixed by the Corporation under this section

shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to twenty thousand rupees.”.

(13) In Section 229, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

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“(4) Any person bound to act in accordance with sub-section (1) of this

section shall, if he fails so to act, shall be liable to a penalty which may

extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(14) In Section 243, for clause (c), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(c) being the person in charge of, or in attendance on, any person

suffering from any such disease in such dwelling, and becoming cognizant

of the existence of the disease therein, fails forthwith to give information,

or knowingly gives false information to the Medical Officer of Health or

to any other officer to whom the Corporation may require information to

be given respecting the existence of such disease, shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees:”.

(15) In Section 264, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person failing to comply with the terms of such notice shall be

liable to a penalty not exceeding one lakh rupees; and if he continues to

fail to comply with the terms of such notice after the first day of such

failure, he shall be liable to a further penalty not exceeding ten thousand

rupees for every day thereafter during which the failure continues.”.

(16) In Section 269, in sub-section (1), for the word “fine”, the word

“penalty” shall be substituted.

(17) In Section 296, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) or omits to

comply with the terms of a notice under sub-section (2), shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees and in case of a

continuing contravention or omission, with further penalty which may

extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the first during which

the contravention or omission continues.”.

(18) For Section 298, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“298. Destroying direction-posts, lamp-posts, etc.— Whoever, without

being authorised by the Commissioner, defaces or disturbs any municipal

direction-post, lamp-post or lamp or damages any municipal light in any

public place, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five

thousand rupees.”.

(19) In Section 299, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(1) Whoever, without the consent of the owner or occupier or other

person for the time being in charge affixes or causes to be affixed any

poster, bill, notice, placard or other paper or means of advertisement

against or upon any street, building, wall, tree, board, fence or pole or

writes upon, soils, defaces or marks any such building, wall, tree, board,

fence or pole with chalk or paint or in any other way whatsoever, shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(20) For Section 305, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“305. Driving vehicles without proper lights.— Whoever drives or

propels any vehicle not properly supplied with lights in any street during

the period from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise

shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(21) In Section 306, for sub-section (1), the following section shall be

substituted, namely:—

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“(1) Whoever, in contravention of any general or special prohibition

issued by the Commissioner, and without the permission of the

Commissioner, beats a drum or tom tom, blows a horn or trumpet or beats

or sounds any other instrument or makes a noise on any utensil, shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(22) For Section 307, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“307. Discharging fire-arms.— Whoever, unless authorized, bound or

justified discharges fire-arms or lets off fire-works, fire balloons, or

detonators, or engages in any game in such a manner as to cause, or be

likely to cause danger to persons passing by or dwelling or working in the

neighbourhood, or risk of injury to property, shall be liable a to penalty

which may extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(23) For Section 308, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“308. Quarrying, blasting, cutting timber or building.— Whoever

quarries, blasts, cuts timber or carries on building operations in such

manner as to cause or to be likely to cause danger to persons passing by or

dwelling or working in the neighbourhood, shall be liable to a penalty

which may extend to ten thousand rupees.

(24) For Section 309, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“309. Lopping of branches, etc. of tree or plant on a public

place.— Whoever, without the permission of the Commissioner, lops or

cuts the branches or twigs of any tree or plant standing on a public place,

or plucks the fruits, flowers or leaves of such tree or plant, or causes any

damage thereto, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten

thousand rupees, or in the case of a second or subsequent breach, to

twenty thousand rupees.”.

(25) In Section 318, for clause (b), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:-

“(b) if the Commissioner has by notice in the prescribed manner during

the prevalence of rabies directed that dogs shall not be at large without

muzzles, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand

rupees.”.

(26) For Section 319, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“319. Letting loose horse or other animals.— Whoever willfully or

negligently lets loose any horse or other animal so as to cause, or

negligently allows any horse or other animal to cause injury, danger, alarm

or annoyance to any person or damage to property, shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.”.

(27) For Section 376, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“376. Power to demand punishment or dismissal.— Notwithstanding

anything contained in this Act, if in the opinion of the State Government

any officer or servant of the Corporation is negligent in the discharge of

his duties, the Corporation shall, on the requirement of the State

Government, suspend or hold him liable to a penalty; and if in the opinion

of the State Government he is unfit for his employment, the Corporation

shall dismiss him.”.

(28) In Section 387,—

(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

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“(1) In making a bye-law under section 386, the Corporation may

provide that a breach or any abatement of a breach thereof shall be

liable to a penalty—

(a) which may extend to one lakh rupees and, in the case of a

continuing breach, to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand

rupees for each day during which the breach continues after the first

breach; or

(b) which may extend to ten thousand rupees for every day during

which the breach continues after receipt of written notice from the

Commissioner to discontinue the breach.”;

(ii) in sub-section (2), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be

substituted.

(29) In Section 391, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(4) In making rules under clauses (d) and (i), and clauses (t) and (u) of

sub-section (2), the State Government may direct that a breach of any

provision thereof shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five

thousand rupees.”.

(30) In Section 392, in sub-section (1), for the words “punishable with

fine”, the words “liable to a penalty” shall be substituted.

(31) For section 395, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“395. Penalty for obstruction.— Any person who willfully obstructs

any Corporation authority, or any Corporation officer or servant, or any

person authorized by any Corporation authority in the exercise of powers

conferred by this Act or any rules or bye-laws made there under shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(32) For Section 398, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“398. Penalty for disobedience of order of Corporation

authorities.— Whoever disobeys any lawful direction or prohibition

given by an authority of the Corporation by a public notice, or by any

written notice lawfully issued under the provisions of this Act, or fails to

comply with the conditions subject to which any permission was granted

to him by an authority of the Corporation under the said provisions, shall,

if the disobedience or omission is not an offence liable under any other

Section, be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees;

and in the case of a continuing breach, to a further penalty which may

extend to ten thousand rupees for every day after the first during which the

breach continues:

Provided that when the notice fixes a time within which a certain act is

to be done and no time is specified in this Act, it shall rest with the

magistrate trying an offence under this section to determine whether the

time so fixed was reasonable for purpose of compliance with the notice.”.

1994

The Goa

Panchayat

Raj Act,

1994

(1) In Section 27, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes the provision of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(2) In Section 32, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) If any person to whom this section applies, without reasonable

cause, commits any act or omission in breach of his official duty, he shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

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substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to two thousand five hundred

rupees.”.

(4) In Section 38, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(1) Any person who, at a public meeting held in connection with an

election under this Act, acts or incites others to act in a disorderly manner

for the purpose of preventing the transaction of the business for which the

meeting was called, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five

thousand rupees.”.

(5) For Section 40, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“40. Penalty for illegal hiring or procuring of conveyance at election.—

If any person is guilty of any such corrupt practice as is specified in clause

(vi) of section 23 at or in connection with an election, he shall be liable to

a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(6) In Section 88, for the expression “shall on conviction, be punished

with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and if the offence be a continuing

one, with further fine which may extend to ten rupees for every day during

which the said offence is continued after the date of first conviction”, the

expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand

rupees and, if the contravention is a continuing one, to a further penalty

which may extend to five hundred rupees for every day during which such

contravention continues after the date of the first imposition of penalty” shall

be substituted.

(7) In Section 90, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Any person who buries or otherwise disposes of any corpse in any

such place after the date specified in the said notification for closure

thereof, or buries any corpse in any unoccupied Government land not set

apart for the burial of the dead under the provisions of any law for the time

being in force or by established usage, shall be liable to a penalty which

may extend to one thousand rupees.”.

(8) In Section 93, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Whoever washes such clothing or bedding or other articles at any

place other than those set apart for such purposes under sub-section (1),

shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five hundred rupees.”.

(9) For Section 110, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“110. Using offensive substance, etc.— Whoever, except with the

written permission of a Panchayat and except in the manner, if any,

enjoined in such permission, stores or uses night soil or other substances

emitting an offensive smell other than cattle manure, shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees.”.

(10) In Section 111, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) If any person, after such direction, uses or permits to be used any

such furnace not so constructed, supplemented or altered, or so negligently

uses or permits to be used any such furnace that the smoke arising therefrom

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is not effectually consumed or burnt as far as may be practicable, every

person so offending being the owner or occupier of the said works or

buildings, or being an agent or other person employed by such owner or

occupier for managing the same shall be liable to a penalty which may

extend to one thousand rupees and, upon any subsequent contravention, to

a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees:

Provided that nothing in this section shall be held to apply to

locomotive engines used for the purpose of traffic upon any railway or any

other engines, for the repair of roads.”.

(11) In Section 112, for the expression “shall, on conviction, be punished

with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees”, the expression “shall be

liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees” shall be

substituted.

(12) In Section 112-B, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall

be substituted, namely:—

“(1) Whoever, within the limits of a village, allows any cattle which are

his property or in his charge to stray in any street or to trespass upon any

private or public property, shall be liable to a penalty,—

(i) for the first contravention, which may extend to two thousand

rupees;

(ii) for a second or subsequent contravention, which may extend to

five thousand rupees.”.

(13) In Section 112-C, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall

be substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever forcibly opposes the seizure of cattle liable to be seized

under the Act and whoever rescues the same after the seizure, either from

a pound or from any person taking or about to take them to a pound, shall

be liable to a penalty of forty thousand rupees.”.

(14) In Section 187, for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(4) Any person who wilfully neglects or refuses to comply with any

requisition lawfully made under sub-section (3), shall be liable to a penalty

which may extend to one thousand rupees:

Provided that no proceedings for the imposition of such penalty shall be

initiated without the sanction of the Chief Executive Officer.”.

(15) For Section 209, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“209. Penalty for contravention of any order regarding

requisition.— If any person contravenes any order made under Section

203 or Section 205, he shall be liable to a penalty of forty thousand

rupees.”.

(16) In Section 211,—

(a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(1) Whoever acts as a member of a Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat

knowing that under this Act or the rules made thereunder he is not

entitled to, or has ceased to be entitled to, hold office as such, shall be

liable to a penalty of one thousand rupees for every day on which he so

sits or votes as a member.”;

(b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

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“(2) Whoever acts as the Sarpanch or Deputy Sarpanch of a

Panchayat, or Adhyaksha or Upadhyaksha of a Zilla Panchayat, or

exercises any of the functions thereof, knowing that under this Act or

the rules made thereunder he is not entitled to, or has ceased to be

entitled to, hold such office or exercise such functions, shall be liable to

a penalty of two thousand rupees for every day on which he so acts or

exercises such functions.”;

punished with a fine which may extend to one hundred rupees”, the

expression “shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand

rupees” shall be substituted.

(17) For Section 212, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“212. Penalty for interested member voting.— Whosoever votes as a

member of a Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat in contravention of the

provisions of sub-section (4) of Section 55 or clause (g) of sub-section (2)

of Section 136 shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five

thousand rupees.”.

(18) For Section 213, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“213. Penalty for acquisition by officer or servant of interest in

contract.— If any member, officer or servant of a Panchayat or Zilla

Panchayat knowingly acquires for himself directly or indirectly, by

himself or through a partner, employer or servant, any share or interest in

any contract or employment with, by or on behalf of a Panchayat or Zilla

Panchayat, he shall be liable to penalty which may extend to five thousand

rupees:

Provided that no person shall, by reason of being a shareholder, in or

member of, any company, be held to be interested in any contract entered

into between such company and the Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat unless

he is a Director of such company:

Provided further that nothing in this section shall apply to any person

who, with the sanction of the Director enters into a contract with a

Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat.”.

(19) For Section 214, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“214. Wrongful obstruction of certain officers.— Any person who

prevents the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary or any person to

whom such officer has lawfully delegated his powers from entering on or

into any place, building or land, from exercising his lawful power of

entering thereon or, therein shall be liable to a penalty of five thousand

rupees.”.

(20) For Section 215, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“215. Prohibition against obstruction of Sarpanch or Deputy Sarpanch,

etc.— Any person obstructing a Sarpanch, Deputy Sarpanch, Secretary or

member of a Panchayat, Adhyaksha, Upadhyaksha, Chief Executive

Officer or member of a Zilla Panchayat, or any person employed by the

Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat, or any person with whom a contract has

been entered into by or on behalf of a Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat, in the

discharge of his duty or in the exercise of anything which he is empowered

or required to do by virtue of, or in consequence of, this Act or any rules,

bye-laws, regulations or orders made thereunder, shall be liable to a

penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees.”.

(21) For Section 216, the following Section shall be substituted, namely:—

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“216. Prohibition against removal or obliteration of notice.— Any

person, who without authority in that behalf removes, destroys, defaces or

otherwise obliterates any notice exhibited, or any sign or mark erected by

or under the orders of a Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat or its executive

authority, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand

rupees.”.

(22) For Section 217, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“217. Penalty for not furnishing information or giving false

information.— Any person who is required by this Act, or by any notice or

by other proceedings issued thereunder, to furnish any information, and

who fails to furnish such information or knowingly furnishes false

information, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to one thousand

rupees.”.

(23) In Section 218, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall

be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees; and if

such person is an officer or employee of the Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat,

he shall also be liable for dismissal from service in accordance with the

applicable service rules.”.

(24) For Section 223, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“223. Punishment for disobedience or orders and notices not

punishable under any other section.— Whoever disobeys or fails to

comply with any lawful direction given by way of written notice issued by

or on behalf of a Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat under any power conferred

by this Act, or fails to comply with the conditions subject to which any

permission was given to him by the Panchayat or Zilla Panchayat

concerned under any such power, shall, if such disobedience or failure is

not otherwise provided for under any other section, be liable to a penalty

which may extend to one thousand rupees, and in the case of a continuing

contravention, to a further penalty which may extend to one hundred

rupees for every day during which such disobedience or failure continues

after the date of the first imposition:

Provided that when the notice fixes a time within which a certain act is

to be done, and no time is specified in this Act, the Magistrate shall

determine whether the time so fixed was reasonable.”.

(25) In Section 228, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(1) Whoever,—

(a) rents, alters, adds to or reconstructs a building without the written

permission required by Section 66 or in contravention of any of the

conditions imposed by it; or

(b) uses any place without a licence required by Sections 68, 69, 70

and 71 or in contravention of any of the conditions or during the

suspension of the licence; or

shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees and,

in the case of a continuing contravention, to a further penalty which may

extend to one hundred rupees for every day after the first imposition during

which the contravention continues.”.

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(26) In Section 236, for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), shall be

liable to a penalty of twenty thousand rupees.”.

1987

The Goa

Labour

Welfare

Fund Act,

1986

(A) In Section 3, in sub-section (2), in clause (i), for the word “fines”, the

word “penalties” shall be substituted.

(B) In Section 13, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(1) If an employer does not pay to the Board any amount of unpaid

accumulation or penalty realized from the employees, within the time

specified by or under this Act, the Secretary may serve or cause to be

served a notice on such employer requiring payment of the said amount

within the period specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty days

from the date of service of such notice.”.

proviso shall be substituted, namely:—

“Provided further that the penalties shall be expended by the Board

under this Act, notwithstanding anything contained in the Payment of

Wages Act, 1936 (Central Act 4 of 1936) or any other law or agreement

for the time being in force.”.

(D) In Section 26,—

(a) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(a) for the first offence, the employer shall be liable to a penalty not

exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees.”;

(b) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(b) for a second or subsequent offence, the employer shall be liable

to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees.”.

namely:

“Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the

contrary to be recorded in the judgment of the Court, in any case where

the offender is liable to penalty only, the amount of such penalty shall

not be less than ten thousand rupees.”.

(E) In Section 27,—

(a) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(a) for the first offence, the employer shall be liable to a penalty not

exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees.”;

(b) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(b) for a second or subsequent offence, the employer shall be liable

to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees.”;

namely:

“Provided that, in the absence of special and adequate reasons to the

contrary to be recorded in the judgment of the Court, in any case where

the offender is liable to penalty only, the amount of such penalty shall

not be less than ten thousand rupees.”.

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(F) For Section 29, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“29. General provision for penalty for contravention.— Any employer

who contravenes any provision of this Act or of any rule or order made

there under shall, if no other penalty is separately provided under this Act,

be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten thousand rupees.”.

(G) In Section 29A,—

(a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(1) Any contravention liable to penalty under this Act may, on an

application made by the person concerned, either before or after the

institution of any proceedings, be compounded by such Officer as the

Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, for a

sum equivalent to seventy-five percent of the maximum penalty

provided for such contravention, in such manner as may be

prescribed.”;

(b) for sub-section (7), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:

“(7) Any person who fails to comply with an order made by the

officer referred to in sub-section (1) shall be liable to pay a sum

equivalent to twenty five percent of the maximum penalty provided for

the contravention, in addition to such penalty.”.

(H) In Section 37, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(3) Any rule made under this section may provide that a contravention

thereof shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to five thousand

rupees.”.

(I) For Section 41, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“41. Realization of penalties and remittance thereof.— All penalties

recovered from the wages of an employee under the respective conditions

of service in an establishment shall be recorded in a register, as may be

prescribed, to be maintained by the person responsible for payment of

wages to such employee, and all such recoveries shall be credited to the

Labour Welfare Fund constituted under Section 3, in the manner prescribed.”.

1985

The Goa

Public

Health Act,

1985

(A) In Section 53, in sub-section (4), for clause (b), the following clause

shall be substituted, namely:—

“(b) leaves or takes away any person from any such hospital or place in

contravention of sub-section (3), shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five

thousand rupees.”.

(B) In Section 97,—

(a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(1) In making a rule under Section 75, the Government may provide

that a breach of such rule shall be liable to a penalty to the extent of

twenty-five thousand rupees.”;

(b) in sub-section (2),—

(i) for clause (i), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(i) with penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees and in

case of a continuing breach, with penalty which may extend to two

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hundred rupees for every day during which the breach continues after

the first breach; or ”;

(ii) for clause (ii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(ii) with penalty which may extend to two hundred rupees for every

day during which the breach continues after receipt of notice from the

local authority or the Health Officer to discontinue such breach.”.

“102. Penalty for preventing entry of local authority or Health

Officer.— Every person who prevents the local authority or the Health

Officer or any person to whom the local authority or the Health Officer

has lawfully delegated his powers of entering on or into any land or

building from exercising his lawful power of entering thereon or therein

to, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five thousand rupees.”.

1997

The Goa

Non-

Biodegrad-

able

Garbage

(Control)

Act, 1996

(A) For Section 5A, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“5A. Penalty for contravening provisions of Section 5.— Whoever

contravenes the provisions of section 5 shall be liable to a penalty of,—

(a) one thousand rupees for the first contravention, five thousand

rupees for the second contravention and ten thousand rupees for every

subsequent contravention, where such contravention relates to a

residential house;

(b) Five thousand rupees for the first contravention, ten thousand

rupees for the second contravention and fifty thousand rupees for every

subsequent contravention, where such contravention relates to a

commercial establishment.”.

(B) For Section 5B, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—

“5B. Penalty for contravening provisions of Section 3A.— (1) Whoever

contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3A shall be liable

to a penalty of one lakh rupees for the first contravention, two lakh rupees

for the second contravention and five lakh rupees for every subsequent

contravention.

(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section

3A shall be liable to,—

(i) a penalty of five thousand rupees for the first contravention, seven

thousand five hundred rupees for the second contravention and ten

thousand rupees for every subsequent contravention, where such

contravention is in relation to an individual;

(ii) a penalty of twenty-five thousand rupees for the first

contravention, fifty thousand rupees for the second contravention and

one lakh rupees for every subsequent contravention, where such

contravention is in relation to a commercial establishment.

(3) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (3) of Section

3A shall be liable to a penalty of ten thousand rupees in the case of simple

burning, fifty thousand rupees in the case of bulk burning for the first

contravention and for every subsequent contravention, to a penalty of

twenty thousand rupees for simple burning and one lakh rupees for bulk

burning.”.

(a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

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“(1) Save as provided in Section 5A, whoever commits any act or

makes intentional omission, in contravention of any of the provisions of

this Act or of any rule, notification or order, made, issued or given

under this Act, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to ten

thousand rupees and for every subsequent contravention, to a further

penalty which may extend to twenty-five thousand rupees.”;

(b) sub-section (3) shall be omitted.

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(5)

2013

The Goa

(Right of

Citizens to

Time-

Bound

Delivery of

Public

Services)

Act, 2013

After Section 12, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

“12A. Liability of Designated Officer/any other person.— (1) Where

the Appellate Authority is of the opinion that any Designated Officer or

departmental authority or any other person fails to acknowledge or refuses

to recognise a deemed-approved application or cause obstruction in

implementation of the deemed approval, such officer/authority/person

shall be liable to pay a penalty of ₹ 25,000 (rupees twenty-five thousand)

for the first offence and ₹ 75,000 (rupees seventy-five thousand) for every

subsequent offence.

(2) In case of a Government servant, such penalty shall be recoverable

from his salary and credited to the Consolidated Fund of the State. In case

of a person other than a Government servant, the penalty shall be required

to be paid within fifteen (15) days from the date of issuance of the penalty

order. In the event of failure to remit the penalty within the stipulated

period, the same shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.”.

Secretariat,

Porvorim-Goa.

Dated: 06-02-2026.

SANDIP JACQUES

Secretary to the Government of Goa,

Law Department (Legal Affairs).

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