EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs Division
Notification
The Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) (Amendment)
Act, 2026 (Goa Act 3 of 2026), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 15-01-2026
and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 10-02-2026, is hereby published for the general information of
the public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary (Law).
Porvorim.
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The Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing
(Promotion and Facilitation) (Amendment) Act, 2026
(Goa Act 3 of 2026)
[10-02-2026]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act,
2007 (Goa Act 11 of 2007).
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 Agricultural Produce and
Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) (Amendment) Act, 2026.
7/2/2026-LA/32
Date : 18-Feb-2026
Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]
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(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 2.— In Section 2 of the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing
(Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2007 (Goa Act 11 of 2007) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”)
for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—
“(b) “agriculturist” means a person who ordinarily by his own labour or by the labour of any member
of his family or by the labour of his tenants or servants or hired labour or otherwise, is engaged in the
production or growth of any notified agricultural produce. The agriculturist shall possess valid Krishi
Card issued by Directorate of Agriculture under Code No. 1 (one) or 2 (two) or 4 (four) and shall possess
minimum area of 1000 sq.mtrs. and should have sold his notified agricultural produce of the value not
less than Rs. 15000/- in the preceding financial year or of such amount as may be determined by the
State Marketing Officer from time to time to any dealer registered with the Department of Agriculture or
the Goa Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing Board but does not include a trader, trading
agent, broker, processor or commission agent,”.
3. Amendment of Section 14.— In Section 14 of the principal Act,—
(i) in sub-section (2), for the expression “Registrar of Co-operative Societies”, the expression
“Director of Agriculture/State Marketing Officer or any other person nominated by the Government in
this behalf” shall be substituted;
(ii) in sub-section (3), for the expression “Registrar of Co-operative Societies”, wherever it occurs,
the expression “Director of Agriculture/State Marketing Officer or any other person nominated by the
Government in this behalf” shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of Section 16.— In Section 16 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the expression
“Assistant Registrar”, the expression “Director of Agriculture/State Marketing Officer” shall be substituted.
5. Amendment of Section 26.— In Section 26 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the expression
“a majority of not less than two third of its total number of members” the expression “simple majority of
its total number of members” shall be substituted.
6. Amendment of Section 76.— In Section 76 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), for the words
“Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies”, the words “Assistant Director of Agriculture” shall be
substituted.
Secretariat,
Porvorim-Goa.
Dated: 18-02-2026.
SANDIP JACQUES
Secretary to the Government of Goa,
Law Department (Legal Affairs).
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