EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Law
Legal Affairs Division
Notification
The Goa Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 12 of 2026), which has been passed by the
Legislative Assembly of Goa on 06-03-2026 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 13-03-2026, is
hereby published for the general information of the public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary (Law).
Porvorim.
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The Goa Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2026
(Goa Act 12 of 2026)
[13-03-2026]
AN
ACT
to authorise payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of
the State of Goa for the services and purposes of the financial year 2025-2026.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of India,
as follows:—
1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Goa Appropriation (No. 2) Act, 2026.
2. Issue of Rs. 140,00,00,000 /-, out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa for the financial year
2025-2026.— From and out of the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa, there may be paid and applied
sums not exceeding those specified in column (5) of the Schedule hereto amounting in the aggregate to the
sums of one hundred forty crores rupees towards defraying the several charges which will come in the
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Date : 18-Mar-2026
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course of payment during the financial year 2025-2026 in respect of the services and for purposes specified
in column (2) of the said Schedule.
3. Appropriation.— The sums authorised to be paid and applied from and out of the Consolidated Fund
of the State of Goa under this Act, shall be appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the said
Schedule to this Act in relation to the said financial year.
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SCHEDULE
(See Sections 2 and 3)
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Sums not exceeding
Demand
No.
Services and purposes
Voted by
Assembly
Charged on the
Consolidated
Fund of the
State of Goa
Total
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
56
Information and Publicity
1500.00
—
1500.00
76
Electricity
12500.00
—
12500.00
TOTAL
14000.00
14000.00
Secretariat,
Porvorim-Goa.
Dated: 18-03-2026.
SANDIP JACQUES
Secretary to the Government of Goa,
Law Department (Legal Affairs).
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Notification
The Goa School Education (Amendment) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 13 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 09-03-2026, is
hereby published for the general information of the public.
Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary (Law).
Porvorim.
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The Goa School Education (Amendment) Act, 2026
(Goa Act 13 of 2026)
[09-03-2026]
AN
ACT
further to amend the Goa School Education Act, 1984 (Goa Act 15 of 1985).
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Date : 18-Mar-2026
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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 School Education
(Amendment) Act, 2026.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Substitution of Section 18.— In the Goa School Education Act, 1984 (Goa Act 15 of 1985), for
Section 18, the following section shall be substituted, namely:—
“18. Admission to recognized schools.— 1) A child who has not attained the age of six years on or
before the 1st day of June of the year in which the admission of such child is sought, shall not be
admitted to class I or an equivalent class or any class higher than class I, in a recognized school:
Provided that for the academic year 2025-2026, any child who has attained the age of five years and
six months on or before the 1st day of June of that academic year, shall be admitted to class I or an
equivalent class, in a recognized school.
2) A student seeking admission for the first time in recognized school in a class higher than class I
shall not be admitted to that class if his age reduced by the number of years of normal school study
between that class and class I or an equivalent class, falls short of six years.
3) Admission to a recognized school or to any class thereof shall be regulated by rules made in this
behalf.”
Secretariat,
Porvorim-Goa.
Dated: 18-03-2026.
SANDIP JACQUES
Secretary to the Government of Goa,
Law Department (Legal Affairs).
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