SOCIETIES REGISTRATION (GOA AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023

Act No. 27 of 2024

12th October, 2024

An Act further to amend the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act 21 of 1860), as in force in the State of Goa. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Societies Registration (Goa Amendment) Act, 2023.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Insertion of new Section 20AA

After Section 20A of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Act 21 of 1860), as in force in the State of Goa (hereinafter referred to as the "principal Act"), the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"20AA. Power of the Government to appoint Administrator.--

(1) If the Government, on receipt of a report from the Inspector General or otherwise, is satisfied that,--

• (a) there is a need to secure proper management of the business of the society generally, or
• (b) there is a need for preventing the affairs of the society from being conducted in a manner detrimental to the interest of the members, or
• (c) there is apprehension that the affairs of the society are being so conducted to defeat the objects of the society or that the society or it's governing body is guilty of mismanagement, or
• (d) there is any serious lapse on the part of the governing body in conducting administration of the society or in maintaining proper recor
  

S.3 Amendment of Section 20E

In Section 20E of the principal Act, for the expression "the Inspector- General or against any person appointed for inspection or investigation under Section 20A", the expression "the Inspector--General or any person appointed for inspection or investigation under Section 20A or any person/s appointed as Administrator/s under section 20 AA" shall be substituted.