CITY OF PANAJI CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022

Act No. 27 of 2022

03rd October, 2022

An Act further to amend the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act 1 of 2003). Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

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S.1 Short Title and Commencement

(1) This Act may be called the City of Panaji Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2022.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

S.2 Insertion of new section 242A

After section 242 of the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"242A. Sealing of premises carrying on any trade or occupation without licence

(1) If any person without obtaining a licence from the Commissioner carries on any trade or occupation in any premises within the limits of the Corporation area, the Commissioner shall, after giving an opportunity of being heard to such person, pass an order to seal such premises:

Provided that if an application for licence is submitted to the Corporation the premises shall not be sealed till such time said application is rejected on merit:

Provided further that no such premises shall be sealed till the time of expiry of the period allowed to the applicant for rectifying the defect found by the Commissioner."

S.3 Substitution of section 320

For section 320 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:--

"320. Soliciting alms

Whoever, in any street or public place within the limits of the Corporation area, begs for alms, or exposes, or exhibits with the object of exciting or extorting alms any deformity, disease or bodily ailment or any offensive sore or wound, shall be provided shelter in the shelter homes recognised or aided by the Government."

S.4 Substitution of section 397

For section 397 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:--

"397. Punishment for essential officer leaving employment

Any essential officer or servant contravening any of the provisions of section shall on conviction, be punished in the case of a first conviction with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees and in case of a second one subsequent conviction, with fine of fifteen thousand rupees."