Preamble

PRINCIPAL ENACTMENTS THAT REGULATE THE FUNCTIONING OF P.A.P. (PROVEDORIA DA ASSISTANCIA PUBLICA) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enactment No. 1984 dated 14-4-1960 ( Summary Translation ) Public Assistance Department was created by enactment No. 1200 dated 7.8.1947 being a section of the Directorate of Civil Administration and its chief aim was to coordinate and exercise supervision over all the modalities of Social Welfare, either maintained or subsidized by the Government or other administrative bodies and corporations. In the beginning the mission of Provedoria was only to administer the Public Assistance Fund, but only after 3 months of its inception, Provedoria began to enjoy all the privileges and facilities given to Government bodies (article 1 of Enactment No. 1209 dated 27-11-1947). After 4 years i.e. in 1951 the progress made by Provedoria was so great that the Overseas Ministry stated that there was need of reorganizing the whole set up of Provedoria so that, financial and administrative autonomy might be given. Thus, since the year 1952, Provedoria was de facto enjoying all the privileges of an autonomous body and considering its realizations as well as the amplitude now given by the Legislative Diploma No. 1944 dated 22-10-1959 by which the system of rendering Social Assistance in this State is reorganized. The circumstances and the experience, therefore, advice that the Provedoria shall be integrated in the juridical regime of Autonomous Services of the State, giving consequently to those working in the same Organisation all the rights, duties and privileges of Government Servants.

C H A P T E R I

Nature of the Institution and its principal objectives Article 1 Public Assistance Department created by Legislative Enactment no. 1200 dated 7.8.1947 shall be an autonomous body with juridical personality, enjoying administrative and financial autonomy. Article 2 The objective of Provedoria is to coordinate, supervise all the institutions of social welfare either maintained by the Government or any other private body. Para 1. In all that relates to the Sanitary Assistance Provedoria shall collaborate with the Health Department.

Article 3 Provedoria shall give help to all the Institutions of Social Welfare which shall be among other forms in the following manners : a)Grant of Subsidies; b)Bestowal of any property either movable or immovable that belongs to Provedoria; c)Giving employment to the unemployed compatible with their physical condition. Article 4 To put into effect art. 2, Provedoria shall determine : a)Concentration of certain modalities of Social Welfare according to the convenience of their best installation, distributing proportionally the expenses among interested entities. b)Distribution of the indegents from one Asylum to another or from one Institution to another Institution, according to the norms fixed for this purpose which shall prevail over the existing in the Institution. c)Transfer of Institutions from one building to another, when the circumstances and necessities justify and by way of compensation which the Advisory Body shall fix. d)Requisitions of buildings for the installation of new modalities of

assistential work, when the same are not conveniently utilized for the

purpose of their creation. Article 5 To put into effect all the objectives of social welfare, Provedoria shall :

a)Give their opinion about the budgets of any assistantial body before

being presented to the

Government.

b)Verify whether the amounts laid down in the approved budgets have

been spent properly. c)Supervise whether all the Social Welfare Institutions are functioning properly according to the statutes and propose dissolution of those found unsuitable. d)Receive all the inheritance either immovable or movable properties that are bestowed on Provedoria or donated to it and collect the percentage earmarked of public entertainments and other collections.

C H A P T E R II On Financial matters Article 6 The following shall be the sources of income of Public Assistance Department : 1.1)Profits made out of the sale of lotteries; 2)Sale of Special stamps of Public Assistance; 3)Grants given by the Government or any other Official or Private bodies;

6)Amount derived out of the sale of hoarded articles 7)Custom duty levied on luxury articles; 8)Excess of any other fine referred in the article 350 of the Civil Registry Code (Codigo do Registo Civil); 9)Heritages kept by the private parties to be utilized for the benefit of the Public Welfare without indication of any other entity; 10)Any other source of income that shall be created by the Government. Para 1 : The collection and the supervision of the sources of income shall be done by the respective authority, where the income is originated or collection of income is made.

Article 7

The Special stamps of the Public Assistance referred in No. 2 of article 6 shall be according to the model approved by the Government, and to be used; a)Voluntarily on all bills, receipts or any other document and; b)Compulsorily; 1)On all telegrams and other correspondence sent during the Easter time and Christmas season; 2)On Money Orders; 3)On entertainment tickets; 4)On licences for dances and other entertainment tickets; 5)On petitions regarding complaints made to the Government except those presented to the Tribunals and representations and expositions; 6)On petitions or complaints made to the Administrative Courts; 7)On passports.

Para 1: Those who do not affix the stamps as mentioned above will

have to bear all the consequences foreseen in the stamp act.

Para 2 : The management of cinema houses, clubs and other entertainment

bodies will be responsible for the non fulfillment of the above clause No. 3 and the payment will be done together with the stamp duty. Are considered public entertainment all those where entry is paid besides cinema and drama performances.

Para 3 : The stamp duty mentioned in the above Nos. 4 and 5 of the sub-

title (b) can also be paid in cash in the treasury of Public Assistance Department or in the branches of Revenue

preceding para will be noted in the respective document without any additional charge to the interested party.

Article 8

The stamp of Public Assistance shall be of the denominations of $ 20, $ 40

and 1 $ 50. The stamps of the denominations of $ 20 shall be compulsorily affixed

in postages, documents and forms referred to in Nos. 1 and 2 of alinea (b) of the preceding article and voluntarily in all other documents, the stamp of the denomination of 40 shall be compulsorily affixed in each page of the documents mentioned in Nos. 3 to 6 of the same alinea and per each signature, and the stamps of denominations of 1 $ 50 is destined to be affixed in the journey permits.

Article 9

The stamps of Public Assistance Department will be sold in the Provedoria Office, in the Branches of Local Fazenda and in all Post Offices.

Article 10

The stamps of Public Assistance are valued at the charge of Public Assistance Department.

Article 11

Public Assistance Department shall have a Reserve Fund comprising of the

following sources of Income :

a)Capital existing at the time of publication of the present enactment; b)Part of annual income authorized by the “Government”. c)Unspent amounts of the budget of previous year; d)Lottery – prizes that were not cashed during the time limit. Article 12 Reserve fund will be utilized for extraordinary expenses and to give loans on mortgage of properties or shares of Communidades and the interest will be equal to that adopted by Caixa Economica de Goa.

Article 13

1[“The Government shall, under Notification published in the Official Gazette, determine that the funds of Provedoria da Assistencia Publica be deposited in Banks. Para 1 : Funds called (1) “I.P.A. (Provedoria) Employees Provident Fund” and (2) “I.P.A, (Provedoria) Employees Pension and Gratuity Fund” shall be separated from the consolidated “Corpus Fund” of the I.P.A. (Provedoria) and maintained separately in the books of accounts. The balance fund shall be invested in, besides Co-operative Banks, long term deposits in Nationalised Banks or Financial Institutions recognised by the Reserve Bank

of India which offer better financial terms. The withdrawal of the funds so

deposited shall be made by cheques signed by the Director of Provedoria and Administrative-cum-Accounts Officer/Joint Director of Accounts.”]

C H A P T E R III

On Administrative Matters Article 14 The following entities shall administer Provedoria : a)Provedor; b)Council of Provedoria.

Article 15

The Government shall direct the major policies of Provedoria