Chapter I Preliminary

(1) This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu Registration of Tourist Trade Act, 1982. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) 'boat' includes a house-boat, motor-boat, motor launch, pedal boat, sailing boat and canoe; (b) 'certificate' means a certificate of registration issued under any of the provisions of this Act; (c) 'dealer' means a person carrying on in a tourist area the business of selling any notified articles, whether wholesale or retail, and whose stocks/turnover of the said notified articles exceeds 50% of their total stocks/turnover, and includes his agent or employee transacting business on his behalf. (d) 'Government' means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu; (e) 'hotel' includes any premises or part of premises including a house-boat, restaurant, bar or a tent where lodging with or without board or any kind of eatables or beverages is provided for a monetary consideration; (f) 'hotel-keeper' includes any person who owns or operates a hotel as proprietor and includes a person managing or operating the affairs of a hotel for and on behalf of the proprietor; (g) 'malpractice' includes cheating, touting, impersonation, obstruction in allowing free choice for shopping or stay or travel management, charging a price higher than that displayed on the label or remuneration higher than that fixed under this Act, failure to display price label on the articles, failure to give cash memos and wilful failure to execute an order within the stipulated time and according to the terms agreed. Explanation 1.- For the purposes of this clause, labelled price (the price displayed on the label on the article) shall be the reasonable price as may be fixed by the prescribed authority. Explanation 2. The expression 'touting' means coercing for shopping, accommodation, transportation, sight seeing or pestering for any particular premises, person, establishment, manufacturer or any other service connected with tourism with consideration of personal benefit; (h) 'notified article' means any article notified by the Government in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this Act; (i) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) 'prescribed authority' means the authority notified as such by the Government, provided that different authorities may be notified for different provisions of this Act; (k) 'tourist area' means any area notified by the Government in the Official Gazette to be a tourist area for the purposes of this Act; (l) 'tourist' means a person or group of persons, including pilgrims, visiting the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from any part of India or outside India; (m) 'travel agent' means a person engaged in the business of making travel, camping, tour operating or other travel arrangements for tourists for a monetary consideration and includes a tourist guide, excursion agent, tent and camping agent or tour operator; (n) 'travel arrangements' include - (a) arrangements for transportation, sight seeing; (b) arrangements for lodging with or without food; and (c) rendering other services, such as assistance for game, sports or receipt or despatch of personal belongings of a tourist.