Chapter IV Chapter IV

Game sanctuaries

The Government of Goa, Daman and Diu may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any area to be a Game Sanctuary, in the manner hereafter appearing.

Whenever it has been decided to declare any area to be a Game Sanctuary, the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu shall issue a notification in the Official Gazette., (1) stating that it has been decided to declare such area to be a Game Sanctuary;

1. (2) specifying as nearly as possible the situation and limits of such area; and
2. (3) directing the Collector to inquire into and determine the existence, nature and extent of any rights alleged to exist in favour of any person in or over the land comprised within the limits of such area and deal with the same as provided in this Act.

Bar of accrual of any rights in land comprised in Game Sanctuary After the issue of a notification under section 19, no right shall be acquired in or over the land comprised in such notification, except by succession.

When a notification has been issued under section 19, the Collector shall publish in the regional language in every town and village in the neighbourhood of the area comprised therein, a proclamation, (a) specifying, as nearly as possible, the situation and the limits of the proposed Game Sanctuary;

1. (b) fixing a period of not less than two months from the date of such proclamation, and requiring any person claiming any right mentioned in section 19 or section 20 within such period either to present to the Collector a written notice specifying or to appear before him and state, the nature of such right and the amount and particulars of the compensation (if any) claimed in respect thereof.

The Collector shall take down in writing all statements made under section 21 and shall at some convenient place, inquire into all claims duly preferred under that section and the existence of any rights mentioned in section 19 or 20 and not claimed under section 21 so far as the same may be ascertainable from the records of Government and the evidence of any persons likely to be acquainted with the same.

Rights in respect of which no claim has been preferred under section 21 and of the existence of which no knowledge has been acquired by inquiry under section 22 shall be extinguished.

In the case of a claim to a right in or over any land, other than a right of public way or right of common pasture, the Collector shall either, (a) exclude such land from the limits of the proposed Game Sanctuary, or

1. (b) come to an agreement with the owner thereof for the surrender of his rights, or
2. (c) proceed to acquire such land in the manner provided by the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.

For the purpose of acquiring such land, (1) the Collector shall be deemed to be a Collector proceeding under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894;

1. (2) the claimant shall be deemed to be a person interested and appearing before him in pursuance of a notice given under section 9 of that Act;
2. (3) the provisions of the preceding sections of that Act shall be deemed to have been complied with;
3. (4) the Collector with the consent of the claimant, or the Court, with the consent of both the parties, may award compensation in land or partly in land and partly in money; and
4. (5) in the case of the stoppage of a public way or a common pasture, the Collector may, with the previous sanction of the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu provide for a substitute public way or common pasture, as far as may be practicable or convenient.

The Government of Goa, Daman and Diu may, by general or special order, direct that the powers exercisable or the functions to be performed by the Collector under sections 19 to 25 (both inclusive) may be exercised and performed by such officer as may be specified in the order.