Short title, extent, commencement and application.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Goa Escheats, Forfeitures and Bona Vacantia Act, 2024.
2. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Goa.
3. (3) It shall come into force on such date, as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
4. (4) It applies to all properties, which according to the Constitution of India have vested or having

become vested or shall vest in the Government by escheat or lapse, or as bona vacantia, or which is forfeited or having become forfeited or shall forfeit in the Government under the provisions of this Act.