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Bare Act

The Goa Housing Board Act, 1968 and as amended by Act, 2001

Infrastructure1968128 sections10 chapters

This Act establishes the Goa Housing Board to regulate and provide housing infrastructure across Goa. It empowers the Board, a corporate legal entity, to acquire land, construct residences, and manage properties under various housing schemes. The legislation ensures systematic urban development, handles asset management, and defines how citizens interact with state-built housing through rules on possession, rent, and general charges. By centralizing these functions, it aims to fulfill the state's housing requirements, facilitate affordable and adequate shelter for residents, and optimize land utilization in the region.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 1Short title, extent and Commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 3Establishment and incorporation of Board
  2. 4Constitution of Board
  3. 5Terms of office of Chairman and other members
  4. 6Disqualification for appointment
  5. 7Provided that such person discloses to the Government the nature and extent of the shares held by him.
  6. 8Provided that no member shall be removed from office unless he has been given an opportunity to show cause against his removal.
  7. 9Proceeding presumed to be good and valid
  8. 10Act.
  9. 11Leave of absence for Chairman
  10. 12Officers and other employees of Board
  11. 13Condition of service of officers and other employees of the Board
  12. 14Promotions and punishment of Officers and other employees of Board
  13. 15Service regulation
  14. 16Control and delegation by Chairman

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 17Meetings of Boards
  2. 18Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes
  3. 19Appointment and functions of Committees
  4. 20Members of Board or Committees or persons associated with Board not to take part in proceeding in which they are personally interested

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 21Powers of Board and Chairman to incur expenditure
  2. 22Provided further that the Chairman shall report the expenditure incurred by him under this section to the Board at its next meeting.
  3. 23Emergency powers of Chairman
  4. 24Power to make contracts
  5. 25Agreements and security deposits
  6. 26Further provisions as to execution of contracts and agreements
  7. 27Delegation of powers of the Board to sanction contracts

Chapter V Chapter V →

  1. 28Power of the Board to undertake housing, improvement or building schemes and incur expenditure
  2. 29Matters to be provided for in housing, improvement or building schemes
  3. 30Types of housing, improvement or building schemes
  4. 31Housing accommodation scheme
  5. 32Rebuilding scheme
  6. 33Rehousing or rehabilitation scheme
  7. 34City, town or village expansion scheme
  8. 35Street scheme
  9. 36Deferred street scheme
  10. 37Land development scheme
  11. 38General improvement scheme
  12. 39Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to housing, improvement or building schemes
  13. 40Transmission to Board of representation by the concerned local authority as to housing, improvement or building scheme
  14. 41Abandonment, modification or sanction of a housing, improvement or building scheme
  15. 42Publication of sanction of housing, improvement of building schemes
  16. 43Board to execute housing, improvement or building scheme soon after sanction
  17. 44Variation of housing, improvement or building schemes
  18. 45Transfer to Board for purposes of housing, improvement or building scheme of building, or land vested in local authority
  19. 46Power of Board to turn or close public street vested in it
  20. 47Transferring streets laid out or altered and open spaces provided by Board under a housing, improvement or building scheme
  21. 48Prevention or restriction of traffic in street vested in Board, during progress of work
  22. 49Provision of facilities when work is executed by Board in public streets vested in it
  23. 50Other duties of Board
  24. 51Power of Government to call for the records of Board and to modify housing, improvement or building schemes
  25. 52The scheme as modified shall be published in accordance with the provisions of section 42 and on such publication, the scheme so modified shall come into force and have effect accordingly.

Chapter VI Chapter VI →

  1. 53Power to purchase or lease by agreement
  2. 54Betterment charges
  3. 55Notice to persons liable for betterment charges
  4. 56Agreement for payment of betterment charges
  5. 57Recovery of betterment charges
  6. 58Power to dispose of land
  7. 59Disputes regarding reconstitution of plots

Chapter VII Chapter VII →

  1. 60Appointment of competent authorities
  2. 61Power to evict certain persons from Board premises
  3. 62Power to recover rent or damages as arrears of land revenue
  4. 63Rent to be recovered by deductions from salary or wages in certain cases
  5. 64Appeal

Chapter VIII Chapter VIII →

  1. 65Board's Fund
  2. 66Subventions and loans to Board
  3. 67Power of Board to borrow and land
  4. 68Guarantee by Government of loans
  5. 69Repayment of loans taken under section 67
  6. 70Establishment and maintenance of sinking fund
  7. 71Provided that the rate so prescribed shall not exceed five per cent per annum.
  8. 72Investment of sinking fund
  9. 73Annual examination of sinking fund
  10. 74Estimates of income and expenditure to be laid annually before Board
  11. 75Sanction of Board to estimates
  12. 76Approval of Government to estimates
  13. 77Supplementary estimate
  14. 78Adherence to estimate and maintenance of closing balance
  15. 79Definition of cost of management
  16. 80Capital account and revenue account
  17. 81Credits to capital account
  18. 82Government under section 85.
  19. 83Credits to revenue account
  20. 84Application of revenue account
  21. 85Power to direct sale of securities in which any surplus of the revenue accounts is invested
  22. 86Advance from revenue account to capital account
  23. 87Advance from capital account to revenue account
  24. 88Submission of abstracts of accounts to Government
  25. 89Audit of accounts
  26. 90Power of auditor
  27. 91Remuneration of auditor
  28. 92Reports and information to be furnished by auditor to Board
  29. 93Auditor's report to be sent to each member and considered by Board
  30. 94Board to remedy defects pointed out by auditor
  31. 95Statements of accounts and audit report to be forwarded to Government
  32. 96Valuation of assets and liabilities of Board

Chapter IX Chapter IX →

  1. 97Penalty for removing bar, chain or post
  2. 98Penalty for building within street alignment or building line without permission
  3. 99Penalty for failure to comply with requisition made by auditor
  4. 100Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark
  5. 101Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act
  6. 102Compensation to be paid by offenders
  7. 103Punishment for acquiring share or interest in contract, with Board
  8. 104Cognizance and trial of offences
  9. 105Duty of Police Officers
  10. 106Arrest of offenders
  11. 107Powers of Secretary as to institution and composition, of legal proceedings
  12. 108Protection of action taken in good faith
  13. 109Notice of suit against Board
  14. 110Proof of consent of Board or Chairman or officer or other employee of Board
  15. 111Power of Secretary to direct removal of unauthorised erection, within street alignment
  16. 112Power of Board to pay compensation
  17. 113Public notices how to be made known
  18. 114Every such notice shall also be published by affixture in the notice board of the office or sub-offices of the Board.
  19. 115Service how to be effected
  20. 116Power to make surveys, or contribute towards their cost
  21. 117Power of entry

Chapter X Chapter X →

  1. 119Provided that no guarantee or subsidy shall be made under clause (a), and no means of locomotion shall be constructed, maintained or worked under clause (b), without the sanction of the Government.
  2. 120Contributions towards leave allowances and pensions of employees of the Central Government or a State Government
  3. 121Board and Secretary to exercise powers and functions of local authority
  4. 122Supply of documents and information to Government
  5. 123Submission of administration report to Government
  6. 124Power of Government to give directions to Board and local authorities
  7. 125Supersession of Board
  8. 126Dissolution of Board
  9. 127Power to remove difficulties
  10. 128Power to make rules
  11. 129Power to make regulations

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