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The Goa Rehabilitation Board Act, 2006

The Goa Rehabilitation Board Act, 2006

General2006118 sections10 chapters

This Act establishes a board in Goa to assist residents who lose their homes due to unforeseen events like development projects or eviction. It provides the legal framework for the Board to acquire, manage, and allocate land and property, acting as a corporate body to facilitate the rehabilitation process. By regulating how displaced individuals are helped and how land is managed, it ensures fair recovery and shelter for those affected by major initiatives or accidental circumstances.

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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. 4Composition of Board
  3. 5Term of office of Chairman and other members
  4. 6Disqualification for appointment
  5. 7Removal of Chairman and other members
  6. 8Vacancy to be filled as early as practicable
  7. 9Proceedings presumed to be good and valid
  8. 10Temporary absence of members
  9. 11Leave of absence for Chairman
  10. 12Officers and other employees of Board
  11. 13Conditions of services of officers and other employees of Board
  12. 14Promotions and punishments of officers and other employees of Board
  13. 15Service regulations
  14. 16Control and delegation by Chairman

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 17Meetings of Board
  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 proceedings in which they are personally interested

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 21Powers of Board and Chairman to incur expenditure
  2. 22Powers of Board and Chairman to approve estimates
  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 power of Board to sanction contracts
  8. 28Power of the Board to take measures for disaster prevention
  9. 29Power of the Board to undertake rehabilitation schemes and incur expenditure

Chapter V Chapter V →

  1. 30Matters to be provided for in rehabilitation schemes
  2. 31Rehabilitation Scheme
  3. 32Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to rehabilitation scheme
  4. 33Transmission to Board of representation by the concerned local authority as to rehabilitation scheme
  5. 34Abandonment, modification or sanction of rehabilitation scheme
  6. 35Publication of sanction of a rehabilitation scheme
  7. 36Board to execute rehabilitation scheme soon after sanction
  8. 37Variation of rehabilitation scheme
  9. 38Transfer to Board for purposes of rehabilitation scheme of building, or land vested in local authority
  10. 39Power of the Board to turn, divert or close public street vested in it
  11. 40Transferring streets laid out or altered and open spaces provided by Board under a rehabilitation scheme
  12. 41Prevention or restriction of traffic in street vested in Board during progress of work
  13. 42Provision of facilities when work is executed by Board in public streets vested in it
  14. 43Power of the Government to call for the records of Board and to modify rehabilitation scheme
  15. 44Power to exempt
  16. 45Rehabilitation grants to displaced persons

Chapter VI Chapter VI →

  1. 46Power to purchase or lease the land by agreement
  2. 47Power to dispose of land
  3. 48Disputes regarding reconstitution of plots

Chapter VII Chapter VII →

  1. 49Appointment of competent authorities
  2. 50Power to evict certain persons from Board premises
  3. 51Power to recover rent or damages as arrears of land revenue
  4. 52Appeal

Chapter VIII Chapter VIII →

  1. 53Board’s Fund
  2. 54Subventions and loans to Board
  3. 55Power of Board to borrow and lend
  4. 56Guarantee by Government of loans
  5. 57Repayment of loans taken under section 55
  6. 58Establishment and maintenance of sinking fund
  7. 59Power to discontinue payments into sinking fund
  8. 60Investment of sinking fund
  9. 61Annual examination of sinking fund
  10. 62Estimates of income and expenditure to be laid annually before Board
  11. 63Sanction of Board to estimates
  12. 64Approval of Government to estimate
  13. 65Supplementary estimate
  14. 66Adherence to estimate and maintenance of closing balance
  15. 67Definition of cost of management
  16. 68Capital account and revenue account
  17. 69Credits to capital account
  18. 70Application of capital account
  19. 71Credits to revenue account
  20. 72Application of revenue account
  21. 73Power to direct sale of securities in which any surplus of the revenue accounts is invested
  22. 74Advance from revenue account to capital account
  23. 75Advance from capital account to revenue account
  24. 76Submission of abstracts of accounts to Government
  25. 77Audit of accounts
  26. 78Powers of auditor
  27. 79Remuneration of auditor
  28. 80Reports and information to be furnished by auditor to Board
  29. 81Auditor’s report to be sent to each member and considered by Board
  30. 82Board to remedy defects pointed out by auditor
  31. 83Statement of accounts and audit report to be forwarded to Government
  32. 84Valuation of assets and liabilities of Board

Chapter IX Chapter IX →

  1. 85Penalty for removing bar, chain or post
  2. 86Penalty for building within street alignment or building line without permission
  3. 87Penalty for failure to comply with requisition made by auditor
  4. 88Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark
  5. 89Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act
  6. 90Compensation to be paid by offenders
  7. 91Punishment for acquiring share or interest in contract with Board
  8. 92Cognizance and trial of offences
  9. 93Duty of police officers
  10. 94Arrest of offenders
  11. 95Powers of Chairman as to institution and composition of legal proceedings
  12. 96Protection of action taken in good faith
  13. 97Notice of suit against Board
  14. 98Proof of consent of Board or Chairman or officer or other employee of Board
  15. 99Power of Chairman to direct removal of unauthorized erection, within street alignment
  16. 100Power of Board to pay compensation
  17. 101Public notice how to be made known
  18. 102Stamping signature on notice or bills
  19. 103Service how to be effected
  20. 104Power to make surveys or contribute towards their cost
  21. 105Power of entry

Chapter X Chapter X →

  1. 106Powers of Board for facilitating movement of the population
  2. 107Members, officers and other employees of Board and committees deemed to be public servants
  3. 108Contributions towards leave allowances and pensions of employees of the Central Government or State Government
  4. 109Board and Chairman to exercise powers and functions of local authority
  5. 110Supply of documents and information to Government
  6. 111Submission of administration report to Government
  7. 112Power of Government to give directions to Board and local authorities
  8. 113Supersession of Board
  9. 114Dissolution of Board
  10. 115Power to remove difficulties
  11. 116Power to make rules
  12. 117Power to make regulations

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