Preamble

GOVERNMENT OF GOA Department of Law & Judiciary Legal Affairs Division ______ Notification 7-29-97/LA The Goa Right to Information Act, 1997 (Goa Act 28 of 1997), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 31-7-1997 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 29-10- 1997, is hereby published for general information of the public. P. V. Kadnekar, Joint Secretary (Law). Panaji, 2nd December, 1997. ———— Goa Right to Information Act, 1997

(Goa Act No. 28 of 1997) [29-10-1997]

AN ACT to make provision for securing Right to Information in the State of Goa and for matters relating thereto. Whereas it is necessary that every Governmental action should be transparent to the public; And whereas to achieve this object, every citizen should be able to get information from the Government; Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Forty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows:-