Preamble

–1– GOVERNMENT OF GOA, Department of Law and Judiciary Legal Affairs Division ______ Notification 7-5-96/LA The Goa State Commission for Women Act, 1996 (Goa Act 10 of 1996), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 31-7-1996 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 11-9-1996, is hereby published for general information of the public. P. V. Kadneker, Joint Secretary (Law). Panaji, 23rd September, 1996. ______ The Goa State Commission for Women Act, 1996

(Goa Act No. 10 of 1996) [11-9-1996]

AN ACT to provide for the constitution of the Goa State Commission for Women to exercise the powers conferred on, and to perform the functions assigned to it on all matters concerning women in Goa and incidental thereto so as to improve the status of women in Goa. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Forty-seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:—