Preamble

GOVERNMENT OF GOA Government of Goa Department of Science Technology & Environment Notification ______ 7/9/2013-LA

The Goa Cess on Products and Substances Causing Pollution (Green Cess) Act, 2013 (Goa Act 15 of 2013), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 29-04-2013 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 22-05-2013, is hereby published for general information of the public.

Sharad G. Marathe, Joint Secretary (Law). Porvorim, 24th May, 2013.

______

The Goa Cess on Products and Substances Causing Pollution (Green Cess) Act, 2013

(Goa Act 15 of 2013) [22-5-2013] AN ACT to provide for levy and collection of cess on the products and substances including hazardous substances, which upon their handling or consumption or utilization or combustion or movement or transportation causes pollution of the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and other environmental resources of the State of Goa, under the concept of “polluter pays principle”, and also to provide for measures to reduce the carbon footprint left due to such activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:—