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The Goa Housing Board (Registration, Allotment and Sale of Tenements) Regulations, 1982 and as amended by Regulations, 1993 & as amended by Regulation 2001. Arrangement of Sections 1 Short title, extent and commencement 2 Definitions 3 Establishment and incorporation of Board 4 Constitution of Board 5 Term of Office of Chairman and other members 6 Disqualification for appointment 7 Removal of Chairman and other members 8 Vacancy to be filled as early as practicable 9 Proceedings presumed to be good and valid 10 Temporary absence of members 11 Leave of absence for Chairman 12 Officers and other employees of Board 13 Conditions of service of officers and other employees of Board 14 Promotions and punishments of officers and other employees of Board 15 Service regulations 16 Control and delegation by Chairman 17 Meetings of Board 18 Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purpose 19 Appointment and functions of Committees 20 Members of Board or Committees or persons associated with Board not to take part in proceedings in which they are personally interested 21 Powers of Board and Chairman to incur expenditure 22 Powers of Board and Chairman to approve estimates 23 Emergency powers of Chairman 24 Power to make contracts 25 Agreements and security deposits 26 Further provisions as to execution of contracts and agreements 27 Delegation of power of Board to sanction contracts 28 Power of Board to undertake housing, improvement or building schemes and incur expenditure 29 Matters to be provided in housing, improvement or building schemes 30 Types of housing, improvement or building schemes 31 Housing accommodation scheme 32 Rebuilding scheme 33 Rehousing or rehabilitation scheme 34 City, town or village expansion scheme 35 Street scheme 36 Deferred street scheme 37 Land development scheme 38 General improvement scheme Manual of Goa Laws (Vol. II) – 526 – Housing Board Act & Rules 39 Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to housing, improvement or building scheme 40 Transmission to Board of representation by the concerned local authority as to housing, improvement or building scheme 41 Abandonment, modification or sanction of a housing, improvement or building scheme 42 Publication of sanction of a housing, improvement or building scheme 43 Board to execute housing, improvement or building scheme soon after sanction 44 Variation of housing, improvement or building scheme 45 Transfer to Board for purposes of housing, improvement or building scheme of building or land vested in local authority 46 Power of Board to turn or close public street vested in it 47 Transferring streets laid out or altered and open spaces provided by Board under a housing, improvement or building scheme 48 Prevention or restriction of traffic in street vested in Board, during progress of work 49 Provision of facilities when work is executed by Board in public streets vested in it 50 Other duties of Board 51 Power of Government to call for the records of Board and to modify, housing, improvement or building scheme 52 Power to exempt 53 Power to purchase or lease by agreement 54 Betterment charges 55 Notice to persons liable for betterment charges 56 Agreement for payment of betterment charges 57 Recovery of betterment charges 58 Power to dispose of land 59 Disputes regarding reconstitution of plots 60 Appointment of competent authorities 61 Power to evict certain persons from Board premises 62 Power to recover rent or damages as arrears of land revenue 63 Rent to be recovered by deductions from salary or wages in certain cases 64 Appeal 65 Board’s fund 66 Subventions and loans to Board 67 Power of Board to borrow and lend 68 Guarantee by Government of loans 69 Repayment of loans taken under section 67 70 Establishment and maintenance of sinking fund 71 Power to discontinue payments into sinking fund 72 Investment of sinking fund 73 Annual examination of sinking fund 74 Estimates of income and expenditure to be laid before Board 75 Sanction of Board to estimates 76 Approval of Government to estimates 77 Supplementary estimate 78 Adherence to estimate and maintenance of closing balance 79 Definition of “cost of management” 80 Capital account and revenue account 81 Credits to capital account 82 Application of capital account 83 Credits to revenue account 84 Application of revenue account 85 Power to direct sale of securities in which any surplus of revenue account is invested. 86 Advances from revenue account to capital account 87 Advance from capital account to revenue account 88 Submission of abstracts of accounts to Government 89 Audit of accounts 90 Powers of auditor 91 Remuneration of auditor 92 Reports and information to be furnished by auditor to Board 93 Auditor’s report to be sent to each member and considered by Board Manual of Goa Laws (Vol. II) – 527 – Housing Board Act & Rules 94 Board to remedy defects pointed out by auditor 95 Statement of account and audit report to be forwarded to Government 96 Valuation of assets and liabilities of Board 97 Penalty for removing bar, chain or post 98 Penalty for building within street alignment or building line without permission 99 Penalty for failure to comply with requisition made by auditor 100 Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark 101 Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act 102 Compensation to be paid by offenders 103 Punishment for acquiring share or interest in contract, with Board 104 Cognizance and trial of offences 105 Duty of police officers 106 Arrest of offenders 107 Powers of Chairman as to institution and composition of legal proceedings 108 Protection of action taken in good faith 109 Notice of suit against Board 110 Proof of consent of Board or Chairman or officer or other employees of Board 111 Power of Chairman to direct removal of unauthorized erection, within street alignment 112 Power of Board to pay compensation 113 Public notices how to be made know 114 Stamping, signature on notices or bills 115 Service how to be effected 116 Power to make surveys, or contribute towards their cost 117 Power of entry 118 Powers of Board for facilitating movement of the population 119 Members, officers and other employees of Board, and Committees deemed to be public servants 120 Contributions towards leave, allowances and pensions of employees of the Central Government or a State Government 121 Board and Chairman to exercise powers and functions of local authority 122 Supply of documents and information to Government 123 Submission of administration report to Government 124 Power of Government to give directions to Board and local authorities 125 Supersession of Board 126 Dissolution of Board 127 Power to remove difficulties 128 Power to make rules 129 Power to make regulations GOVERNMENT OF GOA Law and Judicial Department LD/2/32/68 The following Act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu received the Assent of the President of India on the 18th September, 1968, is hereby published for general information. Manual of Goa Laws (Vol. II) – 528 – Housing Board Act & Rules The Goa,1 Housing Board Act, 1968 (Act No 12 of 1968) [18th September, 1968] An Act to provide for the establishment of a Housing Board in the 2[State of Goa], and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER – I Preliminary