Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Preservation of natural reserves and resources for posterity.— Inserted 42 Land use to conform to Development Plan. 42A Setting up of Eco Tourism Activities Inserted 43 Prohibition of Development without payment of development charges and without permission 44 Grant of permission Amended 45 Appeal against orders passed or omitted to be passed under section 44 Amended Amended 46 Validity of permission 47 Obligation to acquire land on refusal of permission or on grant of permission in certain cases 48 Compensation for refusal of permission or grant of permission subject to conditions in certain cases 741 49 Sanction for sub- division of plot or lay-out of privates street and restriction on registration of purchase, sale or transfer of immovable property Amended Amended Amended 50 Power to revoke or modify permission to develop 51 Penalty for unauthorised development, etc. Amended 52 Power to require removal of unauthorised development Amended 53 Power to stop unauthorised development Amended 54 Power to require removal of authorised development or use 55 Interim provision pending preparation of Development Plan 56 Making of Town Planning Scheme and its scope 57 Land in respect of which a Town Planning Scheme may be made 58 Consent of Government to the publication of draft scheme 59 Publication of draft scheme 60 Contents of draft schemes 61 Reconstituted plot 62 Inclusion of additional area in draft scheme 742 63 Power of Government to require Planning and Development Authority to make a scheme 64 Power of Government to suspend rule, bye-law, etc. 65 Disputed ownership 66 Power to hand over possession of land in advance of Town Planning Scheme 67 Withdrawal of scheme 68 Consideration of objections and submission of scheme to the Government for approval 69 Effect of final scheme 70 Determination of certain matters by the Planning and Development Authority 71 Appeal Amended 72 Constitution of Tribunal of Appeal 73 Place where Tribunal may sit 74 Chairman to decide all questions of law and procedure 75 Powers of Tribunal to decide matter finally 76 Tribunal not to be court 77 Remuneration of assessors and payment of incidental expenses of Tribunal 743 78 Decision of Planning and Development Authority to be final in certain matters 79 Power to enforce scheme Amended 80 Power of Planning and Development Authority to evict summarily 81 Power to vary scheme on ground of error, irregularity or informality Amended 82 Power to vary, or revoke Town Planning Scheme Amended 83 Compensation when the final scheme is varied or revoked and apportionment of costs 84 Joint Town Planning Scheme 85 Delegation of certain powers of Joint Town Planning Authority 86 Cost of a scheme 87 Calculation of increment 88 Contribution towards costs of scheme 89 Certain amount to be added or deducted from contribution leviable from a person 90 Transfer of right from original to recons-tituted plot or extinction of such right 91 Compensation in respect of property or right injuriously affected by scheme 744 92 Exclusion of limitation of compensation in certain cases 93 Provision for cases in which amount payable to owner exceeds amount due from him 94 Provision for cases in which value of developed plots is less than the amount payable by owner 95 Payment by adjustment of accounts. 96 Payment of net amount due to Planning and Development Authority 97 Power of Planning and Development Authority to make agreements 98 Recovery of arrears. 99 Power to borrow money for Development Plan for making or execution of a Town Planning Scheme 100 Levy of Development Charge 100A Levy of processing fee/fees for change of zone Inserted 101 Rates of Development Charge 101A Rate of processing fee/fees for change of zone Inserted 102 Assessment of Development Charge 103 Appeals against assessment Amended 745 104 Development Charge to be a charge on land and to be recoverable as arrears of land revenue 105 Fund of Planning and Development Authority 106 Budget of the Planning Authority Amended 107 Accounts and Audit 108 Annual Reports 109 Pension and Provident Fund 110 Power of entry Amended 111 Service of notices, etc. 112 Public notice how to be made known 113 Notices etc. to fix reasonable time 114 Authentication of orders and documents of the Board and the Planning and Development Authority 115 Authentication of plans and schemes and custody thereof 116 Mode of proof of records of Board and the Planning and Development Authority 117 Restriction on the summoning of officers and servants of the Board and Planning and Development Authority 118 Right to appear by recognised agent 746 119 Power to compel attendance of witness etc. 120 Jurisdiction of courts 121 Bar of legal proceedings 122 Offences by companies 123 Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing of mark 124 Sanction of prosecution substituted 125 Composition of offence Amended - 126 Magistrate’s Power to impose enhanced penalties 127 Fine when realised to be paid to the Planning and Development Authority 128 Members and officers to be public servants 129 Finality of orders 130 Validation of acts and proceedings 131 Power to delegate Amended 132 Control by the Government 133 Returns and information 134 Effect of other laws 135 Registration of documents, plan or map in connection with final scheme not required 136 Vesting of property ceasing to have jurisdiction 747 137 Special provision in case of a dissolution or supersession of a local authority 138 Default in exercise of power or performance of duty by Planning and Development Authorities 139 Dissolution of Planning and Development Authorities 140 Power to make rules Amended Amended 141 Power to make regulations 142 Repeal 5 GOVERNMENT OF GOA, DAMAN AND DIU Law and Judiciary Department __ Notification LD/Bill/12/75 The following Bill passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu and assented to by the President of India on 4/11/1975 is hereby published for general information. M. S. Borkar, Under Secretary (Law). Panaji, 15th November, 1975. ________ The Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act No. 21 of 1975) [4th November, 1975] AN ACT to provide for planning the development and use of rural and urban land in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and for purposes connected therewith. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: — CHAPTER I Preliminary