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Regulation of erection, construction or placement of hoarding.— (1) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, no person or Agency for hoarding registered under section 7, shall erect, construct or place a hoarding, both temporary and permanent, without the written permission from the Competent Authority. The permission may be granted by the Competent Authority on receiving an application in such form and upon payment of such processing fees as may be prescribed. ---6--- Provided that the Government may by notification exempt certain category of persons from payment of the fees. (2) That the Agency for hoarding shall within seventy two hours of applying under sub section (1) pay the fees or taxes as prescribed by the local authority and upload the copy of the NOC on the website of the Competent Authority. (3) If an Agency for hoarding intends to modify, re-erect, upgrade, realign, relocate or alter the hoarding, a fresh permission in terms of sub-section (1) shall be obtained for the modification, re- erection, upgradation, realignment, relocation or alteration of the hoarding. (4) No hoarding shall be erected/constructed in any of the following areas:— (a) Sloping or non-developable slope land with a gradient of more than 25%; (b) Protected forest land and wildlife sanctuaries; (c) Wetlands; (d) Khazan lands mapped by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority; (e) Coastal Regulation Zone notified under the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011 unless prior permission has been obtained from the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority. (f) Protected Monuments and protected areas as defined under the Goa Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1978 (Act No. 1 of 1979); (g) Protected Monuments and protected areas as defined under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (Act No. 24 of 1958); (h) World Heritage Areas; (i) Cremation grounds and graveyards; (j) Lands earmarked as open spaces under the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975); (k) land whereupon development is prohibited by the Central Government; (l) Land under dispute where any Court, Tribunal, or any statutory authority has passed any injunction or granted any status quo or prohibitory orders. (5) Notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other enactment enacted by the State Legislature, save as otherwise provided herein, the provisions of such other State laws relating to regulation and providing for control of erection construction and placement of hoarding with respect to the regulation and control of erection, construction and placement of hoarding shall cease to apply on commencement of this Act. (6) The Competent Authority shall allot a unique identification number as well as a Quick Response code to each hoarding, whether temporary or permanent, in such manner as may be prescribed. The said unique identification number and the Quick Response Code shall be conspicuously reflected on the right-hand side of the hoarding. (7) The agency for hoarding shall ensure that the unique identification number and the Quick Response Code at all times are displayed on the hoarding, unless the Agency for hoarding is exempted ---7--- by the Competent Authority from displaying the unique identification number and Quick Response Code on it, in light of the nature and size of the hoarding. (8) A picture of the unique identification number and the Quick Response Code affixed on the hoarding shall be uploaded by the Agency for hoarding on the website of the Competent Authority in such form as may be prescribed. (9) The permission granted by the Competent Authority for the erection, construction or placing of a permanent hoarding, shall remain valid for a period of five years. (10) The permission granted by the Competent Authority for the erection, construction or placing of a temporary hoarding shall be valid for a period of one year but not exceeding one year. (11) In the event the construction, erection or placing of the hoarding is not completed within the validity period of the permission, the Competent Authority may renew the permission granted under subsection (1), before its expiry on payment of such fees as may be prescribed. (12) The agency for hoarding, can surrender the permission granted under this section, in writing during the tenure of the validity period without any refund of the fees paid under sub-section (1). The Agency for hoarding shall in case of a permanent hoarding remove the same within thirty days from the surrender of the permission and in case of temporary hoarding within fifteen days from the surrender of the permission. Any delay in removing the hoarding beyond the stipulated period shall be liable for penalty under section 21.