Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Definitions. — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “authorised officer” means a officer as authorised under sub-section (1) of the section 3; (b) “Competent Authority” means the authority competent to issue sanad, permission/licence, no objection certificate, or any other document for carrying out construction under the relevant Act; (c) “Government” means the Government of Goa; (d) “Official Gazette” means the Official Gazette of the Government; (e) “Local Authority” means the Corporation of the City of Panaji, Municipal Council, Village Panchayat and includes the Planning and Development Authority; (f) “relevant Act” means,— (i) the Goa Land Revenue Code, 1968 (Act No. 9 of 1969); or (ii) the Goa, Daman and Diu Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act No. 21 of 1975); or (iii) the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Goa Act 1 of 2003); or (iv) the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Act No. 7 of 1969); or (v) the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act No. 14 of 1994); or ---2--- (vi) the Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building Construction) Act,2008 (Goa Act 6 of 2008); or (vii) any other State law which regulates the construction in the State, and the rules, regularisation, bye-laws, notifications and orders issued thereunder; (g) “State” means the State of Goa; (h) “unauthorized construction” means any construction which has been carried out before the 28th day of February, 2014, in the State of Goa, without obtaining sanad, permission/licence, no objection certificate or any other documents from the Competent Authority under the relevant Acts.