THE GOA CHANGE OF NAME AND SURNAME ACT, 1990

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    "title": "THE GOA CHANGE OF NAME AND SURNAME ACT, 1990",
    "short_title": "The Goa Change of Name and Surname Act, 1990",
    "act_number": "8",
    "act_year": 1990,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1990-09-03",
    "description": "The Goa Change of Name and Surname Act, 1990",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "to lay down the procedure for change of name and surname of any person\nborn in the State of Goa.\nBe it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Forty-first\nYear of the Republic of India as follows:-",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short title and commencement",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the\nGoa Change of Name and Surname Act, 1990.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(2)",
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            "content": "(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Goa.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1(3)",
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            "content": "(3) It shall come into force at once.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"Chief Registrar\" means an officer authorised by the Government\nto exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Chief Registrar under\nthis Act;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa;",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) \"guardian\" means a person having the care of a minor or of his\nproperty, or of both his person and property;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(d)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(d) \"minor\" means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian\nMajority Act, 1875 (Central Act 9 of 1975), is to be deemed not to have\nattained his majority;",
            "footnote": "Central Act 9 of 1875",
            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(e)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(e) \"Official Gazette\" means the Goa Government Gazette;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(f)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(f) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(g)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(g) \"register\" means a register of change of name and surname\nmaintained under this Act;",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 110
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2(h)",
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            "content": "(h) \"Registrar\" means an officer authorised by the Government to\nexercise the powers and perform the duties of the Registrar under this Act\nand includes the Civil Registrar exercising the powers under the Codigo do\nRegisto Civil do Estado da India approved by Decree dated 9-11-1912.",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 120
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Application for change of name and surname of any person",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "3. Application for change of name and surname of any person.-\n(1) Any person desirous of changing his name or surname or both as\nrecorded in the birth register, shall apply to the Registrar of the respective\njurisdiction in which his birth is recorded in the prescribed form:",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 130
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Proviso to Section 3(1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Provided that if such a person is a minor, the application shall be\nmade by his guardian.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 140
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(2)",
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            "content": "(2) On receipt of the application, the Registrar shall publish the notice\nthereof by affixing it in the notice board of his office and publish the\nrelevant notice in the Official Gazette calling for objections, if any, on the\napplication within thirty days from the date of the notice.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(3)",
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            "content": "(3) On receipt of the objections, the Registrar shall conduct an\nenquiry in the manner prescribed and pass such order as he deems fit within\nsixty days of the receipt of the application.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(4)",
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            "content": "(4) In case no objections are received, or if the order under sub-\nsection (3) is for granting the request of the applicant, the Registrar shall\ncall for the extract under section 17 of the Registration of Births and Deaths\nAct, 1969 (Central Act 18 of 1969) regarding the applicant's birth\nregistration, enter the relevant particulars in his register and also the\nchanged name and surname and thereafter issue the certificate in the\nprescribed form.",
            "footnote": "Central Act 18 of 1969",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3(5)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(5) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Registrar under sub-\nsection (3), may, within thirty days from the date of communication of the\norder, prefer an appeal to the Chief Registrar and the order in appeal passed\nby the Chief Registrar shall be final.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 180
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Power to make rules",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "4. Power to make rules.- The Government may, by notification in\nthe Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Repeal and saving",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "5. Repeal and saving. - (1) On and from the date of commencement\nof this Act, Articles 178 and 179 of the Codigo do Registo Civil do Estado\nda India approved by Decree dated 9-11-1912 shall stand repealed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 200
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5(2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken in\r\nexercise of any power conferred by or under the said Articles shall be\r\ndeemed to have been done or taken.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "199008",
        "Act Number": "8",
        "Enactment Date": "1990-09-03",
        "Act Year": "1990",
        "Short Title": "The Goa Change of Name and Surname Act, 1990",
        "Department": "Law Department (Legal Affairs)",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:42"
}