Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building Construction) Act, 2008

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    "title": "Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building Construction) Act, 2008",
    "short_title": "Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building Construction) Act, 2008",
    "act_number": "(Goa Act 6 of 2008)",
    "act_year": 2008,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building Construction) Act, 2008",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"building construction\" shall have the same meaning assigned to:-\n(i) \"building operations\" in clause (5) of section 2 of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975);\n(ii) \"building\" in clause (2) of section 2 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Act 14 of 1994);\n(iii) \"to construct a building\" in sub-section (1) of section 184 of Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Act 7 of 1969);\n(iv) \"building\" in clause (8) of section 5 of the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Act 1 of 2003);\n(b) \"Corporation\" means the Corporation of the City of Panaji incorporated under section 7 of the City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002 (Act 1 of 2003) or any other Corporation established under the provisions of any Law enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa;\n(c) \"engineering operations\" includes the formation or the laying out of means of access to a road or the laying out of means of water supply, drainage, sewerage or of electricity cables or lines or of telephone lines;\n(d) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa;\n(e) \"land development\" with it's grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the carrying out of building, engineering, change on the face of land, mining, quarrying or other operations in or on or over or under the land, or the making of any material change in any building or land, or in the use of any building or land, and includes sub-division or amalgamation of land;\n(f) \"Municipal Council\" means a Municipal Council established under section 8 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 (Act 7 of 1969);\n(g) \"notification\" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;\n(h) \"Official Gazette\" means the Official Gazette of the Government;\n(i) \"Panchayat\" means a Panchayat notified by the Government under sub-section (2) of section 3 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Act 14 of 1994);\n(j) \"Planning and Development Authority\" means Planning and Development Authority constituted under section 20 of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975);\n(k) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(l) \"regulations\" means the regulations framed under this Act;\n(m) \"State\" means the State of Goa.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Land development and building construction.",
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            "content": "Explanation.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Power to make regulations and rules.",
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            "content": "(a) zoning of the land and it's use;\n(b) general requirements for land development;\n(c) group housing;\n(d) sub-division of land including amalgamation of plots;\n(e) preservation and conservation;\n(f) procedure for seeking development permission from Corporation, Municipal Council, Panchayat and Planning and Development Authority;\n(g) any other aspect relating to planning and development.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Public notice of the regulation.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Steering Committee.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Regulations.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Notification and effect.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Interim provision, pending finalization of regulations.",
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            "content": "(b) Any application for land development or construction of building received by the Panchayat/Municipal Council/Municipal Corporation shall be forwarded by the concerned authority to the respective district level/taluka level office of the Town and Country Planning Department for obtaining no objection certificate from planning point of view.\n(a) Regional Plan for the State in force and the Outline Development Plans/Zoning Plans in force prior to 16th May, 2007.\n(b) Planning and Development Authority (Development Plan) Regulations, 2000, published in the Official Gazette, Extraordinary No. 3, Series I No. 22, dated 28th August, 2003, with exception of regulations governing farm houses:\n(a) no land development shall be permitted in any areas having gradient of more than 25%;\n(b) farm houses shall be permitted only in plots with minimum area of 4,000 square meters and coverage 2.5 % and F.A.R. 5 and height 5.5 meters, following the guidelines issued by the Town and Country Planning Department;\n(c) the F.A.R in the areas regulated as per Surface Utilization Plans of Regional Plan shall be 80.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Saving provision.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Repeal and Saving.",
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        "Act ID": "goa043",
        "Act Number": "(Goa Act 6 of 2008)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2008",
        "Short Title": "Goa (Regulation of Land Development and Building Construction) Act, 2008",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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