The Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, 2001

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    "title": "The Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, 2001",
    "short_title": "The Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, 2001",
    "act_number": "(Goa Act 56 of 2001)",
    "act_year": 2001,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
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    "description": "The Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, 2001",
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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) \"competent authority\" means the authority appointed under section 4 of this Act;\n(b) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa;\n(c) \"nuisance\" includes any act of commission or omission or carrying on of any activity, process, operation including the operation of or plying of vessels or boats or timber, raft or any other floating object in any part of the sea, river or port which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or property and includes oil spillage;\n(d) \"tourist place\" means any place, site or location declared by the Government as tourist place under section 3 of this Act and shall include any land, monument, lake, river, beach or portion thereof;\n(e) \"tourism potentiality\" means a tourist place where a person or group of persons including pilgrims are likely to visit.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Declaration of tourist places.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Appointment of competent authority.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Prevention of nuisance.",
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            "content": "(a) no person, company, association or firm or any other body shall cause any nuisance or carry out any activity, process, operation, etc., including the operation of or plying vessels, boats, etc. or omit to prevent or remove the nuisance, which damages or deteriorates or is likely to damage or deteriorate or is capable of being damaged or deteriorated or has damaged or deteriorated the tourism potentiality of any tourist place, declared as such, under section 3 of this Act;\n(b) the competent authority, either on its own motion or upon a complaint received or upon reference made to it, may, by an order in writing and without giving any prior notice, prohibit any nuisance being caused or prevent any such activity, process, operation as referred to in clause (a) above being carried out, if in the opinion of the said competent authority, it has damaged or deteriorated or is likely to damage or deteriorate the tourism potentiality of any tourist place, and pass such interim orders as it deems fit to give effect to the objects of this Act.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Notice for removing the nuisance.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Object of nuisance shall stand forfeited and vest in the Government.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Expenses and costs for removing the nuisance.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Dealing with the property of nuisance.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Offences and penalties.",
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        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Appeal.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Protection for acts done under this Act.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Certain officers to act in aid of Competent Authority.",
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        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Power to make rules.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Power to remove difficulties.",
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        "Act ID": "goa125",
        "Act Number": "(Goa Act 56 of 2001)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2001",
        "Short Title": "The Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Act, 2001",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:44"
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