{ "id": 16443, "slug": "the-goa-panchayat-raj-election-petition-dispute-procedure-rules-1998", "title": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Election Petition Dispute Procedure) Rules, 1998", "short_title": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Election Petition Dispute Procedure) Rules, 1998", "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 25/DP/ELT-PET-DISP", "act_year": 1998, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Goa", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Election Petition Dispute Procedure) Rules, 1998", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definition.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Act 14 of 1994);\n(b) \"Administrative Tribunal\" means Administrative Tribunal constituted under section 3 of the Goa Administrative Tribunal Act, 1965 (Act No. 6 of 1965);\n(c) \"Candidate\" means a person who has been or claimed to have been duly nominated as a candidate at any Village Panchayat election, and any such person shall be deemed to have been a candidate as from the time when, with the election is prospect, he began to hold himself as a prospective candidate;\n(d) \"Costs\" means all costs, charges and expenses of or incidental to a trial of election petition;\n(e) \"Pleader\" means any person entitled to appear and plead for another in a civil court within the State of Goa;\n(f) \"Registrar\" means Registrar of Goa Administrative Tribunal constituted under the Goa Administrative Tribunal Act, 1965 (Act No. 6 of 1965);\n(g) \"Returned candidate\" means a candidate declared elected at Village Panchayat election;\n(h) \"Words and expressions\" used but are not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as assigned to them under the Act.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Election Petition.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Processing fee.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) For obtaining a certified copy of the document for the first 200 words or less - Rs. 5/-.\n(ii) For every additional 100 words - Rs. 3/-.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Presentation of Petitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) the person presenting has authority to do so.\n(b) it conforms to the provisions of section 17 and the rules.\n(i) Where the defects to be remedied are not of a minor nature, with the approval of the President of Goa Administrative Tribunal, return the election petition without endorsement specifically pointing out such defects and;\n(ii) where the election petition contains defects of minor nature, the Registrar, may, with the approval of the President of Goa Administrative Tribunal, by a separate letter, specifically point out such defects and shall call upon the petitioner or his pleader to remedy or to explain such defects within the period of 15 days from the date of receipt of such letter. If the appellant or his pleader fails to remedy or explain satisfactorily the defects within the said period, the Registrar shall place the petition before the President of Goa Administrative Tribunal for his decision on merits and the defects remeding so unremedied shall be taken into consideration by the President of Goa Administrative Tribunal at the time of hearing the petition.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Furnishing additional copies of documents.", "chapter": null, "content": "7. \"Corrupt practices\".\n(i) movement of candidate, his agent/s, or another person on his behalf to solicit the voters for voting of a particular candidate and distribution cards/names/symbols before forty-eight hours of the poll;\n(ii) using any Government vehicle, Panchayat premises and any machinery for organising any meeting or parties; and\n(iii) to solicit voters by any means such as offerings in kind or cash.\nForm of Affidavit\nForm of Affidavit\n( See rule 3)\nAffidavit\nAffidavit\n1. (1) I say that I am a voter enrolled at Sr. No. .....................of Ward No............ of................Village Panchayat of .............................. Taluka ......................of .................(District) Goa.\nOr\n(Write whichever is applicable)\n(2) I say that I was a candidate contesting from Ward No. ................ of.....................Village Panchayat of .................... Taluka and that the Respondent No. .....................has been duly elected from the said ward.\n(3) I say that the Respondent No. ...................... was indulged in the following corrupt practices.\nI.\nII.\nIII. (and so on)", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. That the contents of para .........................to ......................are true to my personal knowledge. Solemnly affirmed at .............................on this ........................day of.............", "chapter": null, "content": "Deponent", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "goa088", "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 25/DP/ELT-PET-DISPT/97, dated 14-5-1998", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1998", "Short Title": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Election Petition Dispute Procedure) Rules, 1998", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Goa" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }