The Goa Panchayat Raj (Qualifications and other Conditions of service of Chairman and members of the Goa State Finance Commission) Rules, 1997

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    "title": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Qualifications and other Conditions of service of Chairman and members of the Goa State Finance Commission) Rules, 1997",
    "short_title": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Qualifications and other Conditions of service of Chairman and members of the Goa State Finance Commission) Rules, 1997",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. 9/DP/SFC/96, dated",
    "act_year": 1997,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
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    "description": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Qualifications and other Conditions of service of Chairman and members of the Goa State Finance Commission) Rules, 1997",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act No. 14 of 1994);\n(b) \"Chairman\" means Chairman of the Commission;\n(c) \"Commission\" means the Goa State Finance Commission constituted by the Governor pursuant to clause (1) of Article 243-I of the Constitution read with section 199 of the Act;\n(d) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Qualification for appointment as Chairman and members of the Commission.",
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            "content": "(a) have special knowledge of the finance and accounts of the Government; or\n(b) have had wide financial and administrative experience; or\n(c) have special knowledge or experience of the local self Government in urban areas or rural areas:",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Disqualification for being the Chairman or member of the Commission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) if he is of unsound mind; or\n(b) if he is an undischarged insolvent; or\n(c) if he has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or\n(d) if he has such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his function as the Chairman or member of the Commission.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Term of office of chairman and members.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Conditions of service and salaries and allowances of the Chairman and members.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Accommodation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "8.\n(a) widening the resource base by examining the potential available with the local bodies by way of fiscal levies, fees, etc.;\n(b) updating the rates at which the present resources are being mobilised, like charging economic rates for the civic facilities such as water; and\n(c) improving the methodology of collection, etc.\n(a) examine the extent to which and the manner in which the resources available to the Panchayats, Zilla Panchayats and the Municipal Councils could best be utilised for meeting the expenditure of these bodies and make recommendations on the measures needed to improve their financial position;\n(b) make detailed analysis of the outstanding debt position of the Panchayats, Zilla Panchayats and the Municipal Councils and make suitable recommendations regarding,-\n(i) the principles and the procedure to regulate the borrowing powers of the Panchayats, Zilla Panchayats and the Municipal Councils;\n(ii) the steps needed to contain their debt liability taking into account their resources position;\n(iii) the manner in which the repayment of Government dues could be ensured and the possibility of adjusting these dues against future devolution of revenue from the Government to these bodies.\n(a) the resources of the Government and the demands thereon, in particular, on account of expenditure on civil administration, police, social and economic services, debt servicing and all other committed expenditure for liabilities and Non-Plan revenue expenditure;\n(b) the projected gap between the revenue receipts and revenue expenditure (Non-Plan or Non-Developmental or both) of the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the State for five years from 1st April, 1996, on the basis of their levels of taxation likely to be needed in 1996-97;\n(c) the measures and the extent to which the Panchayats, Zilla Panchayats and the Municipal Councils have exploited the available and potential sources of the revenue and the manner and the extent to which their revenue gap be reduced by such measures;\n(d) the principles of the financial assistance from the Government to the Panchayats, Zilla Panchayats and the Municipal Councils as may be determined by the Commission taking into account the provisions of clauses (b) and (c) above.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Procedure of the Commission.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of witnesses;\n(b) requiring the production of any document; and\n(c) requisitioning any public record or any copy thereof from any Court or Office.\nExplanation:-",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "goa111",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. 9/DP/SFC/96, dated 8-5-1997",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1997",
        "Short Title": "The Goa Panchayat Raj (Qualifications and other Conditions of service of Chairman and members of the Goa State Finance Commission) Rules, 1997",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}