Goa Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2023
[Goa Act 4 of 2023][15th February, 2023]

An Act further to amend the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975).

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

## Section 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Goa Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 2023.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Amendment of ## Section 17.—In Section 17 of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act, 1974 (Act 21 of 1975),—

(i) the existing provision shall be numbered as sub-section (1);

(ii) after sub-section (1) as so numbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—

“(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), if the Government is of the opinion that alteration/modification is necessary to be carried out to the regional plan for the purpose of rectifying any inadvertent error that has occurred in the regional plan, and for correction of inconsistent/incoherent zoning proposals in the regional plan, it may direct the Chief Town Planner (Planning) to carry out such alteration/modification to the regional plan and the Chief Town Planner (Planning) shall by notification in the Official Gazette carry out such alteration/modification to the regional plan in such manner and only to such extent as prescribed.”.

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