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Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987

Year: 1987

Enactment Date: 1987-05-23

Long Title: An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and for matters connected therewith.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of States

Section NumberTitleActions
1Short title.
2Definitions.
3Formation of State of Goa.
4Formation of Union territory of Daman and Diu.
5[Repealed].
6[Repealed].
7Election to fill the seat allotted to the State of Goa.
8Allocation of seats in the House of the People.
9Parliamentary constituency of the Union territory of Daman and Diu.
10Parliamentary constituencies.
11Provisions as to sitting members.
12Provisions as to Legislative Assembly.
13Provisional Legislative Assembly.
14[Repealed].
15Speaker of the provisional Legislative Assembly.
16Rules of procedure.
17Delimitation of constituencies.
18Power of Election Commission to maintain delimitation orders up-to-date.
19[Repealed].
20Common High Court for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
21Provision as to advocates.
22Practice and procedure in the common High Court.
23Custody of seal of the common High Court.
24Form of writs and other processes.
25Powers of Judges.
26Principal seat and other places of sitting of the common High Court.
27Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court.
28Transfer of proceedings to the common High Court.
29Interpretation, etc.
30Saving.
31Authorisation of expenditure pending its sanction by the Legislature.
32Reports relating to the accounts of the existing Union territory.
33Distribution of revenues.
34Definition.
35Land and goods.
36Cash balances.
37Arrears of taxes.
38Right to recover loans and advances.
39Investments in and loans, etc., to certain corporate bodies.
40Assets and liabilities of State undertakings.
41Refund of taxes collected in excess.
42Certain deposits.
43Provident fund.
44Pensions granted by the Administrator, etc.
45Contracts.
46Liability in respect of actionable wrong.
47Liability as guarantor of co-operative societies.
48Items in suspense.
49Residuary provision.
50Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement.
51Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases.
52Continuance of certain arrangements.
53Provision as to co-operative banks.
54General provisions as to statutory corporations.
55Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits.
56Special provision relating to retrenchment compensation in certain cases.
57Special provision as to income-tax.
58Continuance of existing facilities in certain institutions.
59Provisions relating to All India Services.
60Provisions relating to other services.
61Provisions as to continuance of officers in the same posts.
62Powers of Central Government to give direction.
63[Repealed].
64[Repealed].
65[Repealed].
66Territorial extent of laws.
67Power to adapt laws.
68Power to construe laws.
69Provisions as to continuance of courts, etc.
70Effect of provisions of Act inconsistent with other laws.
71Power to remove difficulties.
72Power to make rules.
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