Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act 44 of 2023)

2303 Panaji, 9th November, 2023 (Kartika 18, 1945) SERIES I No. 32 Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023 RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–gpps.goa@nic.in GOVERNMENT OF GOA Department of Law Legal Affairs Division Notification 7/36/2023-LA The Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act 44 of 2023), which has been passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa on 09-08-2023 and assented to by the Governor of Goa on 26-10-2023, is hereby published for the general information of the public. Dnyaneshwar Raut Dessai, Joint Secretary (Law). Porvorim, 9th November, 2023. –––––––– The Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act 44 of 2023) [26-10-2023] AN ACT further to amend the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 1996 (Goa Act 5 of 1997). BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— EXTRAORDINARY 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) (Amendment) Act, 2023. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Amendment of section 2.— In section 2 of the Goa Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 1996 (Goa Act 5 of 1997) (hereinafter referred to as the “principal Act”),— (i) clauses (aa) and (ab) shall be renumbered as clauses (ab) and (ac) respectively; (ii) before clause (ab) so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(aa) “brand owner” means a person or a company who manufactures and sells any commodity under a registered brand label;”; (iii) clause (ba) shall be renumbered as clause (bb); (iv) before clause (bb) so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(ba) “Importer” means a person who imports non-biodegradable packaging product or products;”; OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES I No. 32 (EXTRAORDINARY) 9TH NOVEMBER, 2023 2304 (v) after clause (k), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(ka) “Producer” means person engaged in manufacture or import of products made out of non-biodegradable materials for packaging or wrapping the commodity;”. 3. Substitution of section 5.— For section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:— “5. Duty of Owner, Occupier, Producer, Importer and Brand Owner to collect and deposit Non-Biodegradable garbage.— The Owner, Occupier, Producer, Importer and Brand Owner shall collect or cause to be collected from their respective land, buildings or locality, the non-biodegradable garbage and deposit or cause to be deposited the same in public receptacles or places provided for temporary deposit or collection of the non-biodegradable garbage or to the agency appointed for the purpose by following the procedure as specified by the Government by Notification in the Official Gazette.”. 4. Amendment of Schedule.— In the Schedule to the principal Act, after item at Serial No. (13), the following items shall be inserted, namely:— “(14) Glass; (15) Aluminium.”. SUBHASH CHANDRA Secretary to the Secretariat, Government of Goa, Porvorim-Goa. Law Department Dated: 09-11-2023. (Legal Affairs). www.goaprintingpress.gov.in Printed and Published by the Director, Printing & Stationery, Government Printing Press, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Panaji-Goa 403 001. PRICE – Rs. 2.00 PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING PRESS, PANAJI-GOA—293/100—11/2023.