Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act, 1962
No: 1 Dated: Mar, 27 1962
THE GOA, DAMAN AND DIU (ADMINISTRATION) ACT, 1962
ACT NO. 1 OF1962
An Act to provide for the administration of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu (Administration) Act, 1962.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of March, 1962.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator of Goa, Daman and Diu appointed by the President under Article 239 of the Constitution;
(b) “appointed day” means the twentieth day of December, 1961; (c) “Goa, Daman and Diu” means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.
3. Representation in the House of the People.—(1) There shall be allotted two seats to the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu in the House of the People.
(2) In the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950),—
(a) in section 4, in sub-section (1), after the words “to Dadra and Nagar Haveli”, the words “to Goa, Daman and Diu” shall be inserted;
(b) in the First Schedule,—
(i) after entry 22, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—
“23. Goa, Daman and Diu ..... 2”;
(ii) entries 23 and 24 shall be re-numbered as entries 24 and 25, respectively.
(3) In the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), in section 4, after the words “to Dadra and Nagar Haveli”, the words “to Goa, Daman and Diu” shall be inserted.
4. Officers and functionaries in relation to Goa, Daman and Diu.—Without prejudice to the powers of the Central Government to appoint from time to time such officers and authorities as may be necessary for the administration of Goa, Daman and Diu, all judges, magistrates and other officers and authorities who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were exercising lawful functions in connection with the administration of Goa, Daman and Diu or any part thereof, shall, unless otherwise directed at any time by the Central Government in relation to any such judge, magistrate or other officer or authority, or until other provision is made by law, continue to exercise in connection with such administration their respective functions in the same manner and to the same extent as before such commencement with such altered designation, if any, as that Government may determine.
5. Continuance of existing laws and their adaptation.—(1) All laws in force immediately before the appointed day in Goa, Daman and Diu or any part thereof shall continue to be in force therein until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.
(2) For the purpose of facilitating the application of any such law in relation to the administration of Goa, Daman and Diu as a Union territory and for the purpose of bringing the provisions of any such law into accord with the provisions of the Constitution, the Central Government may, within two years from the appointed day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications, whether by way of repeal oramendment, as may be necessary or expedient and thereupon, every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications so made.