Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987
No: 18 Dated: May, 23 1987
THE GOA, DAMAN AND DIU REORGANISATION ACT, 1987
ACT NO. 18 OF 1987
An Act to provide for the reorganisation of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and for matters connected therewith.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Administration" means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239;
(b) "appointed day" means the day which the Central Government may, by notification, appoint;
(c) "article" means an article of the Constitution;
(d) "assembly constituency" and "parliament constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(e) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324;
(f) "existing Union territory" means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu as existing immediately before the appointed day;
(g) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or any part of the existing Union territory;
(h) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(i) "population ratio", in relation to the State of Goa and the Union, means the ratio of 43:3.25;
(j) "sitting member", in relation to the House of the People or of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly;
(k) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury.
PART II
Reorganisation Of The Union Territory Of Goa, Daman And Diu
3. Formation of state of Goa. - On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new State to be known as the State of Goa comprising the territories which immediately before that day were comprised in the Goa district of the existing Union territory.
4. Formation of Union territory of Daman and Diu. - On and from the appointed day, there shall be formed a new Union territory to be known as the Union territory of Daman and Diu comprising the territories which, immediately before that day, were comprised in the Daman and Diu districts of the existing Union territory.