goa act 004 of 1966 : Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Indian Majority Act) Act, 1966

Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Indian Majority Act) Act, 1966

GOA ACT 004 OF 1966

10 May, 1966

An Act to provide for the extension of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 to the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:

Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu (Extension of the Indian Majority Act) Act, 1966.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.

(3) It is came into force on 1-7-1966.

Section 2. Extension of Central Act 9 of 1875

As from the commencement of this Act, the Indian Majority Act, 1875, shall extend to, and be in force in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, subject to the modification that in section 1 thereof, the words and it shall come into force and have effect only on the expiration of three months from the passing thereof shall be omitted.

Section 3. Repeal

Any law in force immediately before the commencement of this Act in the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu or any area thereof, corresponding to the Act extended by section 2 shall stand repealed as from such commencement.

1. Received the Assent of the President of India on the 10th May, 1966, and is hereby published for general information.