Government of Goa CODE OF “COMUNIDADESADES” Legislative Enactment No. 2070 dated 15th April, 1961 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE PANAJI-GOA First Edition June, 2012 © Government of Goa Price: Rs. 115.00 Published by Revenue Department, Printed by Govt. Ptg. Press, Government of Goa, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Panaji-Goa – 403 001. Email : [email protected] Website : www.goaprintingpress.gov.in Tel. No. : 91832 2426491 Fax : 91832 2436837 CODE OF “COMUNIDADES” Legislative Enactment No. 2070 dated 15th April, 1961 DECLARATION It is hereby declared for all legal purposes that in the publication of the statutory enactment No. 2070 dated 15/04/1951 by which the Code of Comunidade was enacted in the supplement of Official Gazette No.15, Series I of the same date, there are some inaccuracies which are hereby rectified. 1. In Article 533, para 3 where it is read “in a manner which may be established”, it has to be read as “in a manner which is already established”; 2. In Article 660, where it is read “1294, 1306”, it is to be read as “1294, 1301 and 1306”; and 3. Where it is read “of 30th July, 1949, of 22nd September, 1949”, it is to be read as “dated 30th July, 1949, dated 18th August, 1949, dated 22nd September, 1949”. 4. In the map No. 1 of Comunidade of Taluka of Goa where it is read “Passo de Ambarim Talaulim de Santana”, it is to be read as “Passo de Ambarim Renovadim Talaulim de Santana”; 5. In the recapulation of map No.1 where it is read “Taluka Goa ………..31”, it is to be read “Taluka Goa ……….32”. 6. Directorate of Services of Administration of Goa dated 17th August, 1961– Directorate of Services of Ad-hoc, Sripada Ananta Sinai Narcornim, Official Gazette No.33, Series I dated 17/08/1961. Note : In the body of the translated text, corrections of the mistakes pointed out in the above declaration have been embodied at the appropriate place as they will be integral part of the Code and effective from the date of the promulgation of the Code on 15/04/1961. INDEX Title I - Constitution of “comunidades” 4 Chapter I - General Provisions - Art. 1-19 4-7 Chapter II - “Comunidades” 8 Section I - Members of the “comunidades” - Art. 20-29 8-11 Section II - Powers of the “comunidades” - Art. 30-32 12 Section III - Meetings of the “comunidades” - Art. 33-38 13-14 Section IV - Managing committee - Art. 39-72 15-23 Section V - Attorneys - Art. 73-83 24-25 Section VI - Clerks of the comunidades - Art. 84-98 26-29 Section VII - Treasurer - Art. 99-101 29-30 Section VIII - Safe and the key-holders - Art. 102-115 30-32 Chapter III - Administration of the comunidades 33 Section I - General provisions - Art. 116 & 117 33 Section II - Administrators - Art. 118-126 33-36 Section III - Office of secretary and its personnel - Art. 127-152 36-40 Chapter IV - Governor-General - Art. 153 41 Chapter V - Administrative Tribunal - Art. 154 42 Chapter VI - Pensioners’ Bank - Art. 155 -172 42-44 Chapter VII - “Comunidades” in default - Art. 173-181 45-46 Title II - Operations of the “comunidades” and their procedure 47 Chapter I - Qualification of the members 47 Section I - Of primary enrolment of the ‘zonnkars’ - Art. 182-192 47-49 Section II - Annual enrolment of ‘zonnkar’- Art. 193-198 49-50 Section III - Inscription of shareholders - Art. 199-201 50-51 Section IV - Inscription of pensioners and participants - Art. 202-207 51-52 Chapter II - Registers 52 Section I - Register No. 1 (Tombo 1) - Art. 208-221 52-59 Section II - Register No. 2 (Tombo 2) - Art. 222-229 59-60 Section III - Division of property and proportionate division of ‘Foro’- Art. 230-237 61-62 Section IV - Redemption of ‘foro’ - Art. 238-242 62-64 Chapter III - Ordinary auctions 64 Section I - Estimates or evaluation of items of revenue and items of expenditure in general - Art. 243-256 64-67 Section II - Licitation - Art. 257-272 67-71 Section III - Security - Art. 273-287 71-73 Section IV - Transfer of contract - Art. 288 73 Section V - Eviction of tenant - Art. 289 74 Section VI - Damages and charges - Art. 290 74 Section VII - Lease of paddy fields - Art. 291-307 74-78 Chapter IV - Development of agricultural and extraordinary expenses - Art. 308-316 78-80 Chapter V - Long term leases - Art. 317-323 80-81 Chapter VI - Aforamentos or Emphyteusis 82 Section I - Grant - Art. 324-339 82-86 Section II - Objections against applications for the grants - Art. 340 87 Section III - Reversion of lands granted on emphyteusis - Art. 341-346 88-89 Chapter VII - Sale of pledges and of produce of properties - Art. 347-348 89-90 Chapter VIII - Permission for filing of suit - Art. 349-353 90 Chapter IX - Redemption of charges and contributions due to the “comunidades” - Art. 354-355 91 Chapter X - Rebate on rent of the fields- Art. 356-367 91-94 Chapter XI - Introduction of waters in the fields - Art. 368-370 94 Chapter XII - Encroachment of lands and remedies for their recovery 95 Section I - Encroachment discovered with or without complaint - Art. 371-384 95-98 Section II - Encroachment discovered while making the survey - Art. 385-389 99-100 Chapter XIII - Procedure in general - Art. 390-396 100-102 Chapter XIV - Appeals or complaints in general - Art. 397-399 103-104 Title III - Shares of “comunidades” 104 Chapter I - Issue of shares certificate - Art. 400-409 104-105 Chapter II - Transfer of shares - Art. 410-420 105-107 Chapter III - Creation of charges - Art. 421-428 107-110 Chapter IV - Common provisions dealing with the transfer of shares and creation of charges - Art. 429-435 110-111 Chapter V - Reconstruction of share certificates - Art. 436 & 437 111 ChapterVI - Prescription of shares in favour of “comunidades” - Art. 438 & 439 112 Title IV - Book-keeping and accounts 112 Chapter I - Book-keeping and accounting of the administration of comunidades - Art. 440-444 112-113 Chapter II - Book-keeping and accounting of the comunidades 114 Section I - General Provisions - Art. 445-461 114-116 Section II - Minute-book - Art. 462 117 Section III - Cash-Book - Art. 463-469 117-118 Section IV - Income and expenditure book - Art. 470-479 118-120 Section V - Books of current account - Art. 480-515 120-126 Section VI - Book of transfer of credits - Art. 516-525 126-127 Section VII - Book of charges - Art. 526-531 127 Section VIII - Contract book - Art. 532-537 128 Section IX - Sundry declarations and reports book - Art. 538-540 128-129 Section X - Book of record of orders from higher authorities - Art. 541 & 542 129 Section XI - Book of record of encroachments - Art. 543 129 Section XII - Book of the registration of claims in the matter of survey- Art. 544 129 Section XIII - Book of primary enrolment of ‘zonnkars’ - Art. 545 130 Section XIV - Book of primary enrolment of the shareholders - Art. 546 & 547 130 Section XV - Book of primary enrolment of the pensioners and participants - Art. 548 130 Section XVI - Register (‘Tombo 1’) - Art. 549 & 550 130 Section XVII - Register (‘Tombo 2’ ) - Art. 551 & 552 130 Section XVIII - Book for the general inventory - Art. 553 131 Section XIX - Book of outgoing correspondence - Art. 554 131 Title V - Coercive recovery of the debts. 131 Chapter I - General provisions - Art. 555-557 131 Chapter II - Current accounts 131 Section I - Debtors subject to coercive recovery - Art. 558 131 Section II - Issuance of the certified copies of the current accounts - Art. 559-567 132-135 Section III - The effects of issuance of certified copies of the current accounts - Art. 568 136 Section IV - Opposition of the judgement debtor - Art. 569 - 573 136-137 Section V - Production of the evidence and arguments - Art. 574-577 138 Section VI - The judgement and appeal - Art. 578-583 138-139 Section VII - Adjucation by way of embargo - Art. 584 - 589 139-140 Chapter III - Attachments - Art. 590-597 140-141 Chapter IV - Third party objections - Art. 598 141 Chapter V - Auctions and awards - Art. 599 - 605 141-142 Chapter VI - Creditor’s claims - Art. 606-611 142-143 Chapter VII - Payment - Art. 612- 624 143-145 Chapter VIII - Forgery of documents - Art. 625 & 626 146 Chapter IX - Costs - Art. 627 - 631 146-147 Chapter X - Unrecoverable debts - Art. 632 - 640 147-148 Title VI - General and transitory provisions - Art. 641 - 660 148-150 Maps, Models and Tables 151-207 Appendix & concluding note 208-239 Abreviature: Escudos - $ Amendments carried out in the Code of Comunidades of 1961 post liberation The Code of Comunidade has been amended from time to time and in the earlier translation published by the Government, text of different amendments have been appended to the said volume from pages 317 to 349. They are incorporated in the present set translation for the purpose of convenience. The State Legislature has amended the Code of Comunidades 10 times as seen from the appendix, viz. 1. The Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Diploma No. 2070 dated 15-4-1961 (Amendment) Act, 1984. (Act No. 1 of 1985). 2. The Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Diploma No. 2070 dated 15-4-1961 (Amendment) Act, 1985. (Act No. 9 of 1985). 3. The Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Diploma No. 2070 dated 15-4-1961 (Amendment) Act, 1986. (Act No. 8 of 1986) [14-10-1986]. 4. The Goa Legislative Diploma No. 2070 dated 15-4-1961 (Amendment) Act, 1988. (Act No. 13 of 1988). 5. The Goa Legislative Diploma No. 2070 dated 15-4-1961 (Amendment) Act, 1993 (Goa Act No.10 of 1993) [4-5-1993].