Goa State Commission for Women Act, 1996

[Act No. 10 of 1996]

[11th September, 1996]

Preamble

AN

ACT

to provide for the constitution of the Goa State Commission for Women to exercise the powers conferred on, and to perform the functions assigned to it on all matters concerning women in Goa and incidental thereto so as to improve the status of women in Goa.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa in the Forty-seventh year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Goa State Commission for Women Act, 1996.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Goa.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Section 2 - Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Commission" means the Goa State Commission for Women constituted under section 4;

(b) "Member" means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson and the Member-Secretary;

(c) "National Commission for Women" means the National Commission for Women constituted under section 3 of the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 (Central Act 20 of 1990);

(d) "Official Gazette" means the Official Gazette of the Government of Goa;

(e) "Person" shall include a firm, company, corporation, association of persons or the Government and its agencies including agencies receiving aid from the Government;

(f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(g) "Public servant" means any person as defined in section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860);

(h) "Registered" means registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act 21 of 1860);

(i) "State" means the State of Goa;

(j) "State Government" means the State Government of Goa;

(k) "Women" includes female children and/or adolescent girls.

Section 3 - Application of other laws not barred

Save as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of, any other law for the time being in force, except to the extent the provisions of the other law are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

Section 4 - Constitution of the Commission

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a body known as the "Goa State Commission for Women", to exercise the powers conferred on and to perform the functions assigned to it, under this Act.

(2) The Commission shall consist of.-

(a) a Chairperson, who shall be an eminent Goan woman by birth or by marriage committed to the cause of women, to be nominated by the State Government, and shall possess such qualification as may be prescribed:

Provided that, before nominating the Chairperson, the State Government shall consult women''s organizations registered within the State of Goa;

(b) not more than six non-official members, preferably women, to be nominated by the State Government from amongst persons of ability, integrity and standing who have served the cause of women or have sufficient knowledge and experience in law or legislation, trade unionism, management of an industry or organization committed to increasing the employment potential of women, women''s voluntary organizations (including women activists),. administration, economic development, health, education or social welfare, provided that, at least one member shall be from amongst persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes;

(c) any woman member elected by the Goa Legislative Assembly, from amongst its members;

(d) a Member-Secretary, to be nominated by the State Government who shall be an officer of the Civil Service of the State with appropriate experience, not below the rank of Joint Secretary in the Government.

Section 5 - Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and members

(1) The Chairperson and every non-official member shall hold office for a period of three years provided that the member specified at clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 4 shall cease to hold office as soon as she ceases to be a member of the State Legislative Assembly.

(2) The Chairperson or a non-official member may, at any time, by writing under her hand and addressed to the State Government, resign from the office of the Chairperson or the office of the member, as the case may be.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may remove a person from the office of the Chairperson or member, if that person-

(a) becomes an undischarged insolvent; or

(b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in the opinion of the State Government involved moral turpitude; or

(c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court; or

(d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting; or

(e) is, without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission, absent from three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or

(f) in the opinion of the State Government, has so abused the position of the Chairperson or member, as to render that person''s continuance in office detrimental to the public interest or is otherwise unfit or unsuitable to continue as...

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