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Section 8: Procedure by District Magistrate on change of residence of habitual offender to other district

The Goa Habitual Offenders Act, 1976State Act of Goa · Act 16 of 1976

(1) Where any registered offender changes his ordinary residence to another district within the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, the District Magistrate of the district in which the offender is registered shall inform the District Magistrate of the other district of such change, and at the same time furnish him with the name and other particulars relating to the registered offender in the register.

(2) On the receipt of such information, the District Magistrate of the other district shall enter in his register the name and other particulars of the registered offender furnished to him, and inform the District Magistrate of the first district of such registration, and thereupon such District Magistrate shall cancel from his register the entry relating to that registered offender:

Provided that where a registered offender changes his ordinary residence to another district outside the Union territory of Goa, Daman & Diu, the District Magistrate of the first district shall, while furnishing the District Magistrate of the other district with the name and other particulars of the registered offender, make a request to that District Magistrate that he may be informed of the steps, if any, which may have been taken in relation to the offender under any law for the time being in force in that other district; and upon the receipt of such information, the District Magistrate of the first district shall cancel from his register the entry relating to that registered offender.

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(3) Upon the entry of the name and other particulars of a registered offender in any register in the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu under sub-section (2), the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder shall apply to him as if he has been registered, in pursuance of a direction given under section 3, in the register of the district to which he has changed his ordinary residence.

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ActThe Goa Habitual Offenders Act, 1976
Section8
Marginal noteProcedure by District Magistrate on change of residence of habitual offender to other district
JurisdictionState of Goa
StatusIn force as published by the source

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