 the goa, daman and diu (administration)  ,~ bill, 1962(as introduced in lok sabha on 12th march, 1962)  the goa, daman and diu (administration) bill, 1962 [as introduced in lok sabha]a bill to provide for the administration of the union territory qf goa, daman and diu and for matters connected therewith be it enacted by parliament in the thirteenth year of the republic of india as follows:-l (l) this act may be called the goa, daman and diu (ad- s~rt title ministration) act, 1962 =encemcc:~ s (2) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the 5th day of march, 1962   2 in this' act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a) "administrator" means the administrator of goa, daman and diu appointed by the president under article 239 of the 10 constitution; (b) "appointed day" means the twentieth day of december, 1961j (c) "goa, daman and diu" means the union territory of gal, daman and diu is 3 (1) there shall be allotted two seats to the union territory of ::~~enr:be goa, daman and diu in the house of the people houle of me people (2) in the representation of the people act 1950,-(a) in section 4, in sub-section (1) after the words clto dadra and nagar haveli", the words "to goa, daman and diu" 20 shall be insertedj (b) in the first schedule,-(i) after entry 22, the following entry shall be inserted, , namely:-"23· goa, daman and diu  2"; (ii) entries 23 and 24 shall be re-numbered as entries 24 and 25 respectively 5 (3) in the representation of the people act, 1951, in section 4, ·0 of 19si - after the words "to dadra and nagar haveli", the words "to goa, daman and diu" shall be inserted =-~ 4 without prejudice to the powers of the central government to 10 in relat: appoint from time to time such officers and authorities as may he ~~ necessary for the administration of goa, daman and diu, all judges, diu magistrates and other officers and authorities who, immediately before the commencement of this act, were exercising lawful function!i in t'loddeetion with the administration of goa, daman and diu or' 15 any part thereof, shall, unless otherwise directed at any time by the central government in relation to any such judge, magistrate or other officer or authcrity, or until other provision is made by law, eontinue to exercise in connection with such administration their respective functions in the same manner and to the same extent as 20 before such commencement with such altered designation, if any, as that government may determine comima"cc 5 (1) all laws in force immediately before the appointed d1v in of    ~ goa, daman and diu or any part thereof shall continue to be in force ::: pta- therein until amended or repealed by a competent legislature or 25 other competent authority (2) for the purpose of facilitating the application of any such law in relation to the administration of goa, daman and diu as a union terri~ory and for the purpose of bringing the provisions of any such law into accord with the provisions of the constitution, the central 30 government may, within two years from the appointed day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient and 'thereupon, every such law shall have effect subject' to the adaptations and modifications so made 35 power to 6 the central government may, by notification in the official extend en- gazette, extend with such restrictions or modifications as it thinks ~er,~~ fit, to goa, daman and diu any enactment which is in forte in a state pi diu at the date of the notification - 7 as from such date as the central government may, by noti- &tenlif:lol fication in the official gazette, specify, the jurisdiction of the high ~ ~'fac:: court at bombay shall extend to goa, daman and diu bay ~ courtto_v  didws aad diu 8 for the purpose of facilitating the application of any law in power to s relation to goa, daman and diu, any court or other authority may ;:~e construe any such law in such manner not affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper to adapt it to the matter before the court or other authority 9 (1) all things done and all action taken (including any acts of validation of 10 executive authority, proceedings, decrees and sentences) in or with certain acrespect to goa, daman and diu on or after the appointed day and :::= ~ before the commencement of this act, by the administrator or any ofticen for other officer, whether civil or military, or by any: other certain acti person acting under the orders of the administrator or such 15 officer, which have been done or taken in good faith and in a reasonable belief that they were necessary for the peace and good government of goa, daman and diu shall be as valid and operative as if they had been done or taken in accordance with law (2) no suit or other legal proceeding whatsoever, whether civil 20 or criminal, shall lie in any court of law against the administrator or any other officer of government, whether civil or military, or against any other person acting under the orders of the adininistrator or such other officer for, or on account of, or in ~espect of, anything done or any action taken in goa, daman and diu or any part thereat 25 on or after the appointed day and before the commencement of this act which has been done or taken in good faith and in a reasonable belief that it was necessary for the peace and good government of goa, daman and diu: provided that if any such ~uit or other legal proceeding has been 30 instituted before the commencement of this act, it shall, on such commencement, abate 10 (1) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of power to rethis act 9r in connection with the administration of goa, daman and =ti:~ diu, the central government may, by order, make such further pro-35 vision as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty (2) any order under sub-section (1) may be made so as to be retrospective to any date not earlier than the appointed day 11 (1) the goa, daman and diu (administration) ordinance'repeal ijid 40 1982, is hereby repealed avldl :& of 1962 (2) notwitmtaftding such repeal, anything done or any action taken in exercise of any of the powers conferred by or under the baid ordinance shull be deemed to have been done or teken in exercise of the powers conferred by or under this act on 'the acquisition of the territories of goa, daman 'and diu 'with effect from the 20th december, 1961, these 'territories have, 'b1~ vtme of sub-clause (c) of clause (3) of 1il1:icle 1 of t~ cenftftutioni'lman comprised within the territory of india from that date -ana ~ei1"-t'e being administered as a union telritary by the president ,through an administrator in accordance with article 239 of, the constit,ii~f~' 2 it was necessary to take immediately eertain ~ measures in regard to the administration of goa, deman &ad diu~jas for example, continuance of existing laws and provision·of indemajty to the administrator and his subordinates against· action' takan:by -them in good faith these proposals have to be givenetfecfto b¥ ii law of parliament as parliament was 'not ih·session '8jld m it 'was considered necessary to take immediate action, the ·goa, ·daman·\;and diu (administration) ordinance, 1962 (no2 of 1962) was prq~ulgated to provide for these administrative measures' ,, 3 the present bill seeks to replace the ordinance by a& actt of parliament it seeks to make provisions relating to the appointment of officers, continuance of existing laws until amended or repealed, extension of enactments in force in a state to goa, daman and diu and also to make provisions for indemnity to the administrator and his officers against action taken by them in good faith the bill further provides for the representation of the union territory of goa, daman and diu in the lok sabha and for the extension of the jurisdiction of the high court at bombay to that union territory jawaharlal nehru on the acquisition of the territories 01 goa, daman and diu with - effect from the 20th december, 1961, these territories have, by virtue of sub-clause 4<:) of clause (3) of article 1 of the constitution, been comprised within the territory of india from that date the bill provic;iing for the administration of the union territory of goa, ljaman and diu seeks to make necessary provisions relating to the appointment of officers, the continuance of existing laws and their modiftcation, the extension of indian laws to goa, daman and diu, ~tc 2 as a result of the reunion of goa, daman and diu with india, the receipts and expenditure of the areas in question have been amalgamated with the consolidated fund of india estimates for the year 1961&2 and 1962-63 have been prepared it is expected that an expenditure of rs l' 58 crores would be incurred during the period 20th december, 1961 to 31st march, 1962 and an expenditure of rs 5'28 crores would be incurred during the year 1962-63 receipts have been estimated 18t rs l' 39 crores for the period 20th december, 1961 to 31st march, 1962 and rs 5'01 crores for the year 1962-63 3 it has not been possible so far to ascertain the assets and liabilities left by the portuguese administration these are being worked out  a billto provide for the administration of the union territory of goa, daman and diu and  for matters connected therewith (shri jafj}(jharlal nehru, minister oj external affairs) 