Sanitary Regulation of Cemeteries

While replying to Starred Question No. 568 in the Legislative Assembly on 5th July 1995, addressed by late Shri Manohar Parrikar, the then Law Minister Shri Dominic Fernandez informed the House that 43 Portuguese laws were still in force in the State of Goa. The details of these laws were provided in Annexure I attached to the said reply. In that list, this PORTARIA is mentioned at Serial No. 30.

In the absence of an English translation of PORTARIA No. 340 dated 01-06-1923 (Sanitary Regulation of Cemeteries), ‘Goa Kaido’, with the assistance of AI, has undertaken the translation of this PORTARIA (Order) so as to make accessible all laws listed in the Assembly Questions.

This document contains a translation of the main provisions of the PORTARIA (Order),(In notification file) along with the original Portuguese version as published in the Official Gazette,(in Act fil) for the benefit of readers.