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Bill giving powers to notaries to seek extra documents for succession deeds passed

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July 31- House passed the Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding (Amendment) Bill, 2024 by accepting few suggestions put forth by the legislators. Through the bill Sections 319 and 346 of the Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceeding Act, 2012 have been amended so as to confer adjudicatory powers to the special notary while recording deed of declaration of heirship for collecting additional information from the applicant/interested party and to preserve the documents and application for office record. The amendments have been introduced to comply with certain recommendations made by chairman of the Commission of Inquiry, Justice V K Jadhav (Retd) in his report related to land grabbing, informed Law Minister Aleixio Sequiera.