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Act, 2025<\/span> to provide for the readjustment of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa, in so far as such readjustment is necessitated by inclusion of certain communities in the list of the Scheduled Tribes in the State of Goa.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Points:<\/h3>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Estimation of population of Scheduled Tribes:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>The Census Commissioner, on commencement of this Act, will ascertain\/ estimate the population as at the last census of the Scheduled Tribes in Goa.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The population figures ascertained by the Census Commissioner will be notified in the Gazette of India.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>This population figures will replace any figures previously published and will be final and will not be called in question in any Court.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Readjustment of seats by Commission:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>On publication of new figures in the official gazette, the Election Commission will make necessary amendments in the Delimitation Order for the purpose of giving proper representation to the Scheduled Tribes of Goa.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002801314\" target=\"_blank\">Representation of the People Act, 1950<\/a> will be deemed to have been amended accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The Election Commissioner will have to:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li>\n<p>publish its proposals for the amendments in the Gazette of India and the Official Gazette of the State;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>specify a date on or after which such proposals will be further considered by it;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>consider all objections and suggestions which may have been received;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>thereafter make necessary amendments in the Delimitation 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style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Section 384<\/span> (Procedure in certain cases of contempt) and <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Section 385<\/span> (Procedure where Court considers that case should not be dealt with under Section 384) of the <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Cr7F1W4r\" target=\"_blank\">Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>For attendance of witnesses, the local limits of jurisdiction of the Election Commission will be the limits of the territory of India.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Publication of amendments and their dates of operation:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<p>The amendments made by the Election Commission in the Delimitation Order will be published in the Gazette of India and in the official Gazette of the State.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Once it is published in the Gazettes, 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