Goa to amend law to punish those changing surnames ‘illegally’
PTI, Aug 11, 2019, 12:57 PM IST
Panaji: The Goa government has decided to amend a law to make changing one’s surname without following proper legal procedures a punishable offence with up to three months’ imprisonment.
State law minister Nilesh Cabral introduced a bill in the state Assembly on Friday to amend the Goa Change of Name and Surname Act.
The government’s move to amend the law came in the wake of complaints by civil society groups that several non-Goans, especially from the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), were changing their names to local ones and enjoying the reservation benefits.
Cabral said not all changes to surnames, as advertised in newspapers, were done according to legal procedures.
“Only persons born in Goa will be eligible to change their names under the amended Act,” he said, replying to a question raised by Congress member Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco in the House.
Lourenco claimed a large number of migrants in Goa were illegally changing their names and surnames to local ones.
Since the Goa Assembly’s monsoon session concluded on Friday, the bill to amend the existing law could not be passed and it would now be taken up during the next session.
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