DM NORTH ISSUES PROHIBITION ORDER IN VIEW OF FORTHCOMING ASSEMBLY

Panaji : January 08, 2026 

In View of the forthcoming Twelfth Session, 2026 of the Eight Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa which has been convened from January 12 to 16, 2026. District Magistrate, North has prohibited  Assembly and gathering of five or more persons and taking out or organizing of processions; the carrying of firearms or weapons of offences such as lathis, swords, daggers or spears; the use of loudspeakers, the shouting of slogans and burning of fire in any public place, street, road, square, thoroughfare, by lane or in any open space within the radius of 500 meters around the Assembly Complex at Porvorim and the area under the jurisdiction of Panaji Police Station. This  restriction shall not apply to public servants on duty and to bonafide marriage or funeral processions or any special occasion or occasions which in the opinion of the District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/Sub-Divisional Magistrates are genuine and for which prior permission in writing has/have been be obtained from the District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate the Sub-Divisional Magistrate concerned.

This order shall come into force from 10.00 a.m. on January 12, 2026 and shall remain in force till the Assembly Session is over i.e. January 16, 2026.

DI/INF/AXP/SAG/SS/SN/2025/1122