Panaji: District Magistrate, North Goa has prohibited the assembly and gathering of five or more persons and taking out or organising of processions, carrying of firearms or weapons such as lathis, swords, daggers or spears, use of loudspeakers, shouting of slogans and burning of fire crackers near the petrol pumps and at the venues of meetings in any public place, street, road square, thoroughfare, by-lane or in any open space within the radius of 500 metres around the Assembly Complex at Porvorim and the area under the jurisdiction of Panaji Police Station. The District Magistrate has further directed that the above restriction shall not apply to public servants on duty and to bonafide marriage or funeral processions or any special occasion or occasion which in the opinion of the District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate/Sub-Divisional Magistrates, are genuine and for which prior permission in writing have been be obtained from the District Magistrate/Additional District Magistrate or the Sub-Divisional Magistrate concerned.
This order will come into force w.e.f 9 am on July 25 and will remain in force till the Assembly session is over.
