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The Members of
Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1974
1ACT NO. XXVII OF 1974
[24th, 1984]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law
relating to salaries and allowances of members of Parliament and to provide for
certain privileges of the Leaders of the House and the Leaders of the
Opposition in the two Houses of Parliament.
WHEREAS it is expedient to
consolidate and amend the law relating to the salaries and allowances of
members of Parliament and to provide for certain privileges of the Leaders of
the House and the Leaders of the Opposition in the two Houses of Parliament;
It is hereby enacted as
follows:---
1. Short title and
commencement.—(1) This
Act may be called the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Act,
1974.
(2) It shall come into
force at once.
2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context,---
(a) ”Assembly” means the National Assembly;
(b) ”committee” means a Standing Committee, a Select Committee
or any other committee set up by or under the authority of a House or a joint
sitting in connection with the business of that House or, as the case may be,
the joint sitting;
(c) ”House” means the Senate or the Assembly;
(d) ”Joint sitting' means a joint sitting of the two Houses and
includes both Houses assembled together under Article 56 of the Constitution;
(e) ”Leader of the House” means a member of a House who is
appointed by the Prime Minister to be the Leader of the House;
(f) ”Leader of the Opposition” means a member of a House who, in
the opinion of the Speaker of the Assembly or, as the case may be, the Chairman
of the Senate, is for the time being the leader of the members in opposition to
the Government in that House;
(g) ”members” means,---
(i) in relation to the Assembly, a member of the Assembly;
(ii) in relation to the Senate, a member of the Senate;
and
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons,
see Gaz. of P., 1973, Ext., Pt. III, p. 1916.
Ins. by ord. 58 of 02, s.2 and Sch.
(iii) in relation to a joint sitting, a member of either
House; but does not include the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, the
Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Senate, the Prime Minister, a Federal
Minister or a Minister of State;
(h) ”session” means the period commencing on the date of the
first meeting of a House or the joint sitting after having been summoned and
ending on the day the House or, as the case may be, the joint sitting is
prorogued or, in the case of the Assembly, dissolved; and
(i) ”year” means the financial year.
1[3. Salary. A member shall be entitled to receive a
salary at the rate of 2[five
thousand] rupees per mensem:---
Provided that a person who,
by virtue of his holding an office of profit in the service of Pakistan
declared by law not to disqualify its holder from being a member, is entitled
to receive a salary, the amount of the salary to which he is entitled under
this Act shall be only such amount as would not, together with the amount of
salary calculated on a monthly basis to which he is entitled by virtue of his
holding such an office, exceed 3[five
thousand] rupees per mensem.
4. Daily allowance and
conveyance allowance.—(1)
For each day during any period of residence on duty, a member shall be entitled
to receive daily allowance at the rate of 5[two
hundred] rupees] and conveyance allowance at the rate of 6[7[two
hundred and fifty] rupees].
8[(2) A member who arrives at the place of
duty or departs from such place shall be entitled to draw daily allowance and
conveyance allowance for the day of arrival or the day of departure, as the
case may be:
Provided that not more than
one daily allowance and one conveyance allowance may, in any case, be claimed
in respect of any one day.].
Explanation.—In this section and in section 9, “period
of residence on duty” means the period during which a member, for the purpose
of attending a session or a meeting of a committee or for attending to any
other business connected with his duties as member, resides at the place,
including his usual place of residence, where the session or the meeting is
held or other business is transacted and includes,---
1 The Salaries, Daily Allowances
& mileage Allowances of members of Parliament have been enhanced vide No-F.
3 (7)/2005, N.A. dated 22-9-05 as follows:___
(i) Salary fixed @ Rs. 17250/- Per month
(ii) Daily Allowances enhanced @ Rs. 1000/- for Special
Stations.
(iii) Adhoc Relief @ Rs. 15000/- Per month.
(iv) Mileage Allowances performed by road Rs. 5 per Kilometer.
2Subs, by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of
1996). s. 6, for “three thousand”. which was previously subs, by Act 12 of
1985. s. 2.
3Subs. ibid., s. 6. for “three thousand”,
which was previously subs, by Act 3 of 1988.S.2.
4Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdl.) Act. 1985 (12 of 1985). s. 3, for “fifty
rupees”.
5Subs, by Act 9 of 1996, s. 6, for “three
hundred”, which was previously subs, by Act 3 of 1993. s. 2. for “one hundred
and fifty”.
6Subs, by Act 12 of 1985. s. 3. for “twenty-five
rupees”.
7Subs, by Act 9 of 1996, s. 6, for “two
hundred”, which was previously subs, by Act 3 of 1993, s. 2, for “one hundred”.
8 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(.Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act. 1988. (3 of 1988). s. 3.”
5 Subs. by Finance Act, 2014 (w.e.f
1-7-2014).
(a) in the case of a session, the period of such residence, not
exceeding three days, immediately preceding the commencement of the session and
the period of such residence, not exceeding three days, immediately following
the end of the session; and
(b) in the case of a sitting of a committee or transaction of
any other business, the period of such residence, not exceeding two days,
immediately preceding the commencement of the sitting of the committee or of
the other business and the period of such residence, not exceeding two days,
immediately following the conclusion of the sitting of the committee or of the
other business.
1[4A. Absence from sittings without leave
of the House. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act, a member who, without leave of the House,
remains absent for three consecutive days of its sittings, shall not be
entitled to receive any daily allowance or conveyance allowance in respect of
the days of such absence.].
2[4B. Sumptuary Allowance. A member shall receive
sumptuary allowance at the rate of 3[three]
thousand rupees per mensem.].
5. Traveling allowance.—(1) For every journey performed for the
purpose of attending a session or a meeting of a committee or for attending to
any other business connected with his duties as member from his usual place of
residence to the place where the session or meeting is held or other business
is transacted and for the return journey from such place to his usual place of
residence, a member shall be entitled to receive travelling allowance at the
following rates, namely:---
(a) Where the journey is performed by rail, an amount equal to
the aggregate of one air-conditioned class fare and one 4[second]
class fare;
(b) where the journey is performed by air, an amount equal to 1[the
aggregate of one 5[business
class air fare and 6[one
hundred and fifty rupees]]; and
(c) where the journey or any part thereof is performed by road,
a mileage allowance at the rate of7[8[9[ten]rupees]
per kilometer].
(2) The travelling
allowance in respect of a journey between two stations shall be admissible on
the basis of the shortest of the practicable routes between those stations.
(3) A member who performs a
journey between the place where a session or meeting of a committee is held or
other business connected with his duties as a member is transacted and a place
which is not his usual place of residence may draw travelling allowance for a
journey between the place where the session or meeting is held or other
business is transacted and his usual place of residence.
1 New section 4A ins. by the Members
of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) J Amdt.) Act. 1977. (20 of 1977). s. 2.
2 New section 4B ins. by the Members
of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1993 (3 of 1993), s. 3.
3 Subs, by the Finance Act, 1996 (9
of 1996) s. 6. for “two”.
3 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Acl. 1985 (12 of 1985). s. 4. (w.e.f.
1-3-1985).
4 Subs, by the Finance Acl. 1996 (9 of
1996). s. 6. for “economy class”.
5 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Acl. 1988 (3 of 1988). s. 4. for “one second
class railway fare”.
6 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1993 (3 of 1993), s. 4, for “two rupees”.
7 Subs. by Act XVI of 2010, s. 6
(w.e.f. 1-07-10).
1[(4) A member shall be entitled to travel
by air in first class while travelling abroad on an official visit.]
6. Intermediate journeys. Where, during a session or a sitting
of a committee, a member absents himself for less than fifteen days from the
place where the session or sitting is held and performs a journey for visiting
any place in Pakistan, he shall be entitled to receive travelling allowance in
respect of the journey to such place and for the return journey from such place
to the place where the session or the sitting is held at the following rates,
namely:---
(a) where the journey is performed by rail, an amount equal to
one air-conditioned class fare;
(b) where the journey is performed by air, an amount equal to
one 2[business
class] air fare by the shortest practicable route; and
(c) where the journey or any part thereof is performed by road,
a mileage allowance at the rate of 2[3 [three]
rupees per kilometer]:
4[Provided that the amount of travelling
allowance under this section shall not, in any case, exceed the 2[aggregate
of the daily, conveyance and housing allowances admissible under sections 4 and
9] to which the member would have been entitled had he not so absented himself.
7. Short intervals
between sessions of sittings of committee. Where the interval between the termination
of one session 1[and
the commencement of another session, or between the termination of one sitting
of a committee and the commencement of another sitting of the committee] at the
same, place does not exceed 5[Three]
days and, during such interval, a member,---
(a) remains at such place, he shall be entitled to receive for
each day of residence at such place 2[daily,
conveyance and housing allowances at the rates specified in sections 4 and 9];
or
(b) leaves such place for another place, he shall be entitled to
receive travelling allowance at the same rates and subject to the same
conditions as are specified in section 6 as if he were absent from such place
during the session or sitting of the committee.
8. Form of
certificate. Every
claim by a member for travelling allowance, conveyance allowance or daily
allowance shall be supported by a written certificate in following form signed
by the member, namely,---
“Certified that no amount
has been claimed by me for the same journey period in any other bill 1[from
either House or from Government or a Government Organization]”.
1 New sub-section 4 added by Act. 9
of 1996. s. 6.
2Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act:, 1988 (3 of 1988), ss 5, 6 and 7 for
certain words.
3 Subs. by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1993 (3 of 1993) s. 5, for “two”.
4 Subs. by Act XXII of 2013, s. 3
(w.e.f. 1-7-2013).
5 Subs. by Act XVII of 2012, s. 5
(w.e.f. 1-7-2012).
1[9. Housing allowance. A member shall be paid a housing
allowance at the rate of 2[four
hundred and fifty] rupees for each day during any period of residence on
duty.].
10. Free travel.—(1) Every member shall be provided during
a year with such vouchers of the value of3[4[5[Three
hundred] thousand] rupees] as would enable him to travel within
Provided that, where a
person becomes a member during the course of a year, the value of the vouchers
with which he is provided during that year shall not exceed the value which
bears the same proportion to 3[4[5[three
hundred] thousand] rupees], as the unexpired portion of the year bears to a
year.
(2) A member who does not
wish to be provided with such vouchers shall be paid an allowance which bears
the same proportion to the value of the vouchers he would have been entitled to
be provided with under sub-section (1) as the sum of 6[7[8[Ninty]
thousand] rupees] bears to the sum of 3[4[5[three
hundred] thousand] rupees.]
9[(2A) A member shall, in addition to the
vouchers referred to in sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, amount of10[ninty]
thousand] rupees in cash referred to in sub-section (2), be entitled to 11[twenty]
business class open return air tickets from the airport nearest to his
constituency to Islamabad.]
(3) Any voucher with which
a member is provided under sub-section (1) may be utilised by the family of the
member.
Explanation.—In this sub-section, “family” means the
spouse and children of a member and one 12[other
person].
(4) The utilisation by a
member of any voucher with which he is provided under sub-section (1) for the
purpose of any journey for which he is entitled to any travelling allowance
under this Act shall not in any way affect his right to receive such allowance.
13[11. Telephone. A member shall be entitled to have a
telephone installed at his residence at Government expenses where facilities
1Subs. by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1985 (12 of 1985), s. 5, for section 9.
3 Subs, by Act 3 of 1993 s. 6, for “three-vas
previously subs, by Act 12 of 1985. s. 5.
3 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act. 1985 (12 of 1985), s. 6. for “six
thousand and six hundred rupees”.
4 Subs. by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1993 (3 of 1993), s. 7, for “thirty
thousand”, which was previously subs, by Act 3 of 1988, s. 8 for “Fifteen
thousand”.
5 Subs. by Act XVII of 2012, s. 5
(w.e.f. 1-7-2012).
6 ”Subs, by Act 12 of 1985 s. 6, for
“four thousand and two hundred rupees bears to the sum of six thousand and six
hundred rupees”.
7Subs, by Act 3 of 1993 s. 7, for “twenty
thousand”, which was previously subs by Act 3 of 1988. s. 8. for “ten thousand”.
8 Subs, by Act 9 of 1996. s. 6. for “thirty”.
9New sub-section (2A) ins. ibid., s. 6.
10Subs. by Act III of 06, s. 12 A.
11Subs. by Act XVI of 10, s. 6, (w.e.f.
1-7-10).
12 Subs. by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1988 (3 of 1988), s. 8, for servant”.
13 Subs. by Act 12 of 1985, s. 11 for
“section 11”.
for installation are available and to a
monthly allowance of 1[four
thousand and six hundred] rupees on account of telephone charges whether a
telephone is so installed or not].
2[11A. Office maintenance allowance. A member
shall be entitled to receive an office maintenance allowance at the rate of 3[five
thousand] rupees per mensem.].
12. Other
facilities. 7[(1) A member shall be entitled to such
facilities including medical facilities as were admissible to a member of the
National Assembly of Pakistan immediately before the commencement of this Act.
13. Leader of the House
and Leader of the Opposition.—4[(1)
a leader for the House and a Leader of Opposition, other than the Prime
Minister, shall be entitled to the salaries, allowances and privileges as are
admissible to a Federal Minister under the Federal Ministers and Ministers of
State (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975 (LXII of 1975).]
(2) It is hereby declared
that the office of the Leader of the House or Leader of the Opposition shall
not disqualify its holder from being elected or chosen as, or from being, a
member of Parliament.
5[13A. Chairman of the Standing Committee. A member elected as the Chairman of
a Standing Committee of a House shall, in addition to the salary, allowances
and facilities admissible as a member, be entitled to,---
(a) an honorarium of 6[twelve]
thousand and seven hundred rupees per month;
(b) the services of a Private Secretary in Basic Pay Scale 17,
Stenographer in Basic Pay Scale 15, Driver in Basic Pay Scale 4 and one Naib
Qasid in Basic Pay Scale 1;
(c) telephone facility in the office to a limit of 6[ten]
thousand rupees per month;
(d) office accommodation with necessary furniture and equipment;
(e) 1300 CC car and 360 liters of petrol per month for local use
subject to the following conditions, namely:---
(i) the Chairman of the Standing Committees of a House are also
allowed to use staff car beyond the municipal limits of the Islamabad within
the prescribed ceiling of 360 liters of petrol per month and for this purpose
PSO Fleet Cards issued to them may be used any where in the country for
obtaining petrol;
(ii) they will hire private driver for the journey
conducted outside
1 Subs, by the Finance Act 1996 (9
of 1996), s. 6, for “four thousand”, which was previously amended by various
enactments.
2 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act. 1985 (12 of 1985), s. 7, for section 11.
3 Subs, by the Members of Parliament
(Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1993 (3 of 1993), s. 9, for “three
thousand”, which was previously subs, by Act 3 of 1988. s. 10, for “seven
hundred and fifty”.
4 Subs. by Act 9 of 1996, s. 6, for
sub-section (1).
5 New section 13A ins. ibid.,
6Subs and shall be deemed to have been so
subs on 15 days of September 2005, of 13th February of 04, s.
12A.
7Re- numbered and subs. by Act XVI of
2011, s. 3.
(iii) they will be responsible for the restitution of any
damage caused to the official car in the event of any accident that occurs during
journey outside
(iv) no TA/DA will be allowed to the staff of driver
accompanying the Chairman of the Standing Committee of a housing during their
journey outside
(v) cost of petrol beyond prescribed ceiling of 360 liters per
month shall be borne by the Chairmen of the Standing Committees of a House
themselves;
(vi) no deduction of conveyance allowance shall be made to
which the Chairman is entitled as member of the Parliament; and
(f) installation of telephone at the residence at
Explanation.—For the purpose of this section, the
functional Committees of the Senate, namely, the Committee on government
Assurances, Committee on Problems of Less Developed Areas, Committee on Human
Rights and Committee on Rules of Procedures and Privileges shall deem to be the
Standing Committees thereof.]
14. Power to make rules. After
consultation with the Speaker of the Assembly and the Chairman of the Senate,
the Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules
for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
2[14A. Act to have effect subject to
instructions, etc. This
Act shall have effect subject to such instructions, rules, exceptions, further
concessions or easements as the Federal Government may 3[by
notification in the official Gazette] from time to time issue or grant.]
4[14B. Increase in emoluments. The Salaries, allowances and
privileges of Members shall automatically be revised along with the revision of
the emoluments of the civil servants.].
3[Explanation.___For
the purpose of this section the expression “Member” include the Chairman of the
Standing Committee of a House.]
15. [Repeal.] Omitted by the Federal
Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVlI of 1981), s. 3 and II
Sch.
1 Subs. by Act III of 06, shall be
deemed to have been so rule on 15th day of September, 2005, 13,
February 2004.
2New section 14A, added by the Members of
Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) (Amdt.) Act, 1985 (12 of 1985), s. 9.
3 omitted and ins and added by Act
III 06, s. 12A.
4 Subs. by Act V of 2005, s. 2.
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