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[1][1]The
(Pb Act XVI of 1974)
[
An
Act to provide for salaries, allowances and privileges of Members of the
Provincial Assembly of the Province of the
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for
salaries, allowances and privileges of the Members of the Provincial Assembly
of the Province of the
It
is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) Act 1974.
(2) It shall come into force at once, but
shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the 1st day of October, 1974.
2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant
in the subject or context,---
(a) “Assembly”
means the Provincial Assembly of the Province of the
(b) “Committee” means a Select Committee or other Committee of the
Assembly and includes any committee appointed by the Government for a purpose
connected with the Assembly and declared by the Government to be a Committee of
the Assembly;
(c) “Government”
means the Government of the
(d) “meeting”
means a meeting of the Assembly or any of its Committees from the commencement
of its business to the termination of the business of a day;
(e) “Member”
means a Member of the Assembly other than an Adviser, Minister, Parliamentary
Secretary, Speaker or Deputy Speaker;
(f) “period
of residence on duty” means the period during which a Member resides at a place
where a session of the Assembly or of a Committee is held or where any other
business connected with his duties as such Member is transacted, for the
purpose of attending to such other business and includes,---
(i) in the case of a session of the Assembly, a
period of such residence, not exceeding three days, immediately preceding the
commencement of the session and a period of such residence, not exceeding three
days, immediately following the end of the session; and
(ii) in the case of a sitting of a Committee or any
other business, a period of such residence not exceeding two days, immediately
preceding the commencement of the business of the Committee, or other business
and a period of such residence, not exceeding two days, immediately following
the conclusion of the business of the Committee or any other business; and
(g) “session”
means the period commencing on the day of the first meeting of the Assembly
after having been summoned and ending on the day the Assembly is prorogued or
dissolved.
3. Salary.– (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section
(2) and sub-section (3), a Member may draw salary at the rate of [2][2][ten thousand] rupees per mensem:
Provided
that a Member who, without permission of the Assembly,---
(a) fails
to attend at lest three-fourth of the total number of sittings held in a month;
or
(b) if
elected during the course of a month, fails to attend at least three-fourth of
the total number of meetings held in that month subsequent to the date on which
he takes his oath;
shall be
ineligible to draw salary for that month.
(2) In the
case of a Member 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 salary to which he is
entitled under this Act, shall be only such amount as would not, together with
the amount of the salary calculated on a monthly basis to which he is entitled
by virtue of his holding such an office, exceed [3][3][ten thousand] rupees per mensem.
(3) No salary shall be paid to any Member in
respect of any period during which he was under detention on conviction for an
offence involving moral turpitude under any law for the time being in force.
[4][4][(4) The
salary mentioned in sub-section (1) shall automatically be increased by the
Government in proportion to the increase in the salary of the civil servants.]
4. [5][5][Daily Allowance and
Conveyance Allowance].– A Member shall be entitled to receive a daily allowance
at the rate of [6][6][six hundred and fifty] rupees [7][7][and conveyance allowance at the rate of [8][8][four hundred] rupees] per diem for the period of
residence on duty [9][9][and for the day of arrival at and the day of departure
from the place where a session of the Assembly or a meeting of a Committee is
held or where any other business connected with his duties as such Member is
transacted.]
5. Travelling 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:---
(a) where
the journey is performed by rail, an amount equal to the fare of the class
travelled plus half fare of the AC
class;
(b) where
the journey is performed by air, the fare of the [10][10][business class]; and
(c) where
the journey or any part thereof is performed by road [11][11][the fare at the rates for the purpose
mentioned in the Punjab Travelling Allowance Rules for the time being in force
for officers of Grade First;]
[12][12][(i) * * * * * * * * * * *]
[13][13][(ii) * * * * * * * * * * *]
[14][14][(iii) * * * * * * * * * * *]
[15][15][Provided that if the journey is performed by
personal car, the mileage allowance shall be [16][16][five rupees] per kilometer;]
Provided
that,---
(i) no
travelling allowance shall be admissible for journeys made during a session
between the place where the session is held and any other place; and
(ii) a
Member who ordinarily resides or carries on business at any place within five
miles of the place at which his attendance is required in connection with his
duties as a Member, shall not be entitled to travelling allowance.
(2) Travelling allowance at the rates
mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be admissible to a Member for journey
performed during the period of adjournment of a session, if the session is
adjourned for a period of more than ten days.
[17][17][(3) A
Member shall be entitled to travel by air in first class while travelling
abroad on an official visit.]
[18][18][5-A. Additional traveling allowance.– Notwithstanding anything contained in section
5, a Member shall be entitled to a sum of seventy five thousand rupees per
annum as an additional traveling allowance.
Explanation.– In this section,
“Member” means a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the
6. Form of certificate.– Every claim by a Member for travelling
allowance or daily allowance shall be supported by a written certificate in the
following form signed by the Member,---
“Certified that the amount has not
been claimed by me in any other bill or drawn by me from any other source.”
[19][19][7. * * * * * * * * * * * * *]
[20][20][7-A. Accommodation Allowance.– Where Official
accommodation is not provided to a Member, he shall be paid an accommodation
allowance at the rate of [21][21][one thousand and five hundred] rupees per day for
the period of residence on duty.]
[22][22][7-B. House
rent and utilities allowance.– (1) A Member shall be entitled to receive house rent
at the rate of ten thousand rupees per month.
(2) A
Member shall be entitled to receive utilities allowance for gas and electricity
charges of his residential accommodation at the rate of three thousand rupees
per month.]
[23][23][8. Medical
facilities.– A Member shall be entitled, for himself and for his parents, spouse,
real and step sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him, to free indoor and
outdoor medical facilities of the standard admissible to a Class-I Officer of
the Government.]
9. Travelling
Allowance and Daily Allowance for business other than Assembly Business.– Where a Member is
called by a Government Department in connection with any official business in
his capacity as a Member, he shall be paid by that Department, travelling
allowance and daily allowance for the days of journey from and to his ordinary
place of residence and for the day or days he is required to attend any such
official business, at the rates admissible to him under this Act.
10. Telephone.– (1) A Member shall be entitled to, at
Government expense, the facility of a telephone at the place where he
ordinarily resides, if the installation facility is available at such place:---
Provided
that Government shall pay only rupees [24][24][five thousand] per month as charges of rent of
the telephone and the calls made therefrom irrespective of whether the
telephone is a private connection or installed at Government expense:
Provided
further that the Government shall not pay expenses of re-installation in case
the place of residence is changed.
(2) A Member who has not been provided with
a telephone or who has no telephone connection in his own name shall be
entitled to get rupees [25][25][five thousand] per month in lieu of the
telephone charges mentioned in sub-section (1).
[26][26][10-A. Office Maintenance Allowance.– A member shall be entitled to receive an
office maintenance allowance at the rate of [27][27][ten thousand rupees] per month].
[28][28][10-B. Sumptuary Allowance.– A member shall receive sumptuary allowance
at the rate of [29][29][five thousand rupees] per month].
[30][30][10-C. Compensation in case of
death.– In case of death of
a Member, his spouse, minor children and unmarried daughters shall be entitled
to receive a sum of five hundred thousand rupees as financial assistance from
the Government.]
[31][31][11. Leader of the Opposition.– Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the
Leader of the Opposition shall be entitled to the salary, allowances and
privileges as are admissible to a Provincial Minister under the Punjab
Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975 (XLI of 1975) [32][32][:]]---
[33][33][Provided that the Leader of Opposition shall
be entitled to one official telephone at his office and one at his residence,
both for office and private use:---
Provided
further that the liability of Government in respect of the two telephones
installed shall not exceed the amount equal to ten thousand local calls
collectively for both the telephones.]
[34][34][11-A. Official Transport.– A Member who holds the office of a Chairman
of a Committee of Assembly, other than that of a Select Committee or a Special
Committee, shall be entitled to the use of not more than one official car
regardless of his entitlement to have an official car in any other capacity,
and where he avails himself of this facility, he shall not be entitled to
receive the conveyance allowance under section 4 and Travelling Allowance under
section 5:---
Provided
that,---
(i) only
one car shall be provided to a Chairman of a [35][35][*] Committee during the whole term of his
office;
(ii) a
Chairman of a [36][36][* * *] Committee shall be allowed [37][37][fifteen thousand rupees] per month as petrol
and maintenance allowance and expenses on petrol and maintenance of the car
shall entirely be his responsibility;
(iii) on
ceasing to hold office the Chairman of the [38][38][*] Committee shall return the car within 3
days.]
12. Exemption from payment of toll tax.– A member shall be exempt from the payment of
toll tax levied by Government or any local authority in the Province.
13. Power to make rules.– After consultation with the Speaker of the
Assembly, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
14. Repeal.– The Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of
Members) Order, 1972 (Punjab Order No.1 of 1972), is hereby repealed.
15. Repeal
of
[1][1]This Act was passed by the
Punjab Assembly on 17th December, 1974; assented to by the Governor of the
Punjab on 21st December, 1974; and, published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 21st December, 1974, pages 1582-A to 1582-F.
[2][2]Substituted for the words
“four thousand and five hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002), which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum
limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
[3][3]Substituted for the words
“four thousand and five hundred” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002), which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum
limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
[4][4]Inserted by the
[5][5]Substituted by the
[6][6]Substituted for the words
“five hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[7][7]Inserted by the
[8][8]Substituted for the words
“two thousand and fifty” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002), which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment)
Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three
months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan.
[9][9]Added by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members)
(Amendment) Act, 1975 (XXVIII of 1975), effective from the 1st day of October,
1974.
[10][10]Substituted by the
[11][11]Added by the
[12][12]Omitted ibid.
[13][13]Ibid.
[14][14]Ibid.
[15][15]Added by the
[16][16]Substituted for the words
“three rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives
Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[17][17]Added by the
[18][18]Substituted by the
[19][19]Omitted ibid.
[20][20]Added by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members)
(Amendment) Act, 1994 (X of 1994) effective from
[21][21]Substituted for the words
“one thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives
Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002), which will
remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of
1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed
under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
[22][22]Inserted by the
[23][23]Substituted
first by the Punjab Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of
Members) (Amendment) Act, 1985 (XI of 1985) effective from the 1st day of
March, 1985 and then by the Punjab Revision of Medical Facilities of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (XV of 2006).
[24][24]Substituted for the words “four
thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives
Ordinance, 2002 (LXXII of 2002), which will remain in force under the
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4,
notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128
of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
[25][25]Ibid.
[26][26]Added by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members)
(Amendment) Act, 1985 (XI of 1985) effective from the 1st day of March, 1985.
[27][27]Substituted for the words
“five thousand rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[28][28]Added by the
[29][29]Substituted for the words “three thousand rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[30][30]Inserted ibid.
[31][31]Substituted by the
[32][32]Substituted for the full-stop by
the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Ordinance, 2002
(LXXII of 2002), which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum
limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
[33][33]Inserted ibid.
[34][34]Added by the Punjab Provincial
Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members) (Amendment) Act, 1989
(X of 1989) effective from the 1st day of July, 1989.
[35][35]Omitted by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members)
(Amendment) Act, 1990 (IV of 1990) effective from 1st day of July, 1989.
[36][36]Ibid.
[37][37]Substituted for the words
“eight thousand rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[38][38]Omitted by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges of Members)
(Amendment) Act, 1990 (IV of 1990) effective from 1st day of July, 1989.
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