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Agrahayana 21, 1935, at 06:50:35 PM
[1][1]The
(Pb Act XLIII of 1975)
[
An
Act to provide for the salary, allowances and privileges of the Deputy Speaker
of the Provincial Assembly of the
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the
salary, allowances and privileges of the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial
Assembly of the
It
is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab
Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Act,
1975.
(2) It shall come into force at once, but
shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the first day of March, 1975.
2. Definitions.– (1) In this Act, unless the context
otherwise requires the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby
respectively assigned to them, that is to say–
(a) “Constitution”
means the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
(b) “Deputy
Speaker” means the Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the
(c) “family”
means the wife and children residing with and wholly dependent upon the Deputy
Speaker;
(d) “Government”
means the Government of the
(e) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of
local rates, taxes and the provision of electricity and water; and
(f) “official residence” means the house reserved from time to time for
residence by the Deputy Speaker and includes out-houses and gardens appurtenant
thereto.
(2) Words and expressions used but not
defined in this Act shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them in the
Constitution.
[2][2][3. Salary.– (1) The salary of the Deputy Speaker shall
be thirty five thousand rupees per month.
(2) 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.]
[3][3][3-A. Equipment allowance.– The Deputy Speaker may
draw a sum of [4][4][ten thousand] rupees as equipment allowance on
his appointment as such:
Provided
that no such allowance was received by him during the life time of the Assembly
on appointment to a diplomatic post or as a Governor, a Speaker, a Chief
Minister or a Minister].
4. Allowances on taking up and laying down
the office.– (1) The Deputy
Speaker shall be entitled to claim actual expenses to the extent mentioned
below from his ordinary place of residence to the seat of Government on taking
up office and from the seat of Government to his ordinary place of residence on
laying down office:-
(a) actual travelling expenses for himself and his
family;
[5][5][(b) cost
of transporting personal servants not exceeding two by the lowest class of
accommodation; and
(c) cost of transporting household effects not
exceeding one hundred and twenty maunds by goods train, steamer or other craft
excluding aircraft and his personal car, if any.]
(2) No claim shall lie for any travel or
transportation not performed within six months of the date of taking up or
laying down office, as the case may be.
5. Sumptuary allowance.– The Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to
receive sumptuary allowance at the rate of [6][6][ten thousand] rupees per mensem.
[7][7][6. Transport.– The Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to the use of [8][8][two official cars] maintained at government expense throughout his
term of office and for a period of 15 days immediately thereafter].
[9][9][7. Official residence.– (1) The Deputy Speaker shall be entitled,
without payment of rent, to the use of an official residence, including
accommodation on tour throughout his term of office, and for a period of
fifteen days immediately thereafter, and the charges for its maintenance
including electricity and gas charges shall be borne by Government. [10][10][The
residence shall reasonably be furnished by the Government in the manner as may
be prescribed.]
(2) If, at the time of entering upon office,
an official residence, is not available, the Deputy Speaker shall, until such
residence is provided by Government, be paid the actual expenditure incurred by
him on furnished accommodation for himself and his family, subject to a maximum
of [11][11][twenty thousand] rupees per month.
[12][12][(3) Where the Deputy Speaker chooses to
reside in his own house, he shall be paid a monthly sum of twenty five thousand
rupees in lieu of the official furnished accommodation and to cover all
expenses on its maintenance except the charges for consumption of electricity
and gas which shall be borne by the Government.
(4) Where the Deputy Speaker has not been
provided with an official residence or he does not own any house at
[13][13][8. Travelling allowance for touring in Pakistan.– (1) Subject to the provisions made
hereinafter, the Deputy Speaker travelling on official duty shall be treated as
a first grade officer.
(2) The Deputy Speaker may, if the public
interest so demands, travel by air, in which case he shall be entitled to–
(a) Business
Class air fare paid for himself;
(b) cost of transporting personal luggage upto one
hundred pounds, inclusive of the free allowance given by the air company;
(c) requisition, at the cost of Government, if he considers it
necessary in the public interest, a Pakistan Air Force aeroplane or an
aeroplane belonging to Government subject to availability, and in accordance
with the rules made by the Federal Government or the Provincial Government, as
the case may be;
(d) take
with himself his wife whether travelling by a commercial aeroplane or by a
requisitioned aeroplane, provided that no non-official shall allowed to travel
in a Pakistan Air Force aeroplane without the authority of the Ministry of
Defence;
(e) cost
of transporting upto two personal servants by the lowest class of accommodation
by rail or steamer;
(f) carriage
of personal luggage by rail or streamer, subject to a maximum of three maunds;
and
(g) claim
the actual premium paid for insuring himself for the air journey for an amount
not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees.
(3) Wherever possible, the Deputy Speaker
shall purchase return air ticket.
(4) The Deputy Speaker, when travelling on
duty by rail in
(a) requisition
at the cost of Government–
(i) an ordinary first-cum-second class carriage or a ‘B’ class tourist
car or an ‘A’ class tourist car, if a ‘B’ class tourist car is not available;
or
(ii) if the vehicles specified at (i) above are not
available, or are not desired, an ordinary four berthed first class compartment
or a two berthed airconditioned (coupe) compartment;
(b) take with himself in the reserved
accommodation without payment of any fare, his family members not exceeding
four when travelling in a requisitioned railway compartment;
(c) take
with himself upto two personal servants, by the lowest class of accommodation
available; and
(d) the
carriage of personal luggage upto three maunds when travelling by a railway
compartment or upto six maunds when travelling by a requisitioned railway
saloon.
(5) The
Deputy Speaker reserving accommodation in the Railway shall be required, before
beginning the journey, to have the number and other details of the tickets
purchased for the persons travelling with him in the reserved accommodation
entered on the requisition form by the Station Master of the Station from which
the journey is to commence.
(6) The Deputy Speaker, when travelling on
duty in
(a) draw
the actual fare paid for himself;
(b) take
with him upto two personal servants by the lowest class of accommodation
available; and
(c) the
carriage of personal luggage upto three maunds.
(7) When the Deputy Speaker travels on duty,
in the public interest, by road between places connected by Railway and chooses
to forego the privileges granted under sub-section (4) and (6) he may, where
the journey is performed in a vehicle not owned or maintained by Government,
draw–
(a) travelling
allowance at the rate of [14][14][five rupees] per kilometre for his own
journey by road; and
(b) actual
expenses of the transport of–
(i) two private servants; and
(ii) all his personal luggage including stores carried for consumption
on tour.]
[15][15][8-A. Compensation in case of air
accidents.– (1) If the Deputy Speaker, while travelling by air, on official duty by
any flight, scheduled or unscheduled (including flight in a Government owned
aircraft of any type) dies or receives an injury as a result of any accident,
the Government shall pay to person or persons referred to in sub-section (2), a
sum of [16][16][five hundred thousand]
rupees, in case of death and an amount to be determined by Government having
regard to the scales of compensation applied by insurance companies in like
cases, in case of injury.
(2) The compensation shall be payable in
case of injury to the Deputy Speaker, and in case of death, to such member or
members of his family, or, if there be no such member, any other person or
persons as may be nominated by him in this behalf, or, in the absence of such
nomination, to his heirs:
Provided
that the nominee shall distribute the amount received by him among the heirs of
the deceased.
(3) A nomination under sub-section (2) may
be made, revoked or altered by a notice in writing signed by the Deputy Speaker
and addressed to the Accountant General,
[17][17][9. Daily allowance.– The Deputy Speaker,
while on tour, shall be entitled to draw an allowance of [18][18][one thousand] rupees
per day:
Provided
that where the duration of the tour is less than eight hours one half daily
allowance shall be admissible.]
10. Controlling
officer.–
The Speaker shall, for purposes of travelling allowances, be the Controlling
officer of the Deputy Speaker.
[19][19][11. Medical facilities.– The Deputy
Speaker shall be entitled, for himself and for his parents, spouse, real and
step sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him, to medical facilities
admissible in terms of the Special Medical Attendance Rules, 1950.]
[20][20][11-A. Leave.– (1) The Chief Minister may grant to the
Deputy Speaker during his term of office, at any one time, or from time to
time, leave of absence for urgent reasons of health or private affairs for a
period not exceeding three months in the aggregate.
(2) The leave allowance of the Deputy
Speaker shall be [21][21][thirty five thousand] rupees per mensem.]
[22][22][11-B. Discretionary Grant.– An amount of [23][23][three hundred thousand rupees] shall be placed at
the disposal of the Deputy Speaker per annum for making discretionary grants in
such manner as may be prescribed.]
[24][24][11-C. Telephone.– The Deputy Speaker shall be entitled at
Government expense to the use of [25][25][two telephones] at his office and two
telephones at his residence both for official or private use throughout the
term of his office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter. He
will also be entitled to free telephone facility while on tour where such
facility is available[26][26][:]]
[27][27][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.]
[28][28][11-D. Tour abroad.– The Deputy Speaker travelling on official
business outside
[29][29][11-E. Provident Fund.– (1) The Deputy Speaker may, at his option,
become a subscriber to the General Provident Fund, and if he so opts, he shall
subscribe to the fund as a compulsory subscriber in accordance with the General
Provident Fund Rules applicable to Provincial Government Servants.
(2) A temporary advance may be granted to
the Deputy Speaker from the amount standing to his credit in the General
Provident Fund at the discretion of the Speaker for the purpose for which such
advance may be granted to a subscriber under the said rules.
(3) The grant
of a temporary advance under sub-section (2) shall, unless the Speaker
otherwise directs, be subject to the conditions to which an advance granted to
a subscriber under the said rules is subject.]
[30][30][11-F. Holidaying abroad.– (1) The Deputy Speaker may, while holidaying
abroad, draw his full pay in foreign currency for the period of holiday spent
abroad.
(2) The Deputy Speaker who draws his pay in
foreign currency while holidaying abroad, shall not be liable to pay income
tax, provident fund subscription, etc., in foreign currency if he makes
arrangement to pay such amount in rupees in
(3) The expenditure in foreign exchange
involved under this Act shall be adjusted against the foreign exchange
allocation placed at the disposal of Government for each relevant shipping
period.
(4) Where the pay is drawn in foreign
currency by the Deputy Speaker, he shall not be eligible to receive foreign
exchange allocation from the State Bank of
[31][31][11-G. Rules.– The Government may make rules to carry out
the purposes of this Act.]
12. Charge report.– The Deputy Speaker shall not be required to
sign a charge report on taking up office as Deputy Speaker or on laying down
that office.
13. General.– (1) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to see that the official
residence and furniture provided to the Deputy Speaker by Government are used
with the same care with which a person’s own property is taken care of.
(2) All furniture and furnishings provided
in an official residence shall be marked by the Buildings Department,
(3) When the Deputy Speaker occupies an
official residence, it shall be the duty of the officer concerned of the said
department to hand over charge of the furniture and furnishings in that
residence to the Deputy Speaker or to a person authorised by him in writing
according to an inventory to be drawn up and signed by such officer.
(4) When the Deputy Speaker is about to
vacate the official residence, he shall inform the officer concerned of the
said Department and shall arrange that the furniture and furnishings of the
official residence are handed over to that officer according to an inventory to
be drawn up and signed.
(5) The officer concerned of the said
department may, from time to time, inspect an official residence, its furniture
and furnishings with the prior approval of the Deputy Speaker.
14. Repeal.– The Punjab Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salary, Allowances and
Privileges) Order, 1972 is hereby repealed.
15. Repeal
of
[1][1]This Act
was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 26th June, 1975; assented to by the
Governor of the Punjab on 17th July, 1975; and, published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 19th July, 1975, pages 995-G to 995-L.
[2][2]Substituted by the
[3][3]Added by
the
[4][4]Substituted for the words “five
thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act
2006 (IX of 2006).
[5][5]Substituted by the
[6][6]Substituted for the words “six
thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act
2006 (IX of 2006).
[7][7]Substituted by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges)
(Amendment) Act, 1996 (IV of 1996) effective from
[8][8]Substituted for the words
“one official car” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[9][9]Substituted by the
[10][10]Substituted by the
[11][11]Substituted 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.
[12][12]Substituted by the
[13][13]Substituted
by the
[14][14]Substituted for the words “three
rupees” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006
(IX of 2006).
[15][15]Added by the
[16][16]Substituted for the words
“three hundred thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[17][17]Substituted
by the
[18][18]Substituted for the words
“five hundred and fifty” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[19][19]Substituted by the
[20][20]Added by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges)
(Amendment) Act, 1985 (IX of 1985) effective from the 1st day of March, 1985.
[21][21]Substituted for the words “eighteen 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]Added by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges)
(Amendment) Act, 1989 (IX of 1989) effective from the 1st day of July, 1989.
[23][23]Substituted
by the
[24][24]Added by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges)
(Amendment) Act, 1989 (IX of 1989) effective from the 1st day of July, 1989.
[25][25]Substituted
by the
[26][26]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.
[27][27]Added ibid.
[28][28]Added by
the
[29][29]Ibid.
[30][30]Added by
the
[31][31]Ibid.
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