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Agrahayana 19, 1935, at 09:06:34 PM
[1][1]The
(Pb Act XLII of 1975)
[
An
Act to provide for the salary, allowances and privileges of the Speaker of the
Provincial Assembly of the
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the
salary, allowances and privileges of the 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 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) “family”
means the wife and children residing with and wholly dependent upon the
Speaker;
(c) “Government”
means the Government of the
(d) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of
local rates, taxes and the provision of electricity, water and gas;
(e) “official
residence” means the house reserved from time to time for residence by Speaker
and includes out-houses and gardens appurtenant thereto;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules framed under this Act; and
(g) “Speaker”
means the Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of the
(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 Speaker shall be
thirty seven 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][4. Equipment Allowance.– The 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, Speaker, Chief Minister
or a Minister.]
5. Allowance on taking up and laying down
the office.– (1) The Speaker
shall be entitled to claim actual expenses to the extent mentioned below from
his ordinary place of residence to the seat of Government and from the seat of
Government to his ordinary place or residence on taking up or laying down
office, as the case may be,–
(a) actual
travelling expenses for himself and his family;
(b) cost
of transporting personal servants, not exceeding two, by the lowest class of
accommodation; and
(c) cost
of transporting house-hold effects, not exceeding one hundred and twenty
maunds, by goods train, steamer, or other craft, excluding aircraft, and of 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.
6. Sumptuary allowance.– The Speaker shall be entitled to receive
sumptuary allowance at the rate of [5][5][twelve thousand] rupees per mensem.
[6][6][7. Transport.– The Speaker shall be entitled to the use of
two official cars maintained at Government expense throughout his term of
office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter.]
8. Official residence.– (1) The 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 the
electricity and gas charges shall be borne by Government. [7][7][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 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 [8][8][twenty five thousand] rupees per mensem.
[9][9][(3) Where the
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 Speaker has not been provided
with an official residence or he does not own any house at
9. Travelling allowance for touring in
Pakistan.– (1) Subject to
the provisions made hereafter, the Speaker travelling on official duty shall be
treated as a first grade officer.
(2) The Speaker may, if the public interest
so demands, travel by air, in which case he shall be entitled to–
(a) [10][10][Business Class] air fare paid for himself;
(b) cost
of transporting personal luggage up to 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;
(d) take
with himself his wife whether travelling by a commercial aeroplane or by a
requisitioned aeroplane:
Provided that no
non-official shall be 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 steamer, 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 lac rupees.
(3) Wherever possible, the Speaker shall
purchase return air ticket.
(4) The Speaker, when travelling on duty by
rail in
(a) requisition
at the cost of Government–
[11][11][(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 air-conditioned (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 or saloon.
(c) take
with himself up to 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 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 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 up to three maunds.
(7) When the
Speaker travels on duty, in the public interest, by road between places
connected by Railway and chooses to forego the privileges granted under
sub-sections (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 [12][12][five rupees per kilometer] 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.
10. Compensation
in case of air accidents.– (1) If the 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 [13][13][five hundred thousand] rupees, in case of death
and an amount to be determined by Government having regard to 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 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.
[14][14][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 Speaker and
addressed to the Accountant-General,
[15][15][11. Daily Allowance.– The Speaker, while on tour, shall be
entitled to draw an allowance of [16][16][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.]
12. Controlling
officer.–
The Speaker shall be his own controlling officer for purposes of travelling
allowance including the journey undertaken outside his jurisdiction in the
discharge of his official duties.
13. Travelling
allowance for tour abroad.– The Speaker travelling on official business outside
Pakistan shall be entitled to [17][17][First Class air fare and] such allowance as may
be specified by Government.
[18][18][14. Medical facilities.– The 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.]
15. Leave.– The Chief Minister may
grant to the 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 Speaker shall
be [19][19][thirty seven thousand] rupees per mensem.
16. Provident
fund.–
(1) The 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 Speaker from the amount standing to his credit in the General Provident
Fund at the discretion of Government 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 Government
otherwise directs, be subject to the condition to which an advance granted to a
subscriber under the said rules is subject.
17. Charge report.– The Speaker shall not be required to sign a
charge report on taking up office as Speaker or on laying down that office.
18. General.– (1) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to see that the official
residence, transport and furniture provided to the 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 the official residence shall be marked by the Buildings Department,
(3) When the 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
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
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 Speaker.
19. Holidaying abroad.– (1) The Speaker may, while holidaying
abroad, draw his full pay in foreign currency for the period of holiday spent
abroad.
(2) When the Speaker is holidaying abroad
and draws his pay in foreign currency, he 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 the Government for each relevant shipping
period.
(4) Where the pay is drawn in foreign
currency by the Speaker he shall not be eligible to receive foreign exchange
allocation from the State Bank of
20. Telephone.– The Speaker shall be entitled at Government
expense, to the use of 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 telephonic facility while on tour where such facility is
available[20][20][.]]
[21][21][* * *]
21. Discretionary grant.– A sum of [22][22][five hundred thousand rupees] per annum
shall be placed at the disposal of the Speaker for making discretionary grants
in such manner as may be prescribed.
22. Power to make rules.– The Government may make rules to carry out
the purposes of this Act.
23. Repeal.– The Punjab Provincial Assembly Speaker (Salary, Allowances and
Privileges) Order, 1972 is hereby repealed.
24. 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 5th July, 1975; and, published in the Punjab Gazette
(Extraordinary), dated 5th July, 1975, pages 969-A to 969-H.
[2][2]Substituted by the
[3][3]Substituted by the Punjab
Provincial Assembly Speaker (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) (Amendment)
Act, 1985 (VIII of 1985) effective from the 1st day of March, 1985.
[4][4]Substituted for the words
“five thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives
Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[5][5]Ibid
for the words “six thousand”.
[6][6]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.
[7][7]Substituted by the
[8][8]Substituted
for the words “seventeen 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.
[9][9]Substituted by the
[10][10]Substituted by the
[11][11]Ibid.
[12][12]Substituted for the words “three rupees” by the Punjab
Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act, 2006 (IX of 2006).
[13][13]Substituted
for the words “three hundred thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of
Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[14][14]Added by the
[15][15]Substituted by the
[16][16]Substituted for the words
“five hundred and fifty” 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]Substituted for the words
“twenty thousand two hundred 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.
[20][20]Substituted for the colon by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[21][21]Proviso omitted ibid.
[22][22]Substituted by the
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