Updated: Thursday December 12, 2013/AlKhamis
Safar 09, 1435/Bruhaspathivara
Agrahayana 21, 1935, at 06:45:35 PM
[1][1]The
(Pb. Ord. LXXI of 2002)
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An Ordinance to provide for appointment,
salary, allowances and privileges of Parliamentary Secretaries in the
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient
to provide for appointment, salary, allowances and privileges of Parliamentary
Secretaries in the
And
whereas the Provincial Assembly of the
And whereas under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution
(Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999, as amended by the Chief Executive Order No.11
of 2000, the Governor of a Province may issue and promulgate an Ordinance;
Now,
therefore, in exercise of
the aforesaid powers and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the
Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promulgate the following
Ordinance:-
1. Short title and
commencement.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the Punjab Parliamentary
Secretaries (Salary, Allowances and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the subject or
context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings
hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say –
(a) “Assembly” means the Provincial Assembly of the
(b) “Government” means the Government of the
(c) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of
local rates, taxes and the provision of electricity, gas and water;
(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) “official
residence” includes accommodation in Pipals House, a hostel, a rented house or
any other accommodation owned, managed or arranged by the Government;
(f) “Parliamentary Secretary” means the Parliamentary Secretary
appointed as such by the Chief Minister; 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. Appointment and term of office.–(1) The Chief Minister
may appoint such number of Parliamentary Secretaries as may be determined.
(2) A Parliamentary Secretary shall hold
office during the pleasure of the Chief Minister.
[2][2][4. Salary.– (1) The salary of a Parliamentary Secretary shall
be twenty 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.]
5. Sumptuary
allowance.– A Parliamentary
Secretary shall be entitled to receive [3][3][five thousand] rupees per month as sumptuary
allowance.
6. Transport.– (1) A
Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to the use of one official car both
for official and private use.
(2) A sum of [4][4][fifteen thousand
rupees] per mensem shall be admissible to a Parliamentary Secretary as petrol
and car maintenance allowance and the expense on petrol and maintenance of car
shall be the responsibility of the Parliamentary Secretary.
(3) The allowance mentioned in sub-section
(2) shall be admissible to a Parliamentary Secretary whether or not an official
car has been provided to him.
(4) On ceasing to hold office, a
Parliamentary Secretary shall return the car within three days.
7. Official residence.–
(1) A Parliamentary Secretary 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.
(2) If at the time of entering upon office
an official residence is not available, a Parliamentary Secretary shall, until
such residence is provided by the Government, be paid the house rent [5][5][at the rate of twenty thousand rupees] per
month.
(3) Where a Parliamentary Secretary chooses
to reside–
(i) in his own house; or
(ii) in a rented house occupied by him before his appointment as a
Parliamentary Secretary,
he
may be paid a monthly sum of fifteen thousand rupees in lieu of Government Rest
House and to cover all expenses on its maintenance.
8. Travelling allowance
and Daily allowance for business other than Assembly business.– Where a
Parliamentary Secretary is called by a Government Department in connection with
any official business in his capacity as a Parliamentary Secretary, 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 Ordinance.
[6][6][8-A. Traveling within Pakistan.– (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, a Parliamentary Secretary traveling on official duty shall be treated as the first grade officer.
(2) A Parliamentary Secretary may, if he is
on official duty and it is in the public interest, travel by air, in which case
he shall be entitled to–
(a) business class airfare; and
(b) cost of transporting personal luggage up to fifty kilograms including the free allowance given by the air company.
(3) Wherever possible, a Parliamentary Secretary shall purchase a return air ticket.
(4) A Parliamentary Secretary, traveling on official duty by rail, shall be entitled to receive traveling allowance equal to the fare of the class traveled, fare of personal luggage up to one hundred kilograms and half fare of the air conditioned class.
(5) A Parliamentary Secretary, traveling on official duty by ship, steamer or launch, shall be entitled to receive traveling allowance equal to the actual fare paid for himself and the carriage of personal luggage up to one hundred kilograms.
(6) A Parliamentary Secretary, traveling on official duty by road in a vehicle not owned by the Government, shall be entitled to receive traveling allowance at the rate of five rupees per kilometer.
8-B. Travel abroad.– A Parliamentary
Secretary, traveling on official business outside
9. Form
of certificate.– Every
claim by a Parliamentary Secretary for travelling allowance or daily allowance
shall be supported by a written certificate in the following form signed by
him:-
“Certified that the amount has not been claimed
by me in any other bill or drawn by me from any other source.”
10. Additional travelling allowance.– Notwithstanding anything contained in section 8, a Parliamentary Secretary shall be provided a sum of [7][7][seventy five thousand] rupees per annum to travel within Pakistan at any time.
[8][8][10-A. Compensation in case of death.– In case of
death of a Parliamentary Secretary, 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.]
11. Daily allowance.– A Parliamentary
Secretary while on tour shall be entitled to draw an allowance of [9][9][six hundred and fifty]
rupees per day:
Provided
that where the duration of tour is less than eight hours, one half daily
allowance shall be admissible.
12. Controlling
Officer.– The Minister with
whom a Parliamentary Secretary is attached shall be his Controlling Officer for
purposes of travelling allowance and daily allowance.
[10][10][13. Medical facilities.– A Parliamentary
Secretary 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.]
14. Leave.– (1) The Chief Minister may grant a
Parliamentary Secretary 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 a Parliamentary
Secretary shall be the same as his salary.
15. Telephone.– (1) A Parliamentary Secretary shall be
entitled to, at the Government expense, the facility of a telephone at the
place where he ordinarily resides:
Provided that Government shall pay only rupees seven
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.
(2) The telephone bills shall be paid by the
Parliamentary Secretary himself.
16. Office
maintenance allowance.– A
Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to receive an office maintenance allowance
at the rate of [11][11][ten thousand] rupees per month.
17. Power to make rules.– Government may,
by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the
purposes of this Ordinance.
[1][1]Promulgated by the Governor
of the
[2][2]Substituted by the
[3][3]Ibid, for
the words “three thousand”.
[4][4]Ibid, for
“Rs.8,000/-”.
[5][5]Substituted for the words “of rupees fifteen thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments
of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[6][6]Inserted ibid.
[7][7]Substituted for the words “forty
thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act
2006 (IX of 2006).
[8][8]Inserted ibid.
[9][9]Substituted ibid, for the words “five hundred and fifty”.
[10][10]Substituted by the
[11][11]Substituted for the words “five
thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act
2006 (IX of 2006).
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