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The President’s Salary, Allowances and
Privileges Act, 1975
1Act No. LVIII of 1975
[23rd July, 1975]
An Act to determine the salary, allowances
and privileges of the President.
WHEREAS it is expedient to
determine the salary, allowances and privileges of the President and to make
provision for enabling him to discharge conveniently and with dignity the
duties of his office;
It is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Short title and
commencement.—(1) This
Act may be called the President's Salary, Allowances and Privileges Act, 1975.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definition.In this Act, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context,---
(a) ”family of the President” includes the President’s 2[spouses
and such of his children, step-children, parents, brothers and sisters as
ordinarily reside with and are wholly dependent upon him;
(b) ”furnishings“ means pictures, paintings, curios, linen,
glass-ware, brass-ware, cutlery, crockery, kitchen equipment, radios,
radio-grams, lamps, public address systems, projectors, television sets of all
kinds, accoustical equipment and similar other articles;
(c) ”furniture” includes carpets, sofa covers, curtains,
refrigerators, airconditioners, washing machines and similar other articles;
(d) ”Government” means the Federal Government;
(e) ”maintenance”,---
(i) in
relation to official residence, includes the maintenance and replenishing of
furniture and furnishings, payment of local rates and taxes, maintenance of
roads and electric, water, gas and sanitary fixtures and installations, and the
provision of electricity, gas and water;
(ii) in
relation to rivercraft, includes expenditure on the pay of the establishment
maintained in connection therewith, and on their victualling while afloat, and
expenditure on the purchase of marine stores; and
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons,
see Gaz. of P.. 1975. Ext., Pt.,
2Subs. by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of
1996) s. 8, for “wife”.
(iii) in relation to official cars and aircraft, includes
the pay and allowances of chauffeurs, pilots and other establishment and the
provision of oil and petrol;
(f) ”official cars”, “railway saloons”, “rivercraft” and “aircraft”
means such cars, railway saloons, rivercraft and aircraft, if any, as are from
time to time provided for use by the President;
(g) ”official residence” means the house specified
in the First Schedule and such other premises in Pakistan as the President may
use as his official residence, and includes the staff quarters and other
buildings appurtenant thereto and the gardens thereof;
(h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules to be made by the
Government;
(i) “year” means a year commencing on the first day of July and
ending on the thirtieth day of June next following; and
(j) other words and expressions used in this Act and not defined
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Constitution of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan or the Fundamental and Supplementary Rules.
1[3. Monthly Salary. The salary to be paid to the President
shall be 2[fifty
seven] thousand rupees for mensem3*
* *]
4. Equipment allowance. The President may, on his assumption
of office as such, draw 4[twenty]
thousand rupees as an allowance for equipping himself, once on first
appointment only.
5. Allowances on taking
up and laying down the office.—(1) The President shall be entitled to travelling allowances to
the extent mentioned below for the journey from his place of residence in
Pakistan to the official residence on taking up office and from the official
residence to his place of residence on laying down office:---
(a) the actual travelling expenses for himself and his family;
(b) the cost of transporting personal servants, not exceeding
three, by the lowest class of accommodation; and
1Subs, by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of
1996) s. 8 for section 3.
2Subs. by Ord. 11 of 02,s.2, (w.e.f
1-5-01).
3The words “free of income tax” omitted
by the President's Salary, Allowances and Privileges (Amdt.) Act, 1997 (31 of
1997) s. 2.
4Subs, by the Finance Act, 19% (9 of
1996) s. 8 for “five”.
(c) the 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.
6. Office residence,
railway saloons, river craft, aircraft, and official cars.—(1) Throughout his term of office the
President shall be entitled, without payment of rent or hire, to the use of his
official residence, and of the railway saloons, rivercraft, aircraft and
official cars, and no charge shall fall on him personally in respect of the
maintenance thereof:---
Provided that the President
shall not, except when proceeding on or returning from leave, be entitled to
the use of the railway saloons, rivercraft, aircraft or official cars during
any period for which he is on leave.
(2) The provisions of
sub-section (1) shall also apply to the family of the President.
7. Discretionary grant,
sumptuary allowance and other allowances. There shall be paid in each year to the
President,---
(a) an allowance for expenses connected with the purposes
specified in the Second Schedule, not exceeding the maximum amounts specified
in that Schedule:---
“Provided that the President may, without
exceeding the maximum specified in column 7 of the aforesaid Schedule,
reappropriate, whenever necessary, from any sub-head in that Schedule to any
other sub-head therein, except to or from the sub-heads relating to discretionary
grant and sumptuary allowance;
(b) an allowance for expenses connected with improvements in
and maintenance of the official residence and the maintenance of the furniture
and furnishings thereof, not exceeding the maximum amount specified in the
Third Schedule :
Provided that the President may, without
exceeding the maximum specified in column 5 of the aforesaid Schedule,
reappropriate, whenever necessary, from one sub-head in that Schedule to
another sub-head therein 1[;]
2[(c) the actual charges for electricity and gas consumption.]
1Subs, by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of
1996) s. 8, for full-stop.
2New clause (c) added ibid., s. 8.
8. Payment of further
amounts. There shall
be paid from time to time to the President such further amounts as may be
necessary to enable him to discharge conveniently and with dignity the duties
of his office as he may by general or special order authorize, and any such
order may be given retrospective effect whenever necessary.
9. Payment on account of
deferred pay, etc., of officer. Nothing in this Act shall apply to any payment on account of the
deferred pay, leave salaries, allowances, cost of passage or increments due to
any officer provision for whose pay is made in the Second Schedule, and the
amount of such payment shall be in addition to the maximum amounts specified in
that Schedule.
10. Amounts to be included
in estimates of expenditure. The President may, subject to any general or special order made by
him, include the amounts in any year in the estimates of expenditure for the
purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act, and such amounts shall
be charged upon and paid out of the Federal Consolidated Fund.
11. compensation in case
of air accident.—(1) If
the President, 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 an accident, the
Government shall pay to the person or persons referred to in sub-section (2) a
sum of3[one
million] rupees, in the case of death, and an amount to be determined by the
Government having regard to scales of compensation applied by insurance
companies in like cases, in the case of injury.
(2) The compensation shall
be payable, in the case of injury, to the President and, in the case of death,
to such member or members of his family, or, if there by no such member, such
other person or persons as may be nominated by him, and in the absence of such
nomination to his heirs.
(3) A nomination under
sub-section (2) may be made, and may also be revoked or altered, by a notice in
writing signed by the President and addressed to the Accountant General,
Pakistan Revenues.
12. Leave of absence.—(1) The President may avail himself of
leave of absence during his term of office, at any one time or from time to
time, for urgent reasons of health or private affairs for a period not
exceeding four months in the aggregate:---
Provided that the President
may extend this period of four months in which case the reasons for the
extension shall be recorded in a minute:
Provided further that the
President shall also be entitled to the un-utilized period of leave of four
months immediately after laying down his office.
3Subs, ibid., s. 8. for certain words. “
(2) The leave allowance of
the President shall be 1[fifty
seven thousand] rupees per mensem and shall be subject to income-tax.
13.Medical
facilities. The
President and the family of the President shall be entitled to medical
facilities in accordance with the Special Medical Attendance Rules:
Provided that he and his
family shall ordinarily be entitled to receive medical treatment at his
residence:
Provided further that the
President may, if so advised by his physician, receive medical treatment abroad
or consult a foreigner or a physician other than his own and receive such other
treatment as may be prescribed.
14.Customs duties or
sales tax not leviable on certain articles.—(1) No custom-duties or sales tax shall be levied on the
following articles if imported or purchased out of bond by the President on appointment
or during his tenure of office, namely:---
(a) articles for the personal use, wear or consumption of the
President or any member of the family of the President provided that the cost
thereof shall not exceed 2[two
hundred thousand] rupees per annum;
3* * * * * *
(c) foodstuffs and tobacco for consumption by the President,
members of his family and his guests, whether official or not;
(d) articles for furnishing of the President's
official residence; and
(e) Official cars, rivercraft or aircraft.
(2) No custom-duties or
sales tax shall be levied on tobacco imported by manufacturers in Pakistan for
the manufacture of cigarettes, and no excise duty shall be levied on indigenous
tobacco used in Pakistan in the manufacture of cigarettes and on cigarettes
manufactured in Pakistan, when such cigarettes are for consumption by the
President, members of his family or the guests referred to in clause (c) of
sub-section (1).
(3) No excise duty shall be
levied on indigenous petrol and petroleum products when such petrol or
petroleum products are for use in the official cars, rivercraft and aircraft
referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1).
15. Provindent. The President 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 (Central Services) Rules.
1Subs. by Ord 11 of 02, s.3,dated 1-5-02.
2Subs.by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of
1996) s. 8. for “fifty thousand”.
3Clause (b) omitted by the President's
Salary, Allowances and Privileges (Amdt,) Act 1997. (32 of 1997) s. 2, which
was previously subs. by Act 9 of 1996, s. 8.
16. 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 Government may, from time
to time, prescribe or grant.
1* * * * * * *
17.[Repeal.] Omitted by the
Federal Laws, (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3
and II Sch.,
FIRST SCHEDULE
[See section 2 (g)]
OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
2[Aiwan-e-Sadr,
SECOND SCHEDULE
[See section 7(a)]
Maximum yearly amounts for expenditure in respect of certain matters.
|
Discretionary Grant |
Sump- tuary Allowances |
Staff Including dispensary establish- ment |
Contract Allowance including maintenance of gardens |
State conveyance including motor cars and their
replacement |
Tom-expenses |
Total |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
3[1,000,000 |
600,000 |
2,250,000 |
1,500,000 |
600,000 |
600,000 |
6,550,000 |
4[Notes:— (i) The amount of discretionary grant
shall be replenished on its utilisation as a revolving fund.
(ii) Sumptuary allowance is exclusive of the expenditure
on national celebrations, provision for which is made under “Contract
Allowance”.]
5[THIRD SCHEDULE”
[See section 7(b)]
Maximum yearly amount for improvement and maintenance of official
residence.
|
Improvement, repair and maintenance of residence including maintenance and replenishment of furniture |
Rates, taxes and Water |
Total |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
Rs. 1,750,000 |
Rs. 300,000 |
Rs. 2,050,000.] |
1Omitted by Ord. 11 of 02,s.4, dated
1-5-01.
2Subs. ibid., s. 8 for “The Presidency,
3Subs, by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of
1996) s. 8 for figures “2,00,000, 1,50,000” “11,20,000”, “6,00,000”, 2,60,000”,
300,000” and “26,30,000”.
4Subs. ibid., for “Note”.
5Subs, ibid., for THIRD SCHEDULE.
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