Arunachal Pradesh Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly Act, 1983
No: 8 Dated: Dec, 09 1983
THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARY, ALLOWANCES AND PENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT, 1983
(Act No. 8 of I983)
An Act to provide for the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh.
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short tide Commencement:-(1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly Act, 1983.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the First day of January, 1982.
2.Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Assembly" means the Legislative Assembly of the state of Arunachal Pradesh ;
(b) "Committee" means a Committee of the Assembly ;
(c) "controlling Officer" means the Secretary of the Assembly ;
(d) "day" means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight;
(e) "family" in relation to a member means his wife residing with him and legitimate children and step children residing with or wholly depended on him and where the husband has more than one wife, only one wife, shall be included in his family for the purpose of this Act and if the member is a married woman family shall include her husband residing with her.
(f) "Form" means a form appended to the Second Schedule;
(g) ''Government" means the Government of the State of· Arunachal Pradesh ;
(h). "member" means a member of the· Assembly, but save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, does not include-
(i) a Minister, as· defined in the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, I983, and
(ii) the Speaker and Deputy Speaker as defined in the Arunachal Pradesh Speaker and Deputy Speaker Salaries and Allowances Act, I983;
(i) " period of 'residence on duty" means the "period during which a member resides at a place where a session of the Assembly or sitting of a Committee is held or where any other business connected with his duties as such member is transacted for the purpose of attending such other business; and includes, exception the case of a member who ordinarily resides at the place where a session of the Assembly or a sitting of the Committee is held or where any other business connected with his duties as such member is transacted,-
(a) in the case of a session or, 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 succeeding the date on which· the Assembly is adjourned sine die or for a period ·exceeding seven days ; and
(b) in the case of sitting of a Committee or any other business, a period oEsuch 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 succeeding the conclusion of the business of the Committee or other business ;
(j) "Schedule" means a Schedule- appended to this Act ;
(k) "terms of office" in relation to a member means,-
i. where such member is a member elected in a general election held for the purpose of constituting a new Assembly, the period, beginning with the date of publication of the notification of the Election Commission under section 73 of the Representation of the People Act,I95I (43 of I95I); or
ii. where such member is a member elected in a bye-election to the 'assembly or a member nominated to the Assembly, the period beginning with the date of his election referred to in section 6 7 A of the said · Ad or, as the case may be the date of his nomination, and ending 'with, in each such case, the date on which his seat becomes vacant.
(1) "Union territory" means the State of Arunachal Pradesh ;
(m) "Usual place of residence", in relation to a member, means the place where the member normally resides or works for gain within the State.