Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Speaker's Emoluments) Act, 1956

No: 4 Dated: May, 30 1956

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (SPEAKER’S EMOLUMENTS) ACT, 1956

(Act No. IV of 1956)

An Act to provide for the Salary and Allowances of the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.

Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

1. Short Title and Commencement. - (1) This Act may be called as the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (Speaker's Emoluments) Act, 1956.

(2) It shall come into force on such dare as published in the Government Gazette.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, -

(a) "house" includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto;

(b) "maintenance" in relation to a house shall include the payment of local rates and taxes and charges for electricity and water.

3. Salary and Allowances of the Speaker.– The Speaker shall be entitled to the salary, allowances and advances as are payable to a Minister under the Jammu and Kashmir Ministers and Ministers of State Salaries Act, 1956 and the rule made thereunder