Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries Act, 1937
No: 3 Dated: Apr, 28 1937
THE PUNJAB LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER'S AND DEPUTY SPEAKER'S SALARIES ACT, 1937
(PUNJAB ACT NO. III OF 1937)
An Act to provide for the salaries of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Punjab.
Whereas by the Government of India Act, 1935, provision has been made for the determination of the salaries of the Speaker and the Deputy speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly by Act of the Provincial Legislature;
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. Short title. - This Act may be called the Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries Act, 1937.
1A. Definitions. - (a) 'House' includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto and the gardens thereof.
(b) 'Maintenance' in relation to a house shall include the payment of local rates and taxes and charges for electricity and water.
2. Salary of the Speaker. - There shall be paid to the Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly a salary at the rate of two thousand and five hundred rupees per mensem, Sumptuary allowance at the rate of two thousand rupees per mensem, sumptuary allowance at the rate of two thousand rupees per mensem and a State Car, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government and there shall in addition be provided by Government free furnished house for him the maintenance charges of which shall be borne by the State Government. The State Government may also allow him to continue in free occupation of the house for a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of his ceasing to be the Speaker:
Provided that if the Speaker does not avail of or surrenders his State Car and wishes to use his private vehicle for official purpose, he will be paid such allowance, as may be specified in the rules made in his behalf by the State Government under this Act from time to time.
3. Salary of the Deputy Speaker. - There shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly a salary at the rate of two thousand and five hundred rupees per mensem, Sumptuary allowance at the rate of one thousand and five hundred rupees per mensem and a State Car, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government and there shall in addition be provided by the State Government and there shall in addition be provided by the State Government a free furnished house at Chandigarh for him, the maintenance charges of which shall be borne by the State Government or, in lieu thereof, he shall be paid such allowance not exceeding three hundred rupees per mensem as the State Government may fix. The State Government may also allow him to continue in free occupation of the house for a period not exceeding fifteen days from the date of his ceasing to be the Deputy Speaker:
Provided that if the Deputy Speaker does not avail of or surrenders his State Car and wishes to use his private vehicle for official purpose, he will be paid such allowance, as may be specified in the rules made in this behalf by the State Government under this Act from time to time.
3A(1). Free installation of telephone. - The Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall each be entitled to have a telephone installed at any place within his constituency or at his place of residence or at Chandigarh and all charges in respect of installation and security deposit shall be paid by the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker themselves and the amount so paid shall be reimbursed to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker by the Government on production of receipts obtained from the Posts & Telegraph Department.
(2) The charges in respect of rental, local and outside calls made by the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker from one or more telephones installed in their names within the State of Punjab and the Union Territory of Chandigarh shall be paid initially by the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker themselves and the amount so paid shall be reimbursed to them by the Government on production of receipts obtained from the Posts & Telegraph Department:
Provided that the reimbursement of charges referred to in sub- sections (1) and (2) shall not exceed fourty eight thousand rupees per mensem.
3AA. Constituency, Secretrial and Postal Facilities Allowance. -
There shall be paid to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker constituency, secretarial and postal facilities allowance at the rate of five thousand rupees per mensem.
3B. Travelling Concession. - The speaker and the Deputy Speaker each alongwith his spouse and his dependent children accompanying either of them and an attendant accompanying him to look after and assist him shall, during the course of a financial year, be entitled to travel by any railway in India or within or outside India by an air-conditioned coach or by air and an amount equivalent to the expenses incurred on such journey shall be reimbursed to him :
Provided that where the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker travels by his won motorcar and furnishes a cash receipt from a licensed dealer, indicating the name of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be, quantity of petrol or diesel purchased by him for propulsion of his motorcar the date on which it was purchased, the cost thereof and the registration number of his motorcar, the expenses so incurred shall be reimbursed to him :
Provided further that the total expenses incurred for the facilities specified in this section shall not exceed the amount offifty thousand rupees in a financial year.