Salaries and Allowances of the Members of Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature Act, 1960

No: 19 Dated: Apr, 29 1960

THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF THE MEMBERS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE LEGISLATURE ACT, 1960

(Act No. XIX of 1960)

    An Act to provide for the Salaries and Allowances of the Members of Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature.

Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the eleventh year of the Republic of India as follows :–

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Members of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature Act, 1960.

(2) It shall come into force on the 26th January, 1960.

2. Definition. - In this Act-

(a) "Committee" means a Committee of either House of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature, and includes a Joint Committee of both Houses or a Consultative Committee constituted by the Government;

(b) "Member" means a member of either House of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature, but does not include a Minister, a State Minister or a Deputy Minister;

(c) "New Member" means a member who takes his seat in either House of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature after the commencement of this Act and includes a member who is reelected or renominated;

(d) "Period of residence on duty" means the period during which a member resides at a place where a session of a House of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature or a 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 session or sitting or for the purpose of attending to such other business and includes, in the case of a session of a house of the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature or sitting a Committee, a period of such residence, not exceeding one day, immediately preceding the commencement of the session or the sitting of a Committee, as the case may be, and a period of such residence not exceeding one day, immediately succeeding the end of the session or a sitting of the Committee, as the case may be.

Exception. - Period of residence on duty' will however include-

(i) the period for which a member is prevented from leaving his abode to attend the session of either House of the State Legislature or any sitting thereof or the sitting of any Committee, owing to the circumstances beyond his control. Such a member shall be entitled to daily allowance for the period under this Act;

(ii) the period for which a member is held upon on the way to attend such session or meeting owing to circumstance beyond his control, such a member shall be entitled to travelling allowance and daily allowance for his period under this Act:

Provided that the Speaker of the Legislature Assembly or the Chairman of the Legislative Council, as the case may be, is satisfied as to existence of these circumstances.

Explanation. - A member who ordinarily resides at the place where a session of a House of Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature or a sitting of Committee, is held, shall for the duration of session or sitting including one day immediately proceeding and one day immediately succeeding) be deemed to reside at such place for the purpose of attending such session or sitting.

(e) Omitted.