Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951
No: 20 Dated: Sep, 11 1951
THE TAMIL NADU PAYMENT OF SALARIES ACT, 1951
(Tamil Nadu Act 20 of 1951)
An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of Ministers, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, Parliamentary Secretaries, Leader of the Opposition, Chief Government Whip and Members of the Legislative Assembly.
Whereas it is expedient to provide by an Act of the Legislature for the salaries and allowances of Ministers, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, Parliamentary Secretaries, Leader of the Opposition, Chief Government Whip and Members of the Legislative Assembly.
It is hereby enacted as follows: -
1. Short title. - This Act may be called the Tamil Nadu Payment of Salaries Act, 1951.
2. Definitions. - In this Act -
(1) Omitted.
(2) "Speaker" and "Deputy Speaker" means the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the Legislative Assembly.
3. Salaries and Allowances of Ministers. - (1) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and to each of the other Ministers who are members of the Governor's Council of Ministers, a salary of eight thousand rupees per mensem and, subject to such maximum limit, as may be prescribed, a house rent of such sum per mensem as the Public Works Department of the State Government may, from time to time, fix with reference to the prevailing rate of rent for the house the Minister occupies in the City of Chennai; but the house rent shall not be paid to any Minister if he occupies a house provided by the State Government free of rent.
(2) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and to each of the other ministers who are members of the Governor's Council of Ministers, a compensatory allowance of ten thousand rupees per mensem.
(3) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and to each of the other Ministers who are Members of the Governor's Council of Ministers. -
(a) a contingency allowance of four thousand rupees per mensem; and
(b) a constituency allowance of ten thousand rupees per mensem.
4. Salaries and Allowances of Speaker and Deputy Speaker. - (1) There shall be paid to the Speaker a salary of eight thousand rupees per mensem and, subject to such maximum limit, as may be prescribed, a house rent of such sum per mensum as the Public Works Department of the State Government may, from time to time, fix with reference to the prevailing rate of rent for the house the Speaker occupies in the City of Chennai; but the house rent shall not be paid to the Speaker if he occupies a house provided by the State Government free of rent.
(2) There shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker a salary of eight thousand rupees per mensem and, subject to such maximum limit as may be prescribed, a house rent of such sum per mensem as the Public Works Department of the State Government may, from time to time, fix with reference to the prevailing rate of rent for the house the Deputy Speaker occupies in the City of Chennai; but the house rent shall not be paid to the Deputy Speaker if he occupies a house provided by the State Government free of rent.
(3) There shall be paid to the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, a compensatory allowance of ten thousand rupees per mensem.
(4) (a) There shall be paid to the Speaker, -
(i) a contingency allowance of four thousand rupees per mensem; and
(ii) a constituency allowance of ten thousand rupees per mensem.
(b) There shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker,-
(i) a contingency allowance of three thousand and five hundred rupees per mensem; and
(ii) a constituency allowance of ten thousand rupees per mensem.