The Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries Act, 1937
Punjab Act No. 3 of 1937
Last Updated 22nd May, 2019 [pu353]
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY 6 |
(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 of[fifty thousand rupees in a financial year.] [4. Grant of loan. - (1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by rules, there may be paid to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker by way of a repayable advance -](a) a sum of money not exceeding [six lac rupees] for building or purchasing a house; and
(b) a sum of money not exceeding [three lac rupees] or the anticipated price, whichever be less, for purchase of a Motor-car or a Jeep or for conversion of a petrol driven Motor- car or a Jeep to a diesel driven vehicle, or a sum of money not exceeding ten thousand rupees or the anticipated price, whichever be less, for purchase of a Motor-cycle or a Scooter.
[(1-A) The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker may be paid second repayable advance for the purchase of a motor-car, if they have repaid the entire previous advance, subject to the conditions specified in sub-section (1).] [(1B) If the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker does not avail of or surrenders his State Car, he may avail of a repayable advance of a sum of money not exceeding rupees sic lacs or the anticipated price of the vehicle, whichever is less, for the purchase of a motor car or a jeep or for conversion of a petrol-driven motor car or a jeep to a diesel driven vehicle: Provided that the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as case may be, will not be entitled to a State Car till the full amount of advance is recovered from him alongwith interest.] (2) On the acceptance of an application for an advance, the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, as the case may be, shall execute a deed in the form prescribed by rules, undertaking to use the advance for the purpose for which, and to fulfil the conditions on which the advance is sanctioned, rendering himself and such property as may have been specified in the deed as security including the house purchased or built with the aid of the advance liable for the repayment of the loan and interest due thereon : Provided that no advance for building the house shall be sanctioned unless the plot or land on which the house is to be built, is exclusively owned and possessed by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker applying therefor, and is free from all encumbrances. (3) No transfer, assignment or charge made or created after the execution of the deed under sub-section (2), in relation to the property specified therein or the house purchased or built with the aid of the advance, shall be valid against the State Government, unless it has been made or created with its previous consent in writing. (3-A) Where the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker having obtained an advance under sub-section (1) dies while holding office as such, the amount of the advance or any part thereof which would have accrued after the date of his death in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant of the advance along with interest thereon shall be written off with the sanction of the prescribed authority. (4) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this section. 5. Salary, allowances and perquisites to be exclusive of income-tax. - The salary and allowances payable to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker, and free furnished house and other perquisites admissible to them, under this Act, shall be exclusive of income-tax which shall be payable by the State Government.