Assam Deputy Speakers Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Act, 2014

No: 13 Dated: Sep, 30 2014

THE ASSAM DEPUTY SPEAKER'S SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2014

ASSAM ACT NO. XIII OF 2014 

    An Act further to amend the Assam Deputy Speaker’s Salaries and Allowances Act, 1958.

    Preamble:- Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Assam Deputy Speaker’s Salaries and Allowances Act, 1958, hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, in the manner hereinafter appearing;

    It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, as follows

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Assam Deputy Speaker’s Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Act, 2014.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Amendment of section 2:- In the principal Act, in section 2, for the existing provisions of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(i)" a salary of seventy five thousand rupees per mensem;”

“(iii) a Daily Allowance of one thousand five hundred rupees while on official tour and its halt within the State of Assam:

Provided that the Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly shall be entitled to draw Daily Allowance of two thousand rupees whenever the Deputy Speaker performs the official duties outside the State of Assam and its halt;”

“(iv) a Sitting Allowance of one thousand five hundred rupees per day for the entire period of the Assembly Session computing two days before the commencement and two days after the termination of such Session:

Provided that the Sitting Allowance shall not be admissible if the Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly performs the official tour within the State of Assam or outside the State of Assam and its halt during the period of the Assembly Session and such performance of official tour shall be intimated to the Principal Secretary, Assam Legislative Assembly;”