Section 6D
Special facilities to blind and physically incapacitated Members.
The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to provide for the salary, allowances and pension of Members of Parliament.
1[6D. Special facilities to blind and physically incapacitated Members.--A member who is
blind or who is, in the opinion of the Chairman of the Council of States or, as the case may be, the
Speaker of the House of the People, so incapacitated physically as to require the facility of an
attendant shall, with respect to each such journey--
(i) by air as is referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 or clause (b) of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 5 or section 6C which he performs along with an attendant be entitled (in addition to the allowances which he is entitled under section 4 or section 5 or, as the case may be, section 6C) to an amount equal to one fare by air for such journey;
(ii) by rail as is referred to in section 4, section 5, section 6 or section 6B be allowed the facility of the one free railway pass for an attendant, to attend such member, in the same class in which such member travels in lieu of one free air-conditioned two-tier class railway pass under clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 6B.]
2[(iii) by road as is referred to in section 4 or section 5, be entitled to an amount equal to one road mileage.]
(i) by air as is referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4 or clause (b) of sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 5 or section 6C which he performs along with an attendant be entitled (in addition to the allowances which he is entitled under section 4 or section 5 or, as the case may be, section 6C) to an amount equal to one fare by air for such journey;
(ii) by rail as is referred to in section 4, section 5, section 6 or section 6B be allowed the facility of the one free railway pass for an attendant, to attend such member, in the same class in which such member travels in lieu of one free air-conditioned two-tier class railway pass under clause (i) of sub-section (1) of section 6B.]
2[(iii) by road as is referred to in section 4 or section 5, be entitled to an amount equal to one road mileage.]
Notes
1. Subs. by Act 17 of 2000, s. 4, for section 6D (w.e.f.7-6-2000).
2. Ins. by Act 40 of 2006, s. 5 (w.e.f. 17-5-2004).
2. Ins. by Act 40 of 2006, s. 5 (w.e.f. 17-5-2004).