Act Number: 20

Act Name: The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953

Year: 1953

Enactment Date: 1953-05-16

Long Title: An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of certain officers of Parliament.

Ministry: Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs

Department:

Section 5: Sumptuary allowance.
    1[5. Sumptuary allowance.--There shall be paid to 2*** the Speaker of the House of the People a sumptuary allowance of one thousand rupees per mensem and to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker a sumptuary allowance of five hundred rupees per mensem:]
    3[Provided that on and from the 17th day of September, 2001, the sumptuary allowance shall be paid to--
         (a) the Speaker of the House of the People at the same rate at which the sumptuary allowance is payable, under section 5 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952 (58 of 1952), to every other Minister who is a member of the Cabinet;
         (b) the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker at the same rate at which the sumptuary allowance is payable, under section 5 of the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1952 (58 of 1952), to a Minister of State.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 75 of 1985, s. 3, for section 5 (w.e.f. 26-12-1985).
2. The words "the Chairman of the Council of States and" omitted by Act 26 of 1998, s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-1-1996).
3. Ins. by Act 29 of 2002, s. 2 (w.e.f. 17-9-2001).
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