The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 37J NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1969/SRAVANA 30, 1891
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MINISTRY OF LAW
(Legislative Department)
New Delhi, the 21st August, 1969]Sravana 30, 1891 (Saka)
The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the Chief Justice of India dicharging the functions of the President on the 21st August, 1969, and is hereby published for general information: —
THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1969
No. 25 OF 1969
[21st August, 1969]
An Act further to amend the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act, 1954
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twentieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1.(1) This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1969.
Short title and com-
mmence ment (2) This section and section 2 shall be deemed to have come Into force on the 16th day of May, 1969 and the other provisions of this Act shall come into force at once.
26D THE GAZETTE OF IXDIA EXTRAORDINARY LPART II—SEC. 1]\i in tcction 5 of the principal Act, for the second proviso, the follow
ing proviso shall be substituted, namely: —
Amend- ment of section 5.
"Provided further that nothing in the first proviso shall applv, if the member performs tho journey by air for visiting any place in India—
(a) not more than four times during a session lasting more
than seventy-five days;
(b) not more thin twice during a session lasting for seventy-
five days or less; and
(c) not more than once during a sitting of the committee.".
Amend
meat of
section tJ
4. In section 6 of the principal Act, in the Explanation to sub-section (1), for the words '-For the purposes of this sub-section", the words, ilgure and letter "For the purposes of this sub-section and section 6A" shall be substituted.
5. After section 6 of the principal Act, the following section shall h.-"
inserted, namely: —
Inser- tion of nev- a"ctlar 8A.
"6A. Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Act, every
member shall be entitled—
Travel facilities
(i) to travel by any railway in India at any time in first cla"s air-conditioned on payment of the difference between the railway fares for first class aii-conditioned and first class;
(ii) to one free third class railway pass for one person to ac-
company the member when he travels by rail; and
(Hi) to one free non-transferable first class railway pass for the spouse, if any, or the member to travel from the usual place of residence of the member to Delhi and back, once during every session:
Provided that where a member travels by rail in first class air- conditioned and no person accompanies that member in that journey in third cla~s. by virtue of the free third class railway pass referred to in clause ('>) then, in determining the amount payable by the member under clause (i). the amount of third class fare for ruch journey shall be deducted from the difference referred to m thnt clause.".
N. D. P. NAMBOODIRIPAD,