REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 2
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 40] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1975/SRAVANA 15, 1897
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LOK SABHA
The following Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on the 6th August,
1975:—
BILL NO. 59 OF 1975
A Bill further to amend the Salaries and Allowances of Members of
Parliament Act, 1954.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republic
of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Members
of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1975.
Short title.
30 of 1954
Amend- ment of section 8.
2. In section 8 of the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parlia-
ment Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the
words "and postal facilities", the words "postal, water, electricity,
constituency and secretarial facilities, or such amount in cash in lieu
of all or any of such facilities" shall be substituted.
3. In section 9 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for clause (f),
the following clause shall be substituted, namely: —
Amend- ment of section 9, "(f) medical, housing, telephone, postal, water, electricity, con- stituency and secretarial facilities mentioned in section 8 and the amount to be paid in cash in lieu of all or any of such facilities; and",
(675)
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Bill seeks to amend the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act, 1954, with a view to entitling the Members of Parlia- ment to receive such water, electricity, constituency and secretarial facili- ties, of such amount in cash in lieu thereof, and also such amount in cash in lieu of housing and postal facilities, as may be specified by the rules, so as to enable them to discharge their duties more efficiently as represen- tatives of the people.
The above amendment is mainly based on the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament.
NEW DELHI; K. RAGHU RAMAIAH, The 5th August, 1975.
SEC. 2] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 677FINANCIAL MEMORANDUM
Clause 2 of the Bill seeks to amend section 8 of the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act, 1954, so as to entitle Members of Parliament to water, electricity, constituency and secretarial facilities, or such amount in cash in lieu thereof, and also such amount in cash in lieu of housing and postal facilities, as may be specified by the rules. It is estimated that the financial effect on account of these facilities in a full year is likely to be of the order of Rs. 42,60,000.
There will be no non-recurring expenditure,
678 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—Sice. 2]MEMORANDUM REGARDING DELEGATED LEGISLATION
Section 8 of the Act entitles a Member of Parliament to receive such medical facilities for himself and for members of his family and to such housing, telephone and postal facilities as may be provided in the rules made under section 9. Clause 2 of the Bill seeks to amend section 8 with a view to entitling a Member of Parliament also to receive such water, electricity, constituency and secretarial facilities or such amount in cash in lieu of all or any of such facilities as may be provided by rules made under section 9.
Clause 3 of the Bill seeks to substitute clause (f) of sub-section (3) of section 9 with a view to providing that rules may also be made with regard to the matters mentioned in section 8 as proposed to be amended by clause 2 of the Bill.
The matters with regard to which rules may be made are matters of detail which can hardly be provided for in the Bill itself. The delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character.
S. L. SHAKDHER,
Secretary-General.
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