Kerala Gazette No. 44 dated 10th November 2009.

PART I

Section i

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Leg. Publication) Department

NOTIFICATION

No. 4475/Leg. Pbn. 3/2009/Law.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 11th March, 2009.

The following Act of Parliament, published in the Gazette of India

Extraordinary Part II, Section I, dated the 31st December, 2008 is hereby

republished for general information. The Bill as passed by the Houses of

Parliament received the assent of the President on the 30th December, 2008.

By order of the Governor,

K. JOHN BRITTO,

Special Secretary (Law),

In charge of Law Secretary.

G. 949/2009/DTP. (KNR).

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THE PRESIDENT’S EMOLUMENTS AND PENSION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008

(ACT NO. 28 OF 2008)

AN

ACT

further to amend the President’s Emoluments and Pension Act, 1951.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India

as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1)

This Act may be called the

President’s Emoluments and Pension (Amendment) Act, 2008.

(2) The provisions of section 2 and clause (i) of section 3 shall be

deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2006 and remaining

provisions of this Act shall come into force at once.

2.

Amendment of section 1A.—In section 1A of the President’s Emoluments

and Pension Act, 1951 (30 of 1951) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),

for the words “fifty thousand rupees”, the words “one lakh fifty thousand

rupees” shall be substituted.

3.

Amendment of section 2.—In section 2 of the principal Act,—

(i) in sub-section (1), for the words “of three lakh rupees per annum”, the

words “at the rate of fifty per cent of the emoluments of the President per

month” shall be substituted;

(ii) in sub-section (2), for clauses (a) and (b), the following clauses shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(a) to the use of a furnished residence (including its maintenance), without

payment of rent, two telephones (one for internet and broadband connectivity),

one mobile phone with national roaming facility and a motor-car, free of charge or

to such car allowance as may be specified in the rules;

(b) to secretarial staff consisting of a Private Secretary, one Additional

Private Secretary, one Personal Assistant, two Peons and office expenses up to

sixty thousand rupees per annum.”.

4.

Amendment of section 3A.—In section 3A of the principal Act, for

clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(b) after ceasing to hold office as President, either on the expiration of his

term of office or by resignation of his office, shall be entitled,—

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(i) to the use of furnished residence (including its maintenance) without

payment of licence fee;

(ii) to secretarial staff consisting of a Private Secretary and a Peon and

office expenses as per actuals, the total expenditure on which shall not exceed

twelve thousand rupees per annum;

(iii) to a telephone and a motor-car, free of charge or such car allowance for

the remainder of his life, as may be specified in the rules;

(iv) to travel anywhere in India, in a calendar year to twelve single journeys,

by the highest class, by air, rail or steamer, accompanied by a companion or a

relative.”.

5. Insertion of new section 6.—After section 5 of the principal Act, the

following section shall be inserted, namely:—

“6. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving

effect to the provisions of this Act, as amended by the President’s Emoluments

and Pension (Amendment) Act, 2008, the Central Government may, by order, do

anything not inconsistent with such provisions for the purpose of removing the

difficulty:

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiration of two

years from the date on which this Act comes into force.

(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid before each

House of Parliament.”.