The Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960

(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960. (2) It shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1960.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (a) "Assembly" means the Gujarat Legislative Assembly; (b) "maintenance" in relation to a residence includes the payment of rates and taxes due to Government or any local authority and the provision of electricity, gas and water; (c) "residence" includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto and the gardens thereof; (d) "rules" or "orders" means rules or orders respectively made under this Act; (e) "Speaker" and "Deputy Speaker" mean respectively the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.

(1) There shall be paid to the Speaker 25% more basic salary per month than the basic salary payable to a Member of the Assembly by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Members' Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960. (1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), there shall be paid to the Speaker 30 per cent. less basic salary per month for a period of twelve months commencing from the 1st April, 2020. (2) There shall be paid to the Speaker during the whole of his term of office per month the dearness allowance on the amount of the basic salary referred to in sub-section (1) at such rate as is being paid to the employees of the State Government from time to time.

There shall be paid to the Speaker during the whole of his term of office per month a sum of Rs. 20,000 as a consolidated allowance for all matters not specifically provided for by or under the provisions of this Act.

Section 3B (Dearness allowance to Speaker) was deleted by Guj. 18 of 2018.

(1) The Speaker shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence in Gandhinagar throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence a house allowance at the rate of Rs. 250 per month. (2) No charge shall fall on the Speaker personally in respect of the maintenance of any residence provided under this section. (3) The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this section shall be on such scale as may be determined by rules or orders.

(1) The State Government may, from time to time for the use of the Speaker purchase and provide a motor car and other suitable conveyance, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs as may be determined by rules or orders. (1A) Where, under sub-section (1), the State Government has provided for the use of the Speaker a motor car or other conveyance, it shall also provide to him, free of charge, the services of a driver for such car or conveyance. (2) There shall also be paid to the Speaker a conveyance allowance at the rate of Rs. 7,000 per month.

The Speaker shall be entitled to travelling and daily allowances while touring on public business at such rates and upon such conditions as may be determined by rules or orders.

Subject to any rules or orders made in this behalf by the State Government,- (a) the Speaker shall be entitled to travelling allowance for himself and the members of his family and for the transport of his and his family's effects in respect of the journey to Gandhinagar from his usual place of residence outside Gandhinagar for assuming office; (b) the Speaker and members of his family shall be entitled to travelling allowance for himself or themselves and for the transport of effects of the Speaker or, as the case may be, his family in respect of the journey from Gandhinagar to his usual place of residence outside Gandhinagar on the Speaker ceasing to hold his office. Explanation. - For the purpose of this section the expression "a member of the family" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 7 and the word "family" shall be construed accordingly.

(1) The Speaker shall during the term of his office be entitled to have telephone facilities at Government cost at the place of residence at Gandhinagar. (2) No charge shall fall on the Speaker personally in respect of installation of, initial deposit for, rental charges for maintenance of, and calls made from, the telephone facilities provided under sub-section (1).

The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker shall be provided with facilities which shall entitle them at any time to travel by first class or by second class air conditioned by railway in any part of India in such manner and subject to such conditions as may by rules or orders be prescribed in that behalf: Provided that such travel by railway in any part of India outside the State of Gujarat may be availed of by the Speaker or, as the case may be, by the Deputy Speaker singly or jointly with his spouse and two other members of his family residing with and dependent on him, so however, that the total distance so travelled by the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker singly in any year does not exceed 10,000 kilometres and the total distance so travelled jointly by the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker and his spouse and two other members of his family residing with and dependent on him in any year does not exceed 20,000 kilometres. Explanation. - For the purpose of calculating the number of kilometres travelled by the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker jointly with his spouse and two other members of his family residing with and dependent on him, outside the State of Gujarat, the number of kilometres travelled by him and by his spouse and two other members of his family residing with and dependent on him shall be counted separately.

The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker may undertake or perform journey along with co-traveller by air from the nearest airport from his residence to and fro in any part of India on three occasions in each year: Provided that difference between the fare for journey by air and the fare for journey by railway by first class or by second class air conditioned, whichever is higher, shall be borne by the Speaker or, as the case may be, by the Deputy Speaker.

Section 7 (Medical attendance) was deleted by Guj. 2 of 2017, s.3.

There shall be placed at the disposal of the Speaker a sum of Rs. 60,000 per year as sumptuary allowance.

The Speaker shall not practice any profession or engage in any trade or undertake for remuneration any employment other than his duties as Speaker.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force determining the salaries and allowances of the members of the Assembly, the Speaker shall not be entitled to receive any salary or allowances under such law, although such Speaker is a member of the Assembly.

(1) There shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker 25% more basic per month than the basic salary payable to a Member of the Assembly by virtue of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Members' Salaries and Allowances Act, 1960. (1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), there shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker 30 per cent. less basic salary per month for a period of twelve months commencing from the 1st April, 2020. (2) There shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker during the whole of his term of office per month the dearness allowance on the amount of the basic salary referred to in sub-section (1) at such rate as is being paid to the employees of the State Government from time to time.

There shall be paid to the Deputy Speaker during the whole of his term of office per month a sum of Rs. 20,000 as a consolidated allowance for all matters not specifically provided for by or under the provisions of this Act.

Section 10B (Dearness allowance to Deputy Speaker) was deleted by Guj. 18 of 2018.

Section 11 (Deputy Speaker not debarred from receiving salary and allowances as member of Assembly) was deleted by Guj. 2 of 1991, s.3.

The Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to travelling and daily allowances while touring on public business at such rates and upon such conditions as may be determined by rules or orders.

(1) The Deputy Speaker shall, during the term of his office be entitled to have telephone facilities at Government cost at the place of residence at Gandhinagar. (2) No charge shall fall on the Deputy Speaker personally in respect of installation of, initial deposit for, rental charges for maintenance of, and official calls made from, the telephone facilities provided under sub-section (1).

(1) The Deputy Speaker shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence in Gandhinagar throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter or in lieu of such residence a house allowance at the rate of Rs. 250/- per month. (2) No charge shall fall on the Deputy Speaker personally in respect of the maintenance of any residence provided under this section. (3) The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this section shall be on such scale as may be determined by rules or orders.

(1) The State Government may, from time to time, for the use of the Deputy Speaker purchase and provide a motor car and other suitable conveyance, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs as may be determined by rules or orders. (2) Where, under sub-section (1), the State Government has provided for the use of the Deputy Speaker a motor car or other conveyance it shall also provide to him, free of charge, the services of a driver for such car or conveyance. (3) There shall also be paid to the Deputy Speaker a conveyance allowance at the rate of Rs. 7,000 per month.

Subject to any rules or orders made in this behalf by the State Government,- (a) the Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to travelling allowance for himself and the members of his family and for the transport of his and his family's effects in respect of the journey to Gandhinagar from his usual place of residence outside Gandhinagar for assuming office; (b) the Deputy Speaker and members of his family shall be entitled to travelling allowance for himself or themselves and for the transport of effects of the Deputy Speaker or, as the case may be, his family in respect of the journey from Gandhinagar to his usual place of residence outside Gandhinagar on the Deputy Speaker ceasing to hold his office. Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, the expression "a member of the family" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in section 7 and the word "family" shall be construed accordingly.

Section 12E (Medical attendance) was deleted by Guj. 2 of 2017, s.3.

The Deputy Speaker shall not practise any profession or engage in any trade or undertake for remuneration any employment other than his duties as Deputy Speaker.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force determining the salaries and allowances of the members of the Assembly, the Deputy Speaker shall not be entitled to receive any salary or allowances under such law, although such Deputy Speaker is a member of the Assembly.

(1) The State Government may make rules or orders for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Any rule or order made under this section may be made so as to be retrospective to any date not earlier than the 1st day of May, 1960. (3) Rules or orders made under this section shall have effect as if enacted in this Act. (4) All rules and orders made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after they are made and shall be subject to rescission by the State Legislature or such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid, or the session immediately following. (5) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon take effect.

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Ordinance, 1960 is hereby repealed and the provisions of section 7 and 25 of the Bombay General Clauses Act, 1904 shall apply to such repeal as if that Ordinance were an enactment.

An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and certain other matters. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the determination of the salaries and allowances of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and other matters hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Eleventh Year of Republic of India as follows:-