Other allowances

The Haryana Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1975

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(1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as may be imposed by rules made under this Act, there shall be paid-
- (a) to the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker such travelling and halting allowances as admissible to a Minister ; and
- (b) to each member-
  - (i) such travelling allowances as may be prescribed ;
  - (ii) a halting allowance at the rate of rupees five hundred per day or as may be prescribed for each day of attendance at a meeting of the Assembly or committee or in respect of journeys undertaken under the orders of the Speaker for any other business any where connected with his duties as a member : Provided further that if a member has been ordered to absent himself from a meeting or meetings of the Assembly under the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Haryana Legislative Assembly for the time being in force, he shall not be entitled for such period of absence to the allowance : provided further that a member shall also be entitled to halting allowance,-
(1) where he arrives for attending a meeting of the Assembly one or two days earlier to the date of such meeting, or departs from the place of such meeting one or two days immediately after the date on which the Assembly is adjourned sine die, for such one or two days, as the case may be, of arrival and departure; and
(2) where he arrives for attending a meeting of a committee one day earlier to the date of such meeting, or departs from the place of such meeting one day immediately after the conclusion of the business of the committee, for such one day of arrival and departure ;
- (iii) an incidental allowance at the rate as may be prescribed for the day of departure from and incidental allowance at the rate as may be prescribed per day for the day of arrival at the usual place of residence of the member when he leaves his usual place of residence to attend a meeting and returns thereto after the meeting. Explanation.-A break of less than four days between two successive meetings of the Assembly or committee shall be deemed to be a day or days of attendance for a member who does not leave the place of the meeting during such break : Provided that nothing in this section shall entitle the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker or any member to any travelling or halting allowance if such person ordinarily resides or carries on business at any place within five miles of the place at which his attendance is required in connection with his duties as Speaker or Deputy Speaker or member, as the case may be.] [(2) Nothing in sub-section
(1) shall debar a member from claiming halting allowance under that sub-section for the day of the meeting merely on the ground that the meeting was adjourned for want of quorum or cancelled for any reason whatsoever, if the member came to know of such adjournment or cancellation after arriving at the place of the meeting.]

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