The Haryana Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries and Allowances Act, 1975

This Act may be called the Haryana Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's salaries and Allowances Act, 1975.

In section 3 of the Haryana Legislative Assembly Speaker’s and Deputy Speaker’s Salaries and Allowances Act, 1975 (hereinafter called the principal Act), for the words “fifty thousand rupees”, the words “sixty thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

In section 5A of the principal Act, for the words “two thousand rupees”, the words “twenty thousand rupees” shall be substituted.

1. (1) The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished residence throughout their term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter. The maintenance charges of such residence shall be borne by the Government.
2. (2) The Government shall pay in lieu of such residence such allowance as may be prescribed.

The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker shall be paid a conveyance allowance at the rate as may be prescribed or, in lieu thereof, a car the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the Government.

The Speaker and Deputy Speaker shall be paid an allowance at the rate of one thousand rupees per mensem or as may be prescribed on account of expenses on the maintenance of office in his constituency/District.

The Speaker's and the Deputy Speaker's salaries and allowances referred to in this Act shall be exclusive of the tax payable in respect thereof under any law relating to income-tax for the time being in force, and such tax shall be borne by the State Government. Explanation.- For the purpose of this section, the salary and allowances received by the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker and the allowances received by him as a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly during any financial year shall be deemed to be his only income for that year.

1. (1) The State Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act : Provided that any rules relating to any matter to which this Act relates and which were in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and until rules are framed under this Act in respect of such matter, be deemed to be made under this Act.
2. (2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before the House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of ten days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry or the session in which it is so laid or the successive sessions aforesaid, the House agrees in making any modification in the rule or the House agrees that the rule should not be made, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

The Punjab Legislative Assembly Speaker's and Deputy Speaker's Salaries Act, 1937 (Punjab Act 3 of 1937), in its application to the State of Haryana, is hereby repealed.