Daily allowance on tour outside Karnataka increased to rupees two hundred and fifty per day

Minister, a Minister of State, Deputy Minister, Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, the Leaders of the Opposition and the Government Chief Whips not to draw salaries as members. Amending Act 19 of 1997.—It is considered necessary to enhance the salaries and allowances of the Parliamentary functionaries and the Legislators and certain other benefits as well as enhance the pension payable to the Former Legislators by amending the Karnataka Legislature Salaries, Pensions and Allowances Act, 1956. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from LA Bill No. 37 of 1997. File DPAL 52 SHASANA 97.) (1) A Minister, a Minister of State, a Deputy Minister, the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker, or the Leaders of the Opposition, the Government Chief Whips or the Opposition Chief Whips shall not, while he draws the salary and allowance for his office, be entitled to any salary or allowance as a member of the Legislative Assembly or of the Legislative Council, as the case may be. Provided that the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker who does not avail the facility provided under section 10B shall be entitled to the allowances specified in clauses (a) and (b) of section 12 as a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council, as the case may be: Provided further that he shall also be entitled to the allowances admissible under section 8 or under clause (f) of section 12, as the case may be; (1A) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), the Leader of the Opposition, the Government Chief Whips or the Opposition Chief Whips who does not avail the facility provided in section 10F or section 10K, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the allowances specified in clauses (a), (b), (e), (f) of section 12 as a member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council or as a Chairman of any committee of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council or of both. (2) The Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Leaders of the Opposition, the Government Chief Whips or the Opposition Chief Whips shall not during the tenure of his office practise any profession or engage in any trade or undertake for remuneration, any employment other than his duties as Chairman, the Deputy Chairman, the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, the Leaders of the Opposition or the Government Chief Whips, as the case may be. (3) x x x