The Maharashtra Legislative Council (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) and Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Act
The Maharashtra Legislative Council (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) and Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Act
This Act regulates the compensation, benefits, and official perks of the presiding officers of Maharashtra’s state legislature. It applies specifically to the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council, as well as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The law sets their salaries relative to top civil service positions and outlines entitlements like free housing, vehicles, travel, medical care, and phone services. It matters because it ensures these key constitutional leaders receive the necessary financial support and resources to perform their public duties independently and efficiently, while preventing them from receiving double pay as ordinary legislators.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Adapted and modified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Salaries of Chairman and Speaker.
- 4. Residences of Chairman and Speaker.
- 4A. Sumptuary allowance to Chairman and Speaker.
- 5. Conveyances for Chairman and Speaker.
- 6. Travelling and daily allowances.
- 7. Medical attendance.
- 7A. Telephone facilities to Officers of State Legislature.
- 8. Free transit by railway and steamer.
- 10. Salaries of Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker.
- 11. Residences of Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker.
- 11A. Conveyances for Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker.
- 12A. Medical attendance.
- 12B. Facility of personal assistant 3[and a computer operator.
- 13. Power of State Government to make rules and orders.
- 14. Repeal.
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