Salaries and allowances

(1) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, the Minister, the Minister of State, the Deputy Minister, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker such monthy salaries as specified in the Schedule. (2) There shall be paid to the Chief Minister, the Minister, the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker such monthly sumptuary allowances as specified in the Schedule. (3) There shall be paid to every member of the Assembly a salary at the rate of eight hundred rupees per month and also a consolidated allowance at the rate of three hundred rupees per month for his travelling and other expenses including the expenses necessary for attending the meetings of Assembly. In the Sikkim Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly (Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 3, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(3) There shall be paid to every member of the Assembly- (a) a salary at the rate of one thousand rupees per month; (b) a consolidated allowance at the rate of five hundred rupees per month for his travelling and other expenses necessary for attending the meetings of the Assembly; and (c) a constituency allowance of one thousand rupees per month."