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section 3A

Pension

The Salaries, Allowances and Pension of Members of the Legislative Assembly (Tripura) Act, 1972
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  1. (1) There shall be paid a pension of two thousand and five hundred rupees per mensem to every person who has served for a period of not less than four years whether Continuous or not,---
    • (a) as a member of the Assembly ; or
    • (b) as a member of the territorial council ; or
    • (c) partly as a member of the Assembly and partly as a member of the territorial council : Provided that where any person has served as aforesaid for a period exceeding five years there shall be paid to him an additional pension of one hundred per mensem for every year in excess of five years, so, however, that in no case the pension payable to such person shall exceed three thousand rupees per mensem.
  2. (2) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1),---
    • (i) is elected to the office of the President or Vice-President or is appointed to the office of the Governor of any State or the Administrator of any Union Territory ; or,
    • (ii) becomes a Member of the Council of States or the House of the People or any Legislative Assembly of a State or Union Territory or any Legislative Council of a State or the Metropoliton Council of Delhi constituted under section 3 of the Delhi Administration Act, 1966, or
    • (iii) is employed on a salary under the Central Government or any State Government, or any Corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or any State Government, or any local authority or becomes other wise entitled to any remuneration from such Government, Corporation or local authority, such person shall not be entitled to any pension under sub-section
  3. (1) for the period during which he continues to hold such office or as such member, or is so employed, or continues to be entitled to such remuneration : Provided that where the salary payable to such person for holding such office or being such member or so employed, or where the remuneration referred to in clause
    • (iii) payable to such person, is, in either case, less than the pension payable to him under sub-section (1), such person shall be entitled only to receive the balance as pension under that sub-section.
  4. (3) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section
  5. (1) is also entitled to any pension from the Central Government or any State Government, or any Corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or any State Government, or any local authority, under any law or otherwise, then,---
    • (a) where the amount of pension to which he is entitled under such law or otherwise, is equal to or in excess of that to which he is entitled under sub-section (1), such person shall not be entitled to any pension under that sub-section ; and
    • (b) where the amount of pension to which he is entitled under such law or otherwise, is less than that to which he is entitled under sub-section (1), such person shall be entitled to pension under that sub-section only of an amount which falls short of the amount of pension to which he is otherwise entitled under that sub-section.
  6. (4) In computing the number of years, for the purposes of sub-section (1), the period during which a person has served as a Minister as defined in the Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Tripura) Act, 1972 or the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly or the Chairman of the territorial council, by virtue of his membership in the Assembly or in the territorial council shall also be taken into account .
  7. (5) For the purpose of claiming any pension under this section a person shall furnish certificates in such form as may be prescribed. Provided that any pension (whether known as Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension or by any other name) received by such person as a freedom fighter shall not be taken into account for the purposes of the sub-section and such person shall be entitled to receive such pension in addition to the pension to which he is entitled under sub-section (1).

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