Amendment of Section 15

In Section 15 of the principal Act,– (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "two thousand rupees", the words "two thousand and five hundred rupees" shall be substituted; (b) before the Explanation to sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- Provided that if a member does not attend the sitting of Assembly or Council, as the case may be, on a day or more during a session or at any sittings of any Committee thereof, he shall not be entitled for the daily allowance admissible under sub-section (2) for the days of such absence. (c) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-"(2) Every member whether or not he holds any office referred to in clause (i) of Section 2 and the Leader of Opposition shall be entitled to daily allowance at the rate of two thousand rupees per day for the days during which he tours for the works in the service of the public and for which the allowance or incidental charges under sub-section (1) are not, may not be admissible."; (d) after sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- Provided that a member shall not be entitled to the daily allowance admissible under sub-sections (1) or (2) for the period of his confinement in a jail except the day of his discharge. (e) sub-section (3) shall be omitted; (f) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(4) The daily allowances mentioned in sub-sections (1) and (2) shall be increased after every five years commencing from 1st April, 2025 on the basis of Cost Inflation Index provided under clause (v) of Explanation to Section 48 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act No.43 of 1961)."