Daily Allowance

(1) Every member, whether or not he holds any office referred to in clause (f) of section 2 shall be entitled to daily allowance at the rate of three thousand rupees per day which shall be calculated in accordance with the following principles, namely:- (i) the allowance shall be payable for each day of attendance during the session of the Assembly, or at any sittings of any Committee thereof ; (ii) The allowance shall also payable for one day before and one day after, a continuous sitting of the Assembly, as the case may be, provided that the member is present at the place of such continuous sitting on those days ; (iii) The allowance shall be payable for the days of adjournment in the course of continuous sitting of the Assembly of its Committee, as the case may be, and for the holidays falling in between such continuous sitting, provided that the member is a present at the place of sitting on all such days ; (iv) the allowance shall also be payable for the member of days not exceeding four which intervene between the last day of a sitting of the Assembly or of its Committee, and the first day of the sitting of the same or another Committee or of the Assembly, as the case may be provided that the member is present at the place of sitting on all such days ; (v) where in a case falling under clause (iii) or clause (iv), a member leaves the place of sitting for his residence or for his constituency, he shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 10, be entitled to a daily allowance in accordance with the provisions of this section or incidental charges in accordance with section 10, whichever is less ; (vi) the allowance shall also be payable to a member for his visits to Dehradun as Chairman of any committee in connection with the work of such committee, other than the meeting of such committee, in case no such allowance is otherwise payable to him under any other provision of this section: Provided that no such allowance shall be payable for more than two visits in a calendar month and more than two days per such visit ; (vii) the allowance shall also be payable for attendance in any meeting, seminar for study course referred to in clause (d) of section 10. (2) Every member 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 daily allowance under sub section (1) or incidental expenditure under Section 10 are not, or may not be admissible. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), daily allowance at the rate of two thousand rupees shall be payable to a member holding any office referred to in clause (f) of section 2 and the Leader of Opposition for each day during the whole of the term in which he holds such office, except such days for which he claims the daily allowance under sub section (1). Explanation- For the purposes of this section, a sitting shall be deemed to be continuous if the number of days between the last day of a meeting and the first day of another meeting is not more than four.