LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MEGHALAYA (MEMBERS' SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) ACT, 1970

Act No. 05 of 1970

09th May, 1970

An Act to determine the salaries and allowances of the Members of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Twenty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

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S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya (Members' Salaries and Allowances) Act, 1970.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the Second day of April, 1970.

S.2 Definition

In this Act, "member" means a member of the Legislative Assembly of Meghalaya other than the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, or a Minister.

S.3 Salaries

There shall be paid to each member during the whole of his term of office, a salary at the rate of rupees three hundred and fifty per mensem.

S.4 Allowances

There shall be paid to each member-

• (a) a fixed travelling allowance of rupees one hundred and fifty per mensem;
• (b) for the number of days attended, a daily allowance at the rate of rupees twenty if the member's attendance is required in connection with his duties as such member;
• (c) travelling allowance at the rate applicable to a Government Servant of the first grade under the Subsidiary Rules for journeys performed in connection with his duties as such member.

S.5 Conveyance Allowance

There shall be paid to each member for the number of days attended a conveyance allowance at the rate of rupees two and fifty paise per day during the period the Legislative Assembly is in session and during the period any of its committees hold its meetings.

S.6 Power to make rules

(1) The Government of Meghalaya may by notification in the official gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act and, in particular, may prescribe:

• (a) the period during which and the conditions subject to which daily allowance may be drawn and the circumstances in which such allowances may be withheld;
• (b) the conditions under which and the journeys for which travelling allowance shall be admissible;
• (c) the facilities for medical attendance and treatment.

(2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid as soon as may be, after it is made before the Legislature of Meghalaya while it is in session for a total period of ten days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and, it before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislature makes any modification in the rule or resolves that the rule should not be made, the rules shall, thereafter, have