(1) Where a Leader of the Opposition is satisfied that it is in the interest of the public service that he may send his motor-car by railway or by steamer or by any other manner he may, when travelling on tour on public business, recover the cost of carrying the motor car, provided that, Government is satisfied that the car has been employed for all practical purposes, only as a means of performing in the public interest, a journey off the line of a railway. In cases where the presence of his car has apart from the advantages to Government of the particular tour or journey, saved him expense in hiring a conveyance or served his personal convenience to an appreciable extent he shall pay 1/5th of the cost of carriage.
(2) When claiming the cost under this rule, a certificate in following form shall be appended to the travelling allowance bill, namely :— “ I certify that the car was employed for all practical purposes only as a means of performing in the public interest a journey off the line of railway.
The car has/has not saved me expense in hiring a conveyance or served my personal conveyance to an appreciable extent and one fifth of the cost of carriage may/may not be recovered from me.”