(1) A Leader of the Opposition when travelling by road on tour on public business shall be entitled,—
(a) (i) to 2 [Rs. 6.00] 3 [Rs. 20.00] paise per kilometer, if he uses a Government car allotted to him or (ii) except as provided in clause (c), to the actual cost of hiring the conveyance, in whole or in part, subject to a limit of 2 [Rs. 6.00] 3 [Rs. 20.00] paise per kilometer when using a car other than the Government car allotted to him;
(b) to actual expenses, subject to a limit of 35 paise per kilometer, when using a conveyance other than that mentioned in clause (a) and (c) of this sub-rule and also when provided with means of locomotion but pays only the cost of its use or propulsion.
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(c) to the actual cost of hiring two seats, subject to the limit of 80 paise per kilometer while travelling in a motor vehicle plying regularly for conveyance of passengers.
(2) (i) Whenever a Leader of the Opposition is in need of transport while he is on tour on public business in the districts, the Collector or other Officer concerned shall provide him with a car of any Government Department.
(ii) Whenever a car (including a private car) other than a Distinguished Visitor’s car is provided for the use of a Leader of the Opposition during his tour on public business in the districts, the bills for the supply of petrol to the car shall be initially paid by the District Officer concerned, and the debit passed on subsequently to the Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat account for adjustment.
(iii) When a Distinguished visitor’s car is provided, the bills on account of the use of the car shall be paid by the Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat.
(3) A Leader of the Opposition shall not draw any daily allowance when his tour on public business extends to one day away from Bombay. He may, however, draw the daily allowance admissible to him when the tour extends beyond one day away from Bombay.
Explanation.—(a) In calculating mileage allowance for a journey by road, fractions of a kilometer in each item of a bill shall be rounded off to the nearest figure, half and more than half a kilometer being taken as one kilometer, and fractions less than half a kilometer being ignored.
(b) Each complete journey shall be considered separately, and a journey on tour on public business ends whenever a Leader of the Opposition returns to Bombay whether he halts there or not.