In these rules, unless the context requires otherwise,—
(a) “Act” means the Maharashtra Legislative Council (Chairman and Deputy Chairman) and Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (Speaker and Deputy Speaker) Salaries and Allowances Act (Bom. XLVII of 1956) ;
(b) “actual travelling expenses” means the actual cost of transport of a Presiding Officer and the members of his family and for transport of his and his family’s personal luggage, including charges for ferry and other tolls, if paid, but does not include charges,—
(i) for accommodation in a hotel or in a travellers’ bungalow, or
(ii) for refreshments, or
(iii) for the carriage of any stores or conveyance, or
(iv) on account of presents to a driver and the like ; or
(v) for any allowance for such incidental losses or expenses as breakage of crockery, wear and tear of furniture, or
(vi) for the employment of any additional domestic servants ;
(c) “family” means a Presiding Officer’s spouse residing with the Presiding Officer and children [including adopted children (if any), if under the personal law of the Presiding Officer, adoption is legally recognized], and step-children residing with and wholly dependent upon the Presiding Officer, and except in rule 4, includes his parents, sisters and minor brothers if residing with and wholly dependent upon the Presiding Officer, but does not include more than one wife ;
(d) “holiday” means a public holiday prescribed or notified by or under section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 ;
(e) “Presiding Officer” means the Chairman or the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council and the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly as the case may require ;
(f) “Section” means a section of the Act.