(1) The Leader of the Opposition and the members of his familyshall be entitled to the same medical facilities as are admissible to a Minister under the Punjab State Legislature Officers, Ministers and Members (Medical Facilities) Act, 1965, and the rules framed thereunder.]
4[(2) The Leader of the Opposition shall be entitled to the same facilities,for travelling concession, constituency, secretarial and postal facilities allowances and office allowances in constituency, as are admissible to a Minister under sections 2-BB and 2-BBB of the East Punjab Ministers’ Salaries Act, 1947.]
1Inserted by Punjab Act No. 15 of 2019, Section 2 2Substitutedby Punjab Act No. 7 of 2011, Section 3, on and with effect from the 4th day of November, 2010.
3Substituted by Punjab Act No. 11 of 1979, Section 3 4Substitutedby Punjab Act No. 7 of 2011, Section 4, on and with effect from the 4th day of November, 2010.
Residence for Leader of Opposition.
Travelling and daily allowances to Leader of Opposition.
Medical and other facilities to Leader of Opposition.
Perquisites to be exclusive of income -tax.
1[(3) Where the Leader of the Opposition having obtained an advance under sub-section (2) dies while holding office as such, the amount of the advance or any part thereof which would have accrued after the date of his death in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant of the advance alongwith interest thereon shall be written off with the sanction of the prescribed authority.]
7. No Leader of the Opposition in receipt of a salary or allowance underthis Act shall be entitled to receive any sum out of funds provided by the LegislativeAssembly by way of salary or allowance in respect of his membership of theAssembly.
8. 2[(1) The Leader of Opposition shall be entitled to the same telephone facility, as is admissible to a Minister under sub-section (4) of section 2 of the East Punjab Ministers’ Salaries Act, 1947.]
3 [(2) The Leader of the Opposition shall also be paid a conveyance allowance at the rate of ten thousand rupees per mensem, or, in lieu thereof, a State car, the expenses on the maintenance and propulsion of which shall be borne by the State Government:
Provided that the maintenance and propulsion expenses of the State car in use by the Leader of the Opposition shall not be subject to the limit of ten thousand rupees.]
4[(3) If Leader of Opposition does not avail of or surrenders his State car and wishes to use his private vehicle for official purpose then he shall be entitled to the same facilities as are admissible to a Minister under subsection (3-A) of section 2 of the East Punjab Ministers’ Salaries Act, 1947 and the rules framed thereunder.]
1Inserted by Punjab Act No. 18 of 1986, Section 3, on and with effect from the 29th day of September, 1985.
2Substitutedby Punjab Act No. 7 of 2011, Section 5, on and with effect from the 4th day of November, 2010.
3Substituted by Punjab Act No. 6 of 2003, Section 3 4Added by Punjab Act No. 21 of 2018, Section 2 Leader of Opposition not to draw salary or allowances as Member of Legislative Assembly.
Amenities to Leader of Opposition.
9. The date on which any person became or ceased to be the Leader of the Opposition shall be published in the Official Gazette, and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that he became, or ceased to be the Leader of the Opposition on that date for all the purposes of this Act.