REGISTERED NO. 0. 221 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II- Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 34] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1972/JYAISTHA 19, 1894 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 9th June, 1972/Jyaistha 19, 1894 (Saka) The following Acts of Parliament received the assent of the President On the 9th June, 1972, and are hereby published for general information: — THE SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972 No. 29 OF 1972 [9th June, 1972] An Act further to amend the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic Of India as follows:—1
1. This Act may be called the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1972.
2. In section 4 of the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in subclause (ii) of clause (c) of sub-section (1), for the words "eight annas per mile", the words "thirty-two paise per kilometer" shall be substituted.
3. In section 6 of the principal Act, in the Explanation to sub-section
(1), for the words, figure and letter "For the purposes of this subsection and section 6A", the words, figures and letters "For the purposes of this sub-section and sections 6A and 6B" shall be substituted,
4. In the principal Act, section 6A shall be re-numbered as section 6B thereof and before that section as so re-numbered, the following section shall be inserted namely:— 30 of 1954 Short title.
Amendment of section 4.
Amend-.
ment of section 6 Insertion of new section 6A
(223) Z2A ' i' i l* i liA^E'lTE Ui*' INDIA JiATitAUKUlJNARY L̂ AHT H-* "6A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 6, every member representing the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands or the Union territory of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amlndivi Islands shall be provided with one free non-transferable pass which shall entitle him to travel at any time by the highest class by steamer to and fro any part of his constituency and any other part of his constituency or the nearest port in the mainland of India:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as absolving the member from payment of any diet charges payable by him during such travel.
(2) A free steamer pass issued to a member under sub-seation (1) shall be valid for the term of his office and on the expiration of his term, the pass shall be surrendered to the Secretary of the House of the People:
Provided that where any such pass is issued to a new member before he takes his seat in the House of the People, he shall be entitled to use the pass for attending a session of that House for taking his seat therein.
(3) Until a member is provided with a free steamer pass under sub-section (1), he shall be entitled to an amount equal to one fare (without diet) for the highest class for any journey of the nature referred to in sub-section (1) of section 4 performed by him by steamer.
(4) A member who on ceasing to be a member surrenders the steamer pass issued to him under sub-section (I) shall, if he performs any return journey by steamer of the nature referred to in sub-section
(1) of section 4, be entitled in respect of that journey to an amount equal to one fare (without diet) for the highest class.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed as disentitling a member to any travelling allowances to which he is otherwise entitle ed under the provisions of this Act.
(fl) In addition to a free steamer pass issued to a member under »ub-section (1), he shall also be entitled—
(i) to one free pass for one person to accompany the mem* ber and travel by the lowest class by steamer to and fro any part of the constituency of the member and any other part of hia constituency or the nearest port in the mainland of India; and
(ii) to one free non-transferable pass for the spouse, if any, Of the member to travel by the highest class by steamer to and iro the usual place of residence of the member in his constituency and the neatest port in the mainland of India, once during every session:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be construed as absolving the person accompanying the member or the spouse of the member from payment of any diet charges payable'by such person or" spouse during such travel.".
Free transit by steamer.
SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE Ofr tNDlA EXTRAORDINARY 225 THE CONSTITUTION (TWENTY-NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972 [9th June, 1972] An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1972.
2. In the Ninth Schedule to the Constitution, after entry 64 and before the Explanation, the following entries shall be inserted, namely: — "65. The Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1969 (Kerala Act 35 of 1969).
66. The Kerala Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 1971 (Kerala Act 26 of 1971).".
K. K. SUNDARAM, Joint Secy, to the Govt. of India.
Short title.
Amendment of Ninth Schedule.
—— ^̂—̂— — ~— ———— -. % _ -, , -_̂ _ PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT Ofc INDIA PRESS, MINIO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE MANAGE* Of PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1972