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Section 8AA: Travel facility to ex-Members.

The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954Central Act · Act 30 of 1954

[8AA. Travel facility to ex-Members.-- [(1)] Every person who is not a sitting Member but has served for any period as a Member of either House of Parliament shall be,--

(a) with effect from the 18th day of January, 1999, entitled along with a companion to travel in any train by any railway in India in air-conditioned two-tier class; or

(b) entitled to travel alone in any train by any railway in India in air-conditioned first class,

without payment of any charges on the basis of an authorisation issued for this purpose by the Secretariat of either House of Parliament, as the case may be.]

[(2) Every person who is not a sitting member but has served for any period as a member from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands or the Lakshadweep, shall be entitled to travel by the highest class of accommodation in any steamer sailing between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands or, as the case may be, the Lakshadweep and the main land territory of India in addition to the facilities available to such member under sub-section (1), without payment of any charges on the basis of an authorisation issued for this purpose by the Secretariat of either House of Parliament.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954
Section8AA
Marginal noteTravel facility to ex-Members.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 9 of 2004. . Subs. by Act 9 of 2004, s. 7, for section 8AA (w.e.f. 9-1-2004).
  • other, Act 40 of 2006. . Section 8AA numbered as sub-section (1) by Act 40 of 2006, s. 8 (w.e.f. 15-9-2006).
  • inserted. . Ins. by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 15-9-2006).

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