REGISTERED NO. D-(D)-72 The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 96] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1985/ PAUSA 5, 1907 Separate paging la given to this Part in order that It may be filed as a separate compilation 33 of 1977.
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, the 26th December, 1985/Pausa 5, 1907 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 26th December, 1985 and is hereby published for general information : — THE SALARY AND ALLOWANCES OF LEADERS OF OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1985 No. 78 of 1985 [26th December, 1985.]
An Act to amend the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as fellows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament (Amendment) Act, 1985.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. For section 3 of the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be substituted, namely: — "3. (i) Each Leader of the Opposition shall, so long as he continues as such Leader, be entitled to receive a salary per mensem Short title and commencement.
Substitution of new section for section 3.
Salary, and daily, constituency
(1) u THE GAZETTE OP INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [P*RT llr-$ic. 1] and sumptuary allowances, Amend-.
ment of section 5, Insertion of new section
9A. 1 * jfixemption from liability to pay income-tax on certain perquisites received by a leader of the Op' position.
and allowance for each day at the same rates as are specified in section 3 of the Salary Allowances and pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1JH54 with respect to members of Parliament.
(2) Each Leader of the Opposition shall also be entitled to receive a constituency allowance at the same rat© aa is for the time being specified under section 8 of the said Act with respect to members of Parliament.
(3) There shall be paid to each Leader of the Opposition a sumptuary allowance of one thousand rupees per mensem.".
3. Section 5 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as aub-gection
(1) thereof, and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be Inserted, namely: — '(2) A Leader of the Opposition and any one member of his family accompanying him shall be entitled, to travelling allowances in respect of not more than six return journeys performed, during each year, within India at the same rates at which travelling allowances are payable to such Leader under clause (b) of sub-section
(1) in respect of tours referred to in that clause.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section, "return journey" means a journey from one place to another place and the return jdurney from such other place to the first mentioned place.'.
4. In the principal Act, after section 9, the following section shall be inserted, namely:— '9A. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Income-tax Act, 1961, the value of rent free furnished residence (including maintenance thereof) provided to a Leader of the Opposition under subsection (I) of section 4 shall not be included in the computation of his income chargeable under the heading "Salaries" under section 15 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.'.
30 of 1954.
43 of 1961.
R. V. S. PERI SASTRI, Secy, to the Govt. oi India.
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