(1) The Chief Minister and each Minister shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a furnished 4esidence in Calcutta throughout the term of his office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence a house allowance at the rate of Rs. 350 per month or in the alternative such charges for accommodation in a hotel, boarding house or apartment as the State Government may by order determine.
(2) All expenditure for furnishing any residence provided under this section and for the maintenance thereof shall be borne by the State Government and nothing shall be payable by the Chief Minister or any Minister in this connection :
Provided that all expenditure ,for such furnishing of residence shall be on such scales as the State Government may by order determine.
Conveyance allowances of Chief Minister and Ministers.
House allowances and conveyance allowances of Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers.
Travelling and daily allowan- Ces.
5. The Chief Minister and each Minister shall be entitled to a conveyance allowance of Rs.300 per month, or in lieu thereof a motor car to be provided by the State Government upon such conditions as regards their maintenance, repairs and running expenses as the State Government may by order determine.
6. There shall be paid to each Minister of State a house allowance at the rate of Rs.300 per month and a conveyance allowance at the rate of Rs.250 per month and to each Deputy Minister a house allowance at the rate of Rs.250 per month and a conveyance allowance at the rate of Rs.200 per month.
7. The Chief Minister, the Ministers, the Ministers of State, the Deputy Ministers and the Parliamentary Secretaries shall be entitled to travelling and daily allowances while touring on public business at such rates and upon such conditions as the State Government may by rules determine.
• 36-n. Act I of 1937.
The West Bengal Salaries and Allowances Act, 1952. 3 V of 1952.]
(Sections 8-11.)
8. The provisions of this Act shall apply in relation to the Speaker and the Chairman as they apply in relation to a Minister and shall also apply in relation to the Deputy Speaker and the Deputy Chairman as they apply in relation to a Deputy Minister.
9. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bengal Legislative Chambers (Members' Emoluments) Act, 1937, the Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and the Deputy Chairman of the West Bengal Legislative Council shall not be entitled to draw any salaries Or allowances under the provisions of that Act.
Provi.
sious applicable to Speaker, • etc. .
Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman not to dram any salaries and allowances as members.
'est Berl 3t IX
1948.
10. The State Government may make rules :for carrying Power to out the purpoSes of this Act. make rules.
Explanation.—The power to make rules under this section shall be in addition to the power to make rules conferred by any of the foregoing sections of this Act.
11. The 'West Bengal Ministers' Emoluments Act, 1948, Repeal.
is hereby repealed.
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