The Punjab Parliamentary
Secretaries (Salary, Allowances And Privileges) Ordinance, 2002
Contents
Section Heading Page
1. Short title and
commencement.............................. 91
2. Definitions............................................................. 92
3. Appointment and term of
office............................ 92
4. Salary..................................................................... 93
5. Sumptuary allowance............................................. 93
6. Transport................................................................ 93
7. Official residence................................................... 94
8. Travelling allowance
and Daily allowance
for business other
than Assembly business............ 95
8-A. Travelling within
Pakistan..................................... 95
8-B. Travelling abroad................................................... 96
9. Form of certificate................................................. 96
10. Additional travelling
allowance............................. 96
10-A. Compensation in case of death.............................. 96
11. Daily allowance..................................................... 97
12. Controlling Officer................................................ 97
13. Medical facilities.................................................... 97
14. Leave..................................................................... 97
15. Telephone............................................................... 98
16. Office maintenance
allowance............................... 98
17. Power to make rules............................................... 98
[1]The Punjab Parliamentary
Secretaries (Salary, Allowances, and Privileges) Ordinance, 2002
(Ordinance LXXI of 2002)
[21 October 2002]
An Ordinance to provide for appointment, salary, allowances and
privileges of Parliamentary Secretaries in the Punjab.
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to
provide for appointment, salary, allowances and privileges of Parliamentary
Secretaries in the Punjab;
And whereas the Provincial Assembly
of the Punjab is dissolved and the Governor is satisfied that circumstances
exist which render it necessary to take immediate action;
And whereas
under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999,
as amended by the Chief Executive Order No.11 of 2000, the Governor of a
Province may issue and promulgate an Ordinance;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the aforesaid powers and all other powers enabling
him in that behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and
promulgate the following Ordinance:-
1. Short title and
commencement.– (1) This Ordinance may be called
the Punjab Parliamentary Secretaries (Salary, Allowances and Privileges)
Ordinance, 2002.
(2) It
shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the subject or context otherwise
requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively
assigned to them, that is to say –
(a) “Assembly” means the Provincial Assembly of
the Punjab;
(b) “Government” means the Government of the
Punjab;
(c) “maintenance” in
relation to a residence includes the payment of local rates, taxes and the
provision of electricity, gas and water;
(d) “meeting” means a
meeting of the Assembly or any of its Committees from the commencement of its
business to the termination of the business of a day;
(e) “official residence” includes accommodation in
Pipals House, a hostel, a rented house or any other
accommodation owned, managed or arranged by the Government;
[2][(f)
“Parliamentary Secretary” means a member of the Assembly appointed as
Parliamentary Secretary by the Chief Minister; and]
(g) “session” means the
period commencing on the day of the first meeting of the Assembly after having
been summoned and ending on the day the Assembly is prorogued or dissolved.
3. Appointment and term of office.–(1) The Chief Minister may appoint such number of Parliamentary
Secretaries as may be determined.
(2) A
Parliamentary Secretary shall hold office during the pleasure of the Chief
Minister [3][or
until he is member of the Assembly].
[4][4.
[5][(2) The Government shall,
by notification, increase the salary mentioned in subsection (1) in proportion
to the increase in the salary of the civil servants of highest grade.
Explanation.– The word “salary” in subsection (2) shall include any ad hoc relief or
special allowance provided to the civil servants of the highest grade, having the
effect of increase in the basic pay of the civil servants.]]
5. Sumptuary allowance.–
A
Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to receive [6][ten
thousand] rupees per month as sumptuary allowance.
6. Transport.– (1) A Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to
the use of one official car both for official and private use.
(2) A
sum of [7][twenty
thousand rupees] per mensem shall be admissible to a
Parliamentary Secretary as petrol and car maintenance allowance and the expense
on petrol and maintenance of car shall be the responsibility of the
Parliamentary Secretary.
(3) The
allowance mentioned in sub-section (2) shall be admissible to a Parliamentary
Secretary whether or not an official car has been provided to him.
(4) On
ceasing to hold office, a Parliamentary Secretary shall return the car within
three days.
7. Official residence.– (1) A Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled,
without payment of rent, to the use of an official residence including
accommodation on tour throughout his term of office, and for a period of
fifteen days immediately thereafter.
(2) If
at the time of entering upon office an official residence is not available, a
Parliamentary Secretary shall, until such residence is provided by the
Government, be paid the house rent [8][at
the rate of twenty thousand rupees] per month.
(3) Where
a Parliamentary Secretary chooses to reside–
(i) in his own house; or
(ii) in a rented house occupied by him before his appointment as
a Parliamentary Secretary,
he may be paid a monthly
sum of [9][seventeen
thousand] rupees in lieu of Government Rest House and to cover all expenses on
its maintenance.
[10][(4) A Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to receive
utilities allowance for gas and electricity charges of his residence at the
rate of six thousand per month.
(5) If a Parliamentary Secretary is not provided
official residence in Lahore, he shall be entitled to receive twenty five
hundred rupees per diem for the period of residence on duty for session of the
Assembly or a meeting of a Committee.]
8. Travelling allowance and
Daily allowance for business other than Assembly business.– Where a
Parliamentary Secretary is called by a Government Department in connection with
any official business in his capacity as a Parliamentary Secretary, he shall be
paid by that Department, travelling allowance and daily allowance for the days
of journey from and to his ordinary place of residence and for the day or days
he is required to attend any such official business, at the rates admissible to
him under this Ordinance.
[11][8-A.
(2)
(b)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
8-B. Travel abroad.– A
9. Form of certificate.– Every claim by a Parliamentary Secretary for travelling allowance or
daily allowance shall be supported by a written certificate in the following
form signed by him:-
“Certified that the
amount has not been claimed by me in any other bill or drawn by me from any other
source.”
10. Additional travelling allowance.– Notwithstanding anything contained in
section 8, a Parliamentary Secretary shall be provided a sum of [13][one
hundred and twenty thousand] rupees per annum to travel within Pakistan at any
time.
[14][10-A. Compensation
11. Daily allowance.– A Parliamentary Secretary while on tour shall be entitled to draw an
allowance of [15][one
thousand] rupees per day:
Provided that where the duration of tour
is less than eight hours, one half daily allowance
shall be admissible.
12. Controlling Officer.– The Minister with whom a Parliamentary Secretary is attached shall
be his Controlling Officer for purposes of travelling allowance and daily
allowance.
[16][13. Medical facilities.– A Parliamentary
Secretary shall be entitled, for himself and for his parents, spouse, real and
step sons and daughters, wholly dependent upon him, to free indoor and outdoor
medical facilities of the standard admissible to a Class-I Officer of the
Government.]
14. Leave.– (1) The Chief Minister may grant a Parliamentary Secretary during
his term of office, at any one time or from time to time, leave of absence for
urgent reasons of health or private affairs, for a period not exceeding three
months in the aggregate.
(2) The
leave allowance of a Parliamentary Secretary shall be the same as his salary.
15. Telephone.– (1) A Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to, at the
Government expense, the facility of a telephone at the place where he
ordinarily resides:
Provided that Government shall pay only
rupees [17][ten
thousand] per month as charges of rent of the telephone and the calls made
therefrom irrespective of whether the telephone is a private connection or
installed at Government expense.
(2) The
telephone bills shall be paid by the Parliamentary Secretary himself.
16. Office maintenance allowance.–
A Parliamentary Secretary shall be entitled to
receive an office maintenance at the rate of [18][ten
thousand] rupees per month.
17. Power to make rules.– Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
[1]This
Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the
[2]Substituted by the
Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015) for the following:
“(f) “Parliamentary
Secretary” means the Parliamentary Secretary appointed as such by the Chief
Minister; and”
[3]Inserted
by the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015).
[4]Substituted
by the
[5]Substituted by the
Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016) (effective
from the 1st day of July 2015) for the following:
“(2) The
[6]Substituted
first by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006
(IX of 2006) for the words “three thousand” and then by
the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015) for the words “five thousand”.
[7]Substituted
first by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006
(IX of 2006) for “Rs.8,000/-” and then by
the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015) for the words “fifteen
thousand rupees”.
[8]Substituted
for the words “of rupees fifteen thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments
of Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).
[9]Substituted
by the Punjab Public Representatives’
Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016) (effective from the 1st day
of July 2015) for the words “fifteen thousand”.
[10]New
sub-sections inserted by the Punjab
Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016) (effective from
the 1st day of July 2015).
[11]Inserted
by the
[12]Substituted
by the Punjab Public Representatives’
Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016) (effective from the 1st day
of July 2015) for the word “five”.
[13]Substituted
first for the words “forty thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of
Public Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006) and then by
the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015) for the words “seventy
five thousand”.
[14]Inserted
by the
[15]Substituted
first by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public Representatives Act 2006
(IX of 2006), for the words “five hundred and fifty” and then by
the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015) for the words “six hundred
and fifty”.
[16]Substituted
by the
[17]Substituted by
the Punjab Public Representatives’ Laws (Amendment) Act 2016 (XI of 2016)
(effective from the 1st day of July 2015) for the words “seven
thousand”.
[18]Substituted
for the words “five thousand” by the Punjab Revision of Emoluments of Public
Representatives Act 2006 (IX of 2006).