THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY SPEAKER (SALARIES,

ALLOWANCE AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975

The Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowance, and Privileges) Act, 1975, is a piece of legislation in Pakistan that addresses the salaries, allowances, and privileges granted to the Deputy Chairman of the Senate and the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. These officials play important roles in the functioning of the Pakistani parliament, and this act outlines the financial and other benefits they receive in their official capacities.

Short title and commencement
Definitions
Salary
Equipment Allowance
Allowance on taking up and laying down the office
Sumptuary allowance
Transport
Official residence

8A. Residential Telephone, etc.

Travelling allowance for journeys within Pakistan
Daily allowance during halt
Halt on tour
Travelling allowance for journeys abroad
Medical facilities
Provident Fund
Personal staff
Compensation in case of air accidents

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Leave

17A. Discretionary Grant

Additional privileges
Power to make rules

19A. Increase in Emoluments

[Repeal]

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THE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN AND DEPUTY SPEAKER (SALARIES,

ALLOWANCE AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975

1ACT No. LXXXIII OF 1975

[19th December, 1975]

An Act to provide for the salaries, allowances and privileges of the Deputy Chairman of the Senate

and the Deputy Speaker of die The National Assembly.

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the salaries, allowances and privileges of the

Deputy Chairman of the Senate and the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, and for matters

connected therewith;

It is hereby enacted as follows:—

Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Deputy

Chairman and Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Act, 1975.

(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the fourteenth

day of August, 1975.

Definition. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject

or context,—

(a) “Assembly” means the National Assembly;

(b) “Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Senate as defined in

the Constitution when he is not acting as Chairman;

the Constitution when he is not acting as Speaker;

(d) “family”, in relation to the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker, means

his 2

[spouse], legitimate children and step children residing with and wholly

dependent on him;

(e) “maintenance” in relation to a residence includes the payment of local rates

and taxes and the provision of water, gas and electricity;

(f) “official business”, in relation to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy

Speaker respectively, means attending the sessions of the Senate, the

Assembly and the Joint Sittings of Parliament, and includes such other

functions or duties connected with the business of Parliament as may be

performed or discharged by the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker;

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1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of P., 1975, Ext., Pt. Ill, p. 1093.

2Subs. by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of 1996) s. 12. for “wife or wives”.

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(g) “official residence” means the house reserved from time to time for use by the

Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker and includes the staff quarters and

other buildings appurtenant to, and the gardens of, the residence;

(h) other words and expressions used but not defined in this Act have the same

meaning as in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan or in the

Fundamental and Supplementary Rules.

Salary. There shall be paid to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker a salary at

the rate of 1

[thirty seven- thousand rupees] per mensem :

Provided that, if a person who has retired from the service of Pakistan is elected as Deputy

Chairman or Deputy Speaker after the commencement of this Act, his pension shall be held in

abeyance and shall not be payable for the period he holds the office of Deputy Chairman or Deputy

Speaker.

Equipment Allowance. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker may, on his

election as such, draw 2

[

[five thousand] rupees] as an allowance for equipping himself:

Provided that, during the ten years immediately preceding the said election, he had not

drawn an allowance for the same purpose upon election or appointment as Chairman, Deputy

Chairman, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Federal Minister, Governor or Minister of State or to a

diplomatic office.

Allowance on taking up and laying down the office.— (1) The Deputy Chairman

and a Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to claim actual expenses to the extent mentioned below from

his ordinary place of residence to the seat of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Assembly on

taking up office and from the seat of the Senate or the Assembly to his ordinary place of residence

on laying down office:—

(a) the actual travelling expenses for himself and his family;

(b) the cost of transporting personal servants, not exceeding two, by the lowest

class of accommodation; and

twenty maunds, by goods train, steamer or other craft, excluding aircraft, and

his personal car, if any.

(2) No claim shall lie for any travel or transportation not performed or effected within

six months of the date of taming up or laying down office, as the case may be.

1Subs. by ord. 41 of 2002, s.2.

3Subs, by Act 3 of 1985, s. 3.

4Subs. by Act 9 of 1996, s. 12, for “four thousand”.

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Sumptuary allowance. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker shall receive

sumptuary allowance at the rate of 1

[

[six thousand] rupees] per mensem.

Transport. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker

[and member of their

families] shall be entitled to the use of an official car maintained at Government expense.

Official residence. (1) The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker shall be entitled

without payment of rent, to the use of a residence throughout his term of office, and for a period of

fifteen days immediately thereafter, and no charge shall fall on him personally in respect of its

maintenance:

[Provided that half of the electricity and gas charges in excess of 5

[three thousand rupees per

mensem shall be paid by the Deputy Chairman, or as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker.]

[(1A) the assessed rent of a house hired for the use of the Deputy Chairman, or Deputy

Speaker shall in no use exceed

[fifteen thousand and five hundred] rupees per mensem.]

(2) The official resident shall be furnished by Government at a cost not exceeding 4

[

[one

hundred thousand] rupees.]

(3) If, at the time a Deputy Chairman or a Deputy Speaker enters upon his office an official

residence is not provided to him, he shall, until such residence is provided by the Government, be

paid the actual expenditure incurred by him on furnished accommodation for himself and his

family, subject to a maximum of 1

[

[fifteen thousand and five hundred] rupees] per mensem.

(4) Where the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker chooses to reside in his own house,

he may be paid a monthly sum of 9

[seven thousand rupees] in lieu of the furnished accommodation

and to cover all expenses on its maintenance:

Provided that no furniture or furnishings shall be provided therein at the cost of

Government.

1Subs. and shall be deemed to have taken effect (w.e.f 1-3-1985) by the Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowance and Privileges)

(Amdt.) Act, 1985 (3 of 1985),s.4.

2Subs. by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of 1996) s.12, for “two thousand”.

Ins. ibid.,

4Subs. by Act 3 of 1985, s.4.

5Subs. by Act, 9 of 1996, s.12, for “seven hundred and fifty”.

Ins. by Act 3 of 1985,s.5.

7Subs. by Act 9 of 1996,s.12 for “seven thousand”.

8Subs. ibid., for “fifty thousand”.

9Subs. and shall be deemed to have taken effect {w.e.f. 1-3-1985) by the Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges), (Amdt.) Act, 1985 (3 of

1985), s. 6.

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[8A. Residential Telephone, etc.— (1) The Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker shall

be entitled to a telephone at his residence at Government expense and shall be exempted from

payment of its rental and charges of calls made therefrom within the country.

(2) A casual telephone facility shall be provided to the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy

Speaker during his tour within the country.]

Travelling allowance for journeys within Pakistan.—(1) Subject to the provisions

hereinafter appearing, the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker when travelling on official

business shall be treated as first grade officer.

(2) When travelling on official business by rail, the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy

Speaker shall be entitled—

(a) to requisition at the cost of Government a coupe or four-berthed first class

compartment; including an air-conditioned compartment if available on the

train;

(b) to draw an allowance of 2

[one hundred and fifty rupees] for every twenty-four

hours of the period of journey, and an allowance of

[seventy-five rupees] for

a lesser period, in addition to the daily allowance admissible under section 10;

servants by the lowest class of accommodation when travelling by a twoberthed or fourberthed railway compartment;

(d) to the cost of transporting personal luggage hot exceeding three maunds when

travelling by a railway compartment; and

(e) to take with him, without payment of fare, the members of his family, not

exceeding four, when travelling in a requisitioned railway compartment.

(3) When travelling on official business by steamer or launch, the Deputy Chairman and the

Deputy Speaker shall be entitled—

(a) to draw the actual fare paid for himself;

(b) to draw an allowance of

[one hundred and fifty rupees] for every twenty-four

hours of the period of journey, and 3

[seventy-five rupees] for a lesser period,

in addition to the daily allowance admissible under section 10;

servants by the lowest class of accommodation; and

1New section 8A ins. by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of 1996) s. 12.

2Subs, by Act 3 of 1985., s, 6.

3Subs, and shall be deemed to have taken effect (w.e.f. 1-3-1985) by the Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker (Salaries. Allowances and Privileges), (Amdt.)

Act, 1985 ( 3 of 1985), s. 6.

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(d) to the cost of transporting personal luggage not exceeding three maunds.

(4) The Deputy Chairman or Deputy Speaker may, if the public interest so demands, travel

by air, in which case he shall be entitled—

(a) to the actual air fare paid for himself;

(b) to the cost of transporting personal luggage not exceeding one hundred

pounds inclusive of the free allowance given by the air company;

public interest, an aeroplane or a helicopter belonging to the Pakistan Air

Force or a Provincial Government, subject to availability and in accordance

with the rules framed by the relevant authority, or an aeroplane belonging to

any flying club in Pakistan;

(d) to take with him one member of his family when raveling by a commercial

aeroplane or four members of his family when raveling by a requisitioned

aeroplane provided that no non-official shall be allowed to travel in a Pakistan

Air Force aeroplane without the authority of the Ministry of Defence;

(e) to the cost of transporting not more than two personal servants by the lowest

class of accommodation by rail or steamer;

(f) to the carriage of personal luggage by rail or steamer, subject to a maximum

of three maunds; and

(g) to take with him by air one personal servant or a peon in lieu of the

entitlement in clauses (e) and (f).

(5) The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker shall be entitled, for a journey performed

on official business by road beyond a radius of five miles from his headquarters, to a mileage

allowance of 1

[two rupees per kilometer] if a public conveyance is used or [one rupee and fifty paisa

per kilometer] if a private car is used, and in any other case to an allowance at the rate of 1

[one

hundred and fifty rupees] per day :

Provided that the allowance mentioned in this sub-section shall be admissible only in respect

of—

(a) a journey or that part of a journey which has to be undertaken by road in the

public interest or in the absence of railway communication; and

(b) a short journey which cannot conveniently be undertaken by rail and which

involves an absence from headquarters for more than eight consecutive hours.

1Subs, by the Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker (Salaries. Allowances and Privileges), (Amdt.) Act, 1985 (3 of 1985), s. 6.

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(6) In respect of a journey performed on official business by road beyond a radius of five

miles from his headquarters, the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker shall be entitle to receive

the actual cost of transporting—

(a) not more than two personal servants, provided that the servants travelled by a

conveyance other than that by which the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy

Speaker travelled; and

(b) up to a maximum of three maunds of personal luggage:

Provided that the journey is performed to a place of halt in respect of which daily allowance

is admissible.

Daily allowance during halt.— (1) The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker,

while on tour on official business, shall be entitled to receive a daily allowance of

[four hundred]

rupees for each day of halt except that, when he stays in a reserved railway saloon, the allowance

shall be twenty-five rupees per day.

(2) The allowance mentioned in sub-section (1) shall be admissible—

(a) at half of the full rate for day of arrival at, and departure from, the place of

halt, but no daily allowance shall be admissible in respect of a place of halt

from which the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker departs on the same

day on which he arrived at it; and

(b) except as provided in clause (a), at the full rate for the first ten days of each

continuous halt at three-fourth of the full rate for the next twenty days and at

halt of the full rate thereafter.

Halt on tour. A halt on tour shall be treated as continuous halt unless terminated by an

absence at a distance from the halting place exceeding five miles for a period which includes not less

than seven successive nights.

Travelling allowance for journeys abroad. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy

Speaker when travelling on official business outside Pakistan shall be entitled to such travelling

allowance as may by prescribed by Government from time to time.

Medical facilities. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker and his family shall

be entitled to medical facilities admissible under the Special Medical Attendance Rules, except

that he and his family shall be entitled to receive medical treatment at his official residence.

Provident Fund. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker may, at his option,

become a subscriber to the General Provident Fund; and if he so opts he shall subscribe to the Fund

as a compulsory subscriber in accordance with the General Provident Fund (Central Service) Rules.

1Subs. by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of 1996) s. 12, for “fifty”.

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(2) A temporary advance may be granted to the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy Speaker

from the amount standing to his credit in the General Provident Fund at the discretion of the

Government for the purpose for which such advance may be granted to subscriber under the said

Rules.

(3) The grant of temporary advance under sub-section (2) shall, unless the Government

otherwise directs, be subject to the conditions to which an advance granted to a subscriber under the

aforesaid Rules is subject.

Personal staff. The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to such

personal staff as may be prescribed by Government.

Compensation in case of air accidents.—(1) If the Deputy Chairman or the Deputy

Speaker, while travelling by air on official duty by any flight, scheduled or unscheduled (including

flight in a Government-owned aircraft of any type), dies or receives an injury as a result of an

accident, the Government shall pay to the person or persons referred to in subsection (2) a sum of

[three hundred thousand] rupees in the case of death and an amount to be determined by the

Government having regard to scales of compensation applied by insurance companies in like cases,

in the case of injury.

(2) The compensation shall be payable, in the case of injury, to the Deputy Chairman or, as

the case may be, the Deputy Speaker, and, in the case of death, to such member or members of his

family, or, if there be no such member, such other person or persons, as may be nominated by him

and in the absence of such nomination to his heirs.

(3) A nomination under sub-section (2) may be made,, revoked or altered by a notice in

writing signed by the Deputy Chairman or, as the case may be, the Deputy Speaker and addressed to

the Accountant General, Pakistan Revenues.

Leave.— (1) The President may grant to the Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker

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 in the aggregate three months.

(2) The Deputy Chairman and the Deputy Speaker shall be entitled to receive leave salary of

[

[eighteen] thousand rupees] per mensem.

[17A. Discretionary Grant. The Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker shall be authorised

to discretionary grant of four hundred thousand rupees per annum].

Additional privileges. The Federal Government may grant to the Deputy Chairman and

the Deputy Speaker such additional privileges as it may deem fit.

1Subs, by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of 1996) s. 12′ for “one lakh and fifty thousand”.

2Subs, and shall be deemed to have taken effect (w.e.f. 1-3-1985) by the Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges),

(Amdt.) Act 1985 (3 of 1985), s. 7.

3Subs, by Act 9 of 1996, s. 12, for “six”.

4New section 17A ins. ibid,

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Power to make rules. The Federal Government may, by notification in the official

Gazette make rules for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

[19A. Increase in Emoluments. The salaries, allowances and privileges of Deputy

Chairman and Deputy Speaker shall automatically be revised alongwith revision of the emoluments

of the civil servants.].

[19B. Increase in salaries etc.—(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the

official Gazette, revise the salary, allowances and privileges of Deputy Speaker and Deputy

Chairman to enable them to perform their functions and discharge their responsibilities in a befitting

and effective manner.

(2) The provisions of this section shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in

any other provision of this Act.]

[Repeal] Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981

(XXVII of 1981), s.3and Sch,. II,

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1New section 19A ins. by the Finance Act, 1996 (9 of 1996),s.12.

2New section 19B ins. by the Finance Act, 2016 (XXIX of 2016),s.11.

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