Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1983 as amended

THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESANDALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 1983 (Act No. 6 of 1983) as amended 1. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 1987 Assented by the Governor on 30.06.1987 (Act no 5 of 1987) 2. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 1989 Assented by the Governor on 30.03.1989 (Act no 2 of 1989) 3. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 2000 Assented by the Governor on 23.05.2000 (Act no 3 of2000) 4. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 2008 Assented by the Governor on 03.04.2008 (Act no 7 6f 2008) 5. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 2010 Assented by the Governor on 14.10.20IO (Act no 11 of2010) 6. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 2017 Assented by the Governor on 5.04.2018 (Act no 3 0f2018) 7. as amended by the ARUNACHAL PRADESH SALARIESAND ALLOWANCES OF MINISTERS ACT, 2020 Assented by the Governor on 10.11.2020 (Act No. 9 of 2020) AN ACT to provide for the salaries and allowances of Ministers of the 1[State ] of Arunachal Pradesh. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Thirty-fourth Year ofthe Republic oflndia as follows:­ Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 1983. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day ofJanuary, 1982. Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires­ (a) [Administrator] omitted by 1987 Amendment Act. (b) Assembly" means the Legislative Assembly ofthe [STATE] ofArunachal Pradesh; (c) "Family" in relation to a Minister means his wife residing with him and legitimate children and step children residing with or wholly dependent on him and where the husband has more than one wife, only one wife shall be included in his family for the purpose of this Act. If the Minister is a married woman "family" shall include her husband residing with her; (d) "Government" means the Government ofthe [State] ofArunachal Pradesh. [(da) Governor means the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh] [inserted by 1987 Amendment Act] 2[(e) "Minister" means a Minister appointed under Article 164 of the Constitution and includes the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers of State and the Deputy Minister]; (f) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act; (g) "Travelling Allowance" means the allowance granted to a Minister under this Act to cover the expenses which he incurs in travelling in the interest if the public service as against travelling in personal interest or private purpose, such as journeys for rest, recoupment ofhealth, attending party meetings or election campaign ; (h) "Usual place of residence" means a place declared by the Minister to be his residence in his home district or any other place declared by him as such. Salaries of ChiefMinister and other ministers 3. On and from the date of Commencement of the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries, Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Act, 2017 there shall be paid to the Chief Minister a composite salary of Rupees one lakh thirty thousand per mensem, Deputy Chief Minister, a composite salary of rupees one lakh twenty eight thousand per mensem, Ministers (including the Leader of Opposition) a composite salary of one lakh twenty six thousand per mensem, Ministers of State a composite salary of Rupees one lakh twenty four thousand per mensem and to the Deputy Ministers a composite salary of rupees one lakh twenty two thousand per mensem. Provided that, the other perks, facilities, incentives and non quantifiable allowances which are not specified in the Act shall be regulated by an executive order as per actual or at such rate with ceiling limit as the State Government may determine from time to time as maybe deemed appropriate. [inserted by 2017 Amendment Act] 3A.Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3, the salary payable to the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Ministers (including Leader of Opposition), Minister of State and Deputy Ministers under Section 3 shall be reduced by thirty percent, for a period of one year commencing from IApril, 2020, to meet the exigencies arising out of Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic". [inserted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act No. 9 of 2020)] Section 4 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters Act, 2017, Act no 3 of2018]. Section 5 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters Act, 2017, Act no 3 of2018]. Section 6 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters Act, 2017, Act no 3 of2018]. Section 7 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters Act, 2017, Act no 3 of2018]. Section 8 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters Act, 2017, Act no 3 of2018]. Section 9 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters Act, 2017, Act no 3 0f2018]. Minister not to draw salary, or allowances as members of the Assembly 10. No person in receipt of a salary or allowance under this Act shall be entitled to draw salary, or receive any sum out of the funds provided by the Assembly by way of salary or allowance in respect ofhis membership of the Assembly. Notification respecting appointment etc of minister to be conclusive evidence thereof 11. The date on which any person became or ceased to be a Minister shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh, and any such notification shall be conclusive evidence of the fact that became, or ceased to be a Minister on that date for all the purposes of this Act. Repeal and saving 12. (1) The Salaries and Allowances ofMinisters (Arunachal Pradesh) Order No. ADMN.75 of 15" August 1975 is hereby repealed. Power to make Rules 13. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette of the Union Territory ofArunachal Pradesh, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Assembly while it is in session for a total period ofnot less than fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the sessions aforesaid, the Assembly makes any modifications in the rule or the Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.