THE ASSAM LOCAL RATES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954

· 2, Daily allowance.-There shall be paid daily Rs.20 ' (Rupees twenty only) per day to every member of the Assam Assembly, other than the Speaker of the said Assembly and the Ministers, Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries to the Government of Assam, who is or.dinarily resident at Shillong when his attendance is required at Shillong connection with his duties as a member. For other places the members sh draw daily allowance at the rate which was admissible before the of this AGt: Provided that a m ember may forego a part or whole of the aforesaid al!owance ofRs.20 (Rupees twenty) in the manner to be prescribed by rules by the State Government in t hi s behalf. 3. Repeal.-The provisions in the Assam Legislative Chamber ( Merrl Emoluments) Act, 193 ;; (Assam Ac t I of 1938) so far as they relate to the grant daily allowance to members of the Assembly in connection with their duties Shillong as members are hneby repealed. ASSAM ACT Xl OF 1954 THE ASSAM LOCAL RATES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1954 ( Passed by the Assembly ) (Received the assent of the Governot· on the 5th Aprill954) [Published in the Assam Gazette, Extraord inary, dated :he 7th April 1954] An Act further to amend the Assam Local Rates Regulntion, 1879 Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Assam R a tes Regulation, 1879 (Regulation III of 1879) , hereinafter called the Regulation, in the manner hereinafter appearing ; It is hereby enacted as follows:- I. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may the Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act , 1954. (2) It shall have the like extent as the said Regulation . (3) It shall come into force from lst April 1954. 2. Amendment of section 3 of Regu1ation III of 1879 • ......., In the proviso to section 3 of the sa,id R egulation the words "three ann as" shall be .~tituted for the words "two annas and eight pies". . 3. Amendment of section 3A of Regulation III of 1879.-In sectio~ of th e said Regulation for item (ii) the following shall be substituted, namely:­ "(ii) eight annas per acre or the amount assessed under section 3 whi is higher in the case of other lands".