N.-W.F.P. ACT NO.IV 0F 1975.THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE, MINISTERS (SALARIES, ALLOWANCES AND PRIVILEGES) ACT, 1975.[23rd June, 1975]ANACTto pro-vide for the salaries, allowances and privileges of Ministers in the North- West Frontier Province.
Preamble
It is hereby enacted as follows: —
Short title and commencement
(2) It shall come into force at once.
Definitions
(a) "Constitution" means the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; (b) "family" means the wife, legitimate and step children residing with and wholly dependent upon the Minister; (c) "Government" means the Government of the North-West Frontier Province; (d) "maintenance" in relation to a residence includes the payment of water rates, local rate, local taxes , electricity, gas and fuel charges and the conservancy charges; (e) "Minister" means a Minister of Government and includes the Chief Minister; (f) "official residence" means the house reserved from time to time for use by a Minister and includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant to and the gardens of the residence.(2) Words and expressions used in this Act and not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Constitution.
Salary
l[ 3. A Minister shall be paid a salary at the rate of five thousand rupees per month].
Allowance on taking up and laying down the office
4. (1) A Minister shall be entitled to claim—(a) the actual travelling expenses for himself and his family;(b) the actual cost of transporting personal servants, not exceeding two, by the lowest class of accommodation; and
(c) the actual cost of transporting house-hold effects not exceeding one hundred and twenty maunds, by goods train, steamer or other craft, excluding aircraft, and his personal car, if any, from his ordinary place of residence to the seat of Government on taking up office and from the seat of Government to his ordinary place of residence on laying down office.(2) No claim shall lie for any travel or transportation not performed within six months of the date of taking up or laying down office, as the case may be.
5. The Chief Minister shall receive a Sumptuary Allowance of 2[three thousand] rupees per mensem and every other Minister shall receive a Sumptuary Allowance of 3[two thousand] rupees per mensem.
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7. A Minister shall be entitled to the use of an official car maintained at Government expense.
Electricity and gas charges
5[7-A. A Minister shall be entitled to claim actual amount paid by him on account of electricity and gas charges.]
Official residence
8. (1) A Minister shall be entitled to the use, without payment of rent, of a house provided by Government throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediate thereafter.
1. Substituted by N.-W. F. P. Act IX of 1985, Section 2, which was earlier substituted by N.-W. F. P. Act XV of 1976, section 2. 2. Substituted for the words "fifteen hundred" by N.-W. F. P. Act IX of 1985, Section 2. 3. Substituted ibid for the words "one thousand", which were earlier substituted for the words "seven hundred and fifty" by N-W. F. P. Act XV of 1976, Section 2. 4. Omitted by N.-W. F. P. Act IX of 1985, Section 2. 5. Ins: ibid.
(2) The official residence of a Minister shall, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by Government from time to time, be maintained by Government and shall be furnished at a cost not exceeding 1[fifty] thousand rupees. The term furniture will include carpets and curtains but will not include the cost of '(two) Air-Conditioner and one Refrigerator to which a Minister is otherwise entitled.(3) If at the time of entering upon office an official residence is not available a Minister shall, until such residence is provided by Government, be paid the actual expenditure incurred by him on furnished accommodation for himself and his family, subject to a maximum of 2 [Eight] thousand rupees per mensem.(4) Where a Minister chooses to reside in his own house, he may be paid a monthly sum of 3 [Eight thousand] rupees in lieu of the furnished accommodation so as to cover all expenses on its maintenance.4(5) A Minister shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of Government Gust Houses, Circuit Houses, or other Rest Houses wherever such accommodation is available, whenever he is on official duty."
Travelling allowance for touring in Pakistan
(1) the actual air fare for economy class paid for himself, and the cost of transporting personal luggage not exceeding one hundred pounds, inclusive of the fare allowance given by the air company; (2) the actual air fare for economy class paid for one private servant.(3) A Minister travelling by air in a regular service may take with him one member of his personal staff.(4) When a journey by air is combined with a journey by any other means, a Minister may claim air mileage only for the air part of the journey, and for the rest of the journey he shall charge the usual allowance; provided that no mileage allowance shall be admissible in respect of surface port which forms part of the air journey and is included in the fare paid for the air journey.(5) A Minister may if he considers necessary in the public interest, travel by a Government plane or a plane of the Pakistan Air Force if available.(6) If a Minister makes a return journey by air, he shall purchase a return ticket, if this would cost less than the purchase of two single tickets.
Journey by rail
(7) A Minister, when traveling on duty by railway in Pakistan, shall be entitled at Government expense:—
(a) to requisition— (i) an ordinary first-cum-second class carriage or an "A" class xi. - tourist car, or a "B" class tourist car if an "A" class tourist car is not available; or (ii) an ordinary four berthed first class compartment or a two berthed air-conditioned (coupe) compartment, if the vehicles specified in clause (i) are not available: or are not desired;(b) to take with him in the reserved accommodation without payment of any fare, his wife when travelling in a requisitioned railway compartment;(c) to take with him not more than two servants by the lowest class of accommodation (.)(8) Any person, other than the wife of a Minister, travelling with the Minister in the reserved accommodation shall pay the usual fare to the Railway by the purchase of first class ticket, and in every bill for travelling allowance in respect of that journey the Minister reserving the accommodation shall specify the number of persons who so travelled with him and certify that necessary tickets were purchased by them.
(9) A Minister travelling on duty in Pakistan by steamer or launch, shall be entitled:—
(a) to draw the actual fare paid for himself;(b) to take with him not more than two personal servants by the lowest class of accommodation; and(c) to the carriage of personal luggage not exceeding three aiaunds.
(10) A Minister travelling on duty by road between places not connected by railway and where so connected he chooses to forego the privileges granted under sub-section (7) may, where the journey is performed in a vehicle not owned or maintained by Government, draw—
(a) travelling allowance at the rate of 2fone rupee and twenty paisa per kilo meter] for his own journey by road; and(b) actual expenses of the transport of two private servants and all personal luggage, including stores carried for consumption on tour.
10. (1) If a Minister, 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 any injury as a result of an accident, Government shall pay to the person or persons referred to in sub-section (2), a sum of rupees one lakh in the case of death and an amount to be determined by Government having regard to scales of compensation applied by insurance companies in like cases in the case of injury.
Compensation in case of air accident
(2) The compensation shall be payable in the case of injury to a Minister, and in case of death, to such member or members of his family, or (if there be no such member) any 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 a Minister and addressed to the Accountant-General, North»West Frontier Province,
Daily Allowance during halt
Provided that:— (a) in respect of a place of halt, one-half daily allowance shall be admissible for— (i) the day of arrival; (ii) the day of departure; and (iii) the day of the arrival and departure if a Minister arrives and departs on the same day; (b) for such continuous halt on tour exceeding ten days daily allowance shall be admissible— (i) for the first ten days, at the full rate; (ii) for the next twenty days or part thereof at three-fourth of full rate; and. (iii) for the remaining period, at one-half of the full rate.Explanation:—A halt on tour shall be treated as continuous unless terminated by an absence at a distance from the halting place exceeding five miles, for a period including not less than seven nights.
Travelling allowance for tour abroad
Special privileges of the chief Minister
13. Notwithstanding any thing to the contrary contained in this Act the Chief Minister shall be entitled to receive the actual expenditure incurred by him on tours if such expenditure exceeds the amount to which he is entitled under this Act.
Controlling officer
14. A Minister shall be his own controlling officer for purposes of travelling allowances.
Medical facilities
15. A Minister shall be entitled to medical facilities admissible in terms of the Medical Attendance Rules for the time being in force in respect of Government servants except that he and his family shall be entitled' to medical attendance at his residence.
Leave
16. (1) The Governor may grant to a Minister during his terms of office at one time or from time to time leave of absence for urgent reasons of health or private affairs for a period not exceeding one month in a year; provided that such leave may be accumulated for a period not exceeding three months. 1[The leave salary of the Chief Minister and Ministers shall be the same as admissible to them under section 3].
(2) If the leave granted under sub-section (1) is spent abroad, a Minister shall be entitled to draw his leave salary in Foreign Currency subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be imposed by the Federal Government.
17. A Minister except while on leave shall be entitled to have such personal staff as may be sanctioned from time to time by Government.
Provident Fund
18. A Minister 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 Rules.
General
19. (1) All reasonable precautions shall be taken to see that official residence, transport and furniture provided to a Minister by Government are used with the same care which a poison's own property is taken care of.
(2) All furniture and furnishings provided in an official residence shall be marked by the Buildings Department, Government of North-West Frontier Province, for the purpose of identification.(3) When a Minister occupies an official residence it shall be the duty of the officer concerned of the Buildings Department, Government of1 North-West Frontier Province, to hand over the charge of the furniture and furnishing that residence to a Minister or to a person authorised by him in writing according-to: an inventory to be drawn up and signed by such officer.
(4) When a Minister is about to vacate the official residence, he shall inform the officer concerned of the Buildings Department, Government of North-West Frontier Province, and shall arrange that the furniture and furnishings of the official residence are handed over to that officer according to an inventory to be drawn up and signed.(5) The officer concerned of the Buildings Department, Government of North-West Frontier Province, may from time to time , inspect an official residence, its furniture and furnishings with the prior approval of a Minister.
Repeal
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