Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act 1983 as amended

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 of January, 1982.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) [Administrator] omitted by 1987 Amendment Act. (b) Assembly" means the Legislative Assembly of the [STATE] of Arunachal 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 of the [State] of Arunachal 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 of health, 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.

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.

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 1 April, 2020, to meet the exigencies arising out of Corona Virus (Covid-19) pandemic".

Section 4 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 2017, Act no 3 of 2018].

Section 5 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 2017, Act no 3 of 2018].

Section 6 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 2017, Act no 3 of 2018].

Section 7 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 2017, Act no 3 of 2018].

Section 8 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 2017, Act no 3 of 2018].

Section 9 [Deleted by the Arunachal Pradesh Salaries and Allowances of Ministers Act, 2017, Act no 3 of 2018].

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 of his membership of the Assembly.

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.

12. (1) The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers (Arunachal Pradesh) Order No. ADMN.75 of 15th August 1975 is hereby repealed.

13. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette of the Union Territory of Arunachal 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 of not 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.